The Execution Channel - by Ken MacLeod (Paperback)

About the Book

From the modern master of political SF, a tale of Apocalypse Soon

Book Synopsis

It's after 9/11. After the bombing. After the Iraq war. After 7/7. After the Iran war. After the nukes. After the flu. After the Straits. After Rosyth. In a world just down the road from our own, on-line bloggers vie with old-line political operatives and new-style police to determine just where reality lies.

James Travis is a British patriot and a French spy. On the day the Big One hits, Travis and his daughter must strive to make sense of the nuclear bombing of Scotland and the political repercussions of a series of terrorist attacks. With the information war in full swing, the only truth they have is what they're able to see with their own eyes. They know that everything else is--or may be--a lie.

Review Quotes

Praise for Ken MacLeod:
"Science fiction's freshest new writer...MacLeod is a fiercely intelligent, prodigously well-read author who manages to fill his books with big issues without weighing them down."
--"Salon"

"Ken MacLeod's novels are fast, funny and sophisticated. There can never be enough books like these."
--Kim Stanley Robinson

Praise for Ken MacLeod:
“Science fiction’s freshest new writer…MacLeod is a fiercely intelligent, prodigously well-read author who manages to fill his books with big issues without weighing them down.”
--"Salon"

“Ken MacLeod's novels are fast, funny and sophisticated. There can never be enough books like these.”
--Kim Stanley Robinson

"Ken MacLeod's novels are fast, funny and sophisticated. There can never be enough books like these."
--Kim Stanley Robinson

" Ken MacLeod's novels are fast, funny and sophisticated. There can never be enough books like these."
--Kim Stanley Robinson

About the Author

Ken MacLeod holds a degree in zoology and has worked in the fields of biomechanics and computer programming. Three of his novels, The Star Fraction, The Stone Canal, and Learning the World each won the Prometheus Award; The Cassini Division was a finalist for the Nebula Award; and The Sky Road won the British Science Fiction Association Award and was a finalist for the Hugo Award, as were Cosmonaut Keep, Dark Light and Learning the World. Ken MacLeod lives near Edinburgh, Scotland, with his wife and children.