The Heist of Hollow London - by Eddie Robson (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Shortlisted for the RUSA Science Fiction Reading List!

In games of betrayal everyone loses.

Arlo and Drienne are 'mades'--clones of company executives, deemed important enough to be saved should their health fail. Mades work around the clock to pay off the debt incurred by their creation, though most are Reaped--killed and harvested for organs when their corporate counterparts are in medical need.

But when the impossible happens and the too-big-to-fail company that owns them collapses, Arlo and Drienne find themselves purchased by a scientist who has a job for them.

The reward: Debt paid off, freedom from servitude, and enough cash to last a lifetime.

The job: Infiltrate a highly secure corporate reclamation facility in the heart of dead London and steal a data drive.

They're going to need a team.

Review Quotes

Shortlisted for the RUSA Science Fiction Reading List!

"There's never been a caper novel quite like this one" --Booklist

"The Heist of Hollow London is the definitive dystopian Ocean's Eleven. A thrilling, twisty caper with sky-high stakes: a heist not just for money, but for freedom from the worst excesses of hypercapitalism." --Oliver K. Langmead, author of Calypso

"Explorations of identity, commodification, and exploitation run throughout the narrative, which toggles between the crew's multiple perspectives as they scheme their way toward victory. This works on every level." --Publishers Weekly, starred review

"Readers who love a good caper story or a sci-fi mystery will be thrilled with this...fascinating interpretation of a world gone very, very wrong." --Library Journal, starred review

"A wild ride through a nerve-wrackingly plausible vision of a near-future corporate dystopia. The Heist of Hollow Londoncarves out a space all of its own against a background of cyberpunk tradition. I'll be looking out for more!" --CE Murphy, author of Urban Shaman

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"Perfect for anyone looking for a fun, thought-provoking and unintimidating foray into sci-fi, this book will have readers smiling on every page, drunk on Robson's clever words." --BookPage

"With a darkly tongue-in-cheek comedy and soft science-fiction premise, Drunk on All Your Strange New Words is a conspiracy theory gift wrapped up as an exploration of our own culture's obsession with ourselves. As Robson develops the mystery, honing in on the whodunnit at the center of the book, he also expands outwards, translating small truths about our own world through Lydia's filters. And, in some cases, without any filters at all." --iO9

"Eddie Robson is an exciting new fixture in British SFF, with a perspective that's charming, humane and witty. He's going to be around a long time. Read him now before you have to start lying about having done so." --Paul Cornell

"A hell of a lot of fun for fans of locked room mysteries and near future sci-fi." --Gareth L. Powell

"Drunk on all Your Strange New Words is a twisted murder investigation through a post-contact future full of world-building in fascinating detail." --Django Wexler

"The truth in this story is both far simpler and far more interesting than the many lies people would like to believe, and Lydia is just the right kind of inquisitive character to keep the narrative entertaining." --Booklist

"A memorable exploration of the power of language and technology in a post first-contact world... thoughtful, fast-paced sci-fi." --Publishers Weekly

"The book packs in oodles of dry wit and droll self-mockery, the sort of profound and lacerating laughter that Robson's countrymen Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett perfected." --NPR on Hearts of Oak

"Drunk on All Your Strange New Words... offers something fresh and engaging for fans of many genres." --Toronto Star

"Drunk on All Your Strange New Words...is a surprising and compellingly eccentric narrative that integrates elements of science fiction, with aliens and futuristic technology, into a murder mystery format, filled with dysfunctional characters and red herrings." --Aurealis

About the Author

Eddie Robson is a British comedy and science fiction writer best known for his sitcom Welcome to Our Village, Please Invade Carefully and his work on a variety of spin-offs from the BBC Television series Doctor Who. He has written books, comics, short stories, and for television and theatre, and has worked as a freelance journalist for various science fiction magazines.