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Several Mark Lawrence books are on sale today for £1 each in the UK:
Book of the Ancestor (Red Sister) (
Kobo,
Amazon)
A related series,
Book of the Ice (The Girl and the Stars) (
Kobo,
Amazon)
And the first two books of the latest
Library trilogy (The Book that Wouldn't Burn) (
Kobo,
Amazon)
Also on sale:
The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami is £1.7 on
Amazon UK (
Kobo is full price but should be eligible for price matching)
Mini-review by Ian Mond
Quote:
Sara is returning home from a conference abroad when agents from the Risk Assessment Administration pull her aside at the airport. Using data from her dreams, their algorithm has determined that she is at imminent risk of harming her husband. For his safety, she must be transferred to a retention centre, and kept under observation for twenty-one days.
But as Sara arrives to be monitored alongside other dangerous dreamers, she discovers that with every deviation from the facility's strict and ever-shifting rules, their stays can be extended – and that getting home to her family is going to cost much more than just three weeks of good behaviour.
Then, one day, a new resident arrives, disrupting the order of the facility and leading Sara on a collision course with the very companies that have deprived her of her freedom.
The Dream Hotel is a gripping speculative mystery about the seductive dangers of the technologies that are supposed to make our lives easier. As terrifying as it is inventive, it explores how well we can ever truly know those around us – even with the most invasive surveillance systems in place.
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