Fiction

	Title	Editor rating (1-5)	Reader rating
	Roo'd - Joshua Klein - Roo'd is a novel set in the too-near future about a boy forced to use the underground to rescue his brother, his friends, and most importantly - his work. Roo'd is geek-addled cyberpunk fiction at its finest. The story concerns a teenage boy with two prosthetic legs and a band of misfit...	4	4.7
	Homegrown Dandelions - Judith Bronte - Love can thrive in the most ordinary places.... After a tragedy, Beth Carter was left to pick up the pieces and move on with her life. But she hasn't. She's shut herself to the world, and has vowed never to love again. Matt Taylor is looking for work, but nothing more. His...	4	4.1
	Marked - Kim Richardson - Sixteen year-old Kara Nightingale’s ordinary life is suddenly turned upside-down when she dies in a freak accident and wakes up in a strange new world with a new career - as a rookie for the Guardian Angel Legion. Kara hurtles towards dangerous missions with the help of her Petty Officer and...	4	4.7
	When Women Were Warriors - Book I: The Warrior's Path - Catherine Wilson - In book I of the ‘When Women Were Warriors’ trilogy Tamras arrives in Lady Merin’s house to begin her apprenticeship as a warrior. Her small stature makes her an unlikely swordswoman and to make matters worse Lady Merin assigns her as the servant of a cantankerous...	4	4
	The Hero - Kenneth Crowe - "He's making a hero out of a goddamn coward. The man’s a fraud. You’re not a hero when you’re operating on artificial courage. Ryan Garrity, winner of two Silver Stars, lost an eye and his dream of an Army career on a battlefield in Korea while leading a selected band of...	4	4
	Zen Guys Go Euro - Joe Gotham - Zen Guys Go Euro is a picaresque adventure about an Irish Sikh and a South African air guitarist on an Interrail trip to stop a madman from killing rap star Mabus on his European Tour. Professor Zumiez believes the rapper is Nostradamus' 'Third Antichrist', after Napoleon and Hitler...	4	4
	Fantasy Child - Part One - Gavin Carter - Extract: There are some experiences in a child's life that change you forever and on a beautiful Summer's day a lonely young girl was about to begin just such a journey. It was the 17th of August when Cora Pearl a frail twelve year old girl in a light green dress stood...	4	3.5
	Bucharest-Vienna Delayed - James Wright - Bucharest - Vienna Delayed unfolds in the carriage of a train carrying England fans back from an international football match. After I-Spy and other fun games have been exhausted the occupants of one carriage take turns telling stories. The eight occupants have their own...	4	4.7
	Come with your shades on - Joe Gotham - A black comedy following the adventures of a disparate group of people in the Netherlands in the days following 9/11. A faded rock star, Dr Kosmoss, his blind companion, Christian, and a Nigerian King called Lord Ahmed go to the Netherlands to rescue a girl kidnapped by a porn star. Since Dr...	4	3
	The Animal Within - Mark Gerard - Twenty years after fleeing a revolution in colonial Africa and settling in a quiet English village, James begins a new life as a student teacher in a tough, multicultural London comprehensive. He’s looking for something: a vocation; somewhere a mixed-race young man can call home; an end to his...	4	4.5