After a spate of apparent suicides among elite scientists, nanotech engineer Wang Miao is asked to infiltrate a secretive cabal. During his investigation, Wang is inducted into a mysterious online game that is the key to humanity's place in the cosmos and the key to the extinction-level threat it now faces.

AD 2201: Earth and the colonies of Mars attempt a reconciliation after a century-long Cold War. Can two mutually antagonistic cultures forget the past and embrace the future?

The past comes back to haunt game warden Joe Pickett and his family with devastating effect.

AD 98: The army base at Vindolanda lies on the northern frontier of Britannia and the entire Roman world. Defences are weak, as tribes rebel against Roman rule, and local druids preach the fiery destruction of the invaders.

Eleven stories and five Chinese Galaxy Award-winners take you from Earth to the edge of the Universe and back again.

Twelve of Ben Okri's most controversial non-fiction pieces form this collection on the theme of freedom.

An Irish physician explores the ways in which society has lost the ability to deal with death.

Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland, sets out his vision of 'an ethical Republic' in a collection of his speeches.