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A Short, Sharp Shock

A Short, Sharp Shock

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Publisher's Synopsis

Robinson's only fantasy to date. A compelling far-future tale guaranteed to delight his fans.

A man tumbles through wild surf, half-drowned, to collapse on a moonlit beach. When he regains consciousness, he has no memory of who he is or where he came from. He knows only that the woman who washed ashore with him has disappeared sometime in the night, and that he has awakened in a surreal landscape of savage beauty - a mysterious watery world encircled by a thin spit of land.

In a perverse world of which he has no understanding, he must struggle to find the woman, who is being held hostage by a savage tribe. And he must struggle to find himself, because he doesn't know who or what he is.

About the Publisher

Harper Voyager

Voyager is the home of fantasy and science fiction at HarperCollins and is one of the world's greatest genre lists. We publish giants of fantasy like George R. R. Martin (creator of Game of Thrones), Raymond E. Feist, David Eddings and Robin Hobb, newer bestsellers like Joe Abercrombie, Guy Gavriel Kay and Peter V Brett and classic science fiction by such all-time greats as Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Philip K Dick and Ray Bradbury and we are also incredibly proud of our commitment to developing the brightest new talents such as Mark Lawrence (Prince of Thorns), Emmi Itäranta (Memoryof Water) and Josh Malerman (Birdbox).

Book information

ISBN: 9780006510789
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint: Harper Voyager
Pub date:
DEWEY: 813.54
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 180
Weight: 101g
Height: 178mm
Width: 111mm
Spine width: 10mm