Adam Roberts

''Think Bridget Jones if she were in The Bear'' SUNDAY TIMES STYLE''Slyly satirical and richly comedic'' EVENING STANDARD''Literally the most delicious beach read ... The Devil Wears Prada for devoted foodies'' PLUM SYKES''Utterly delicious and satisfying to the end'' MARY ROACH''A savoury meal of a debut. Charming, witty ... You''ll want seconds!'' STEVEN ROWLEYWhen twenty-something Isabella Pasternack is fired from her job at a digital food magazine, she accepts a thankless job for the paycheck: ghostwrite the very past-due cookbook for a once-beloved thirty-something actress, Molly Babcock.Molly, trying to repair her reputation after a serious downward spiral, meets Isabella’s earnest attempts to connect with inconsistency, indifference, and cruelty. But, for the first time in her life, Isabella is determined to dig in her heels, and figure out if there’s anything Molly actually knows how to cook (or even likes to eat).Isabella’s slice of contemporary New York is filled out by a cast including: Isabella’s acerbic roommate and best friend Owen, her widowed mother whose cooking isn’t only bad, it’s dangerous, and of course a handsome chef love interest. Hilarious and hopeful, at its core, Food Person is about commitment to self-discovery, the beauty of community, and how unapologetically forging your own future can lead to everyone getting the ending they deserve. And of course, very delicious food.

Good is a construct. Evil is a virus.The Starship Sa Niro and the Starship Sß Oubliette were in orbit around a black hole, one afternoon... by the end of the day, the crews of both starships were dead, victims of a single killer: Captain Alpha Raine.Raine claims he''s acting under the command of a voice emanating from the black hole: Mr Modo. No one believes him.Everyone knows that things go into black holes; nothing comes out.But something inexplicable has been happening to Raine, and whatever it is seems to be spreading. An historian studying serial killers from the 21st century interviews him... and then nearly kills someone herself. It becomes increasingly undeniable that there''s something inside that black hole... and it''s found a way out...

An anthology of classic science fiction stories. Long before humans ventured into outer space, writers spun stories of what might lie in the unknown worlds beyond our planet and speculated about the future. This striking collection features retellings of seven classic science ficition stories. From tales of space exploration, to time travellers and alien invaders, this striking anthology is the perfect introduction to the world of science fiction. Includes: The Star by H G Wells Micromegas by Voltaire The Last Man by Mary Shelley From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells Buck Rogers: Armageddon 2419 AD by Philip Francis Nowlan Written by Adam Roberts and with vivid illustrations by artist Evangeline Gallagher.