LILA BLACK RETURNS IN THE FOURTH VOLUME OF HIGH-OCTANE, HIGH-MAGIC, HIGH-TECH ADVENTURES.
Ever since the Quantum Bomb of 2015 things have been different; the
dimensions have fused and suddenly our world is accessible to elves,
demons, ghosts, and elementals — and their worlds are open to us. Things
have been different for Special Agent Lila Black too: she’s been
tortured and magic-scarred by elves; rebuilt by humans into a
half-robot, part-AI, nuclear-fueled walking arsenal; married to a
demon; and is in love with a recently-deceased elf. It was confusing
enough before she was catapulted fifty years into her own future.
Returning to the life of a secret agent, Lila finds herself left all of
her former boss’s old offices and whatever mysteries they contain, as
the elf has disappeared some fifty years previously. Appointed head of
the new android division, she can see all too clearly what’s in store
for her if the growth of the alien technologies in her cyborg body
continue unchecked.
But there are more immediate concerns. Like resurrecting her
lover, Zal. And her husband, the demon Teazle, is embroiled in a fatal
plot in Demonia, and her magic sword is making itself happy as a pen
whose writing has the power to affect other worlds. The world is off
its rocker and most everyone is terrified of faeries.
And all the while, she hears the voices of the machine — material
projections of an immaterial form, The Signal. The Signal talks
constantly — if only she knew what it meant.
Chasing the Dragon is bright, fast-moving, and accessible SF
that mixes in fantasy and a cool cult-lit sensibility to create a
series that will appeal to all fans of Laurrell K. Hamilton and Peter
Hamilton alike.
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Justina Robson (born 1968) is from Leeds, a city in Yorkshire in the north of England. She started writing in her teens.
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Interview: Justina Robson, by Cheryl Morgan. Strangehorizons.com.
A Conversation With Justina Robson. The SF Site.
23 Entirely Serious Questions. Infinity plus.