REISSUES

ick of the paperbacks this month: (out now, Tor), the first part of Adrian Tchaikovsky’s new space opera series, The Final Architecture. The (out now, Penguin). There he comes into contact with an ancient evil and an apocalyptic plot involving multiple worlds, time travel and school bullies. We said: “Pacy prose, witty dialogue, vivid characters and icky horror set-pieces mean it’s constantly fun… The plot, though, is crammed with too many ideas that remain undeveloped.” Finally, Micaiah Johnson’s debut (out now, Hodder) is set in a future where you can travel to several hundred alternate universes, if your duplicate there is dead. Traverser Cara discovers that the multiverse is being exploited by the rich. We said: “A dark, provocative read… The social commentary is hard-hitting, delivered with plenty of gripping, well-crafted storytelling.”