Explore the latest books of this year!
Bookbot

Down Station Series

This series embarks on an epic science fantasy journey where survivors of an apocalyptic London find themselves in an alien world. This realm is shaped by every past, present, and future iteration of London, teeming with mythical creatures and legendary locales. The protagonists seek a lone survivor who might hold the key to their return and the city's salvation. It is a sweeping narrative about finding home and the collision of reality with the collective memory of a grand metropolis.

Down Station
The White City

Recommended Reading Order

  1. 1

    Down Station

    • 352 pages
    • 13 hours of reading
    3.5(54)Add rating

    A small group of commuters and tube workers witness a fiery apocalypse overtaking London. They make their escape through a service tunnel. Reaching a door they step through...and find themselves on a wild shore backed by cliffs and rolling grassland. The way back is blocked. Making their way inland they meet a man dressed in a wolf's cloak and with wolves by his side. He speaks English and has heard of a place called London - other people have arrived here down the ages - all escaping from a London that is burning. None of them have returned. Except one - who travels between the two worlds at will. The group begin a quest to find this one survivor; the one who holds the key to their return and to the safety of London. And as they travel this world, meeting mythical and legendary creatures,split between North and South by a mighty river and bordered by The White City and The Crystal Palace they realise they are in a world defined by all the London's there have ever been. Reminiscent of Michael Moorcock and Julian May this is a grand and sweeping science fantasy built on the ideas, the legends, the memories of every London there has ever been.

    Down Station
  2. 2

    The White City

    • 336 pages
    • 12 hours of reading
    3.4(15)Add rating

    LET'S FACE IT, NONE OF US DESERVE TO BE SAVED. None of us are wiser, smarter, stronger or prettier than all those we watch die. Whatever criteria Down uses, how worthy we are doesn't come into it. Since escaping London's inferno, Mary and Dalip have fought monsters and won - though in the magical world of Down, the most frightening monsters come from within. Now they hold the greatest of treasures: maps that reveal the way to the White City, where they can find the answers they're looking for, and learn the secrets of Down. But to get there they must rely on Crows, who has already betrayed them at every turn. As they battle their way towards the one place in all of Down without magic, they must ask themselves how far they will go to find their way home. After all, if there's one thing the White City offers those brave enough to enter, it's more than they bargained for. SIMON MORDEN'S DOWN STATION WAS AN EXTRAORDINARY QUEST FOR MEANING AND IDENTITY. NOW HE'S LEADING US TO THE KIND OF TRUTHS THAT LEAVE US CHANGED.

    The White City