Angelmaker
Nick Harkaway
Angelmaker was shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Science Fiction Literature. Joe Spork, son of the infamous criminal Mathew 'Tommy Gun' Spork just wants a quiet life, repairing clockwork in a wet, unknown bit of London. Edie Banister, former superspy, lives quietly and wishes she didn't. She's nearly ninety and the things she fought to save don't seem to exist anymore. She's beginning to wonder if they ever did. When Joe is asked to fix one particularly unusual device, his life is suddenly upended. The client? Unknown. The device? A 1950s doomsday machine. Having triggered it, Joe now faces the wrath of both the government and a diabolical South Asian dictator, Edie's old arch-nemesis. Joe's once-quiet world is now populated with mad monks, psychopathic serial killers, scientific geniuses and threats to the future of conscious life in the universe. The only way he can survive, is to muster the courage to fight, help Edie complete a mission she gave up years ago, and pick up his father's old gun.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Year
- 2012
- ISBN-13
- 9781446492833
- Genre
- Science FictionCrime & Thriller
- Topics
- Espionage and legacyFamily and identityDoomsday technology
Awards
- Arthur C. Clarke AwardShortlisted(2013)
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction NovelShortlisted(2013)
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