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Mystery & ThrillerScience FictionGeneral Fiction
Publisher: Gideon Burrows
Published: Aug 27 2021
Pages: 104
Weight: 0.24
Height: 0.22 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
What if you were offered an easier, cheaper and quicker way to do the family shop?
Rosa Bodran is in a rush as usual.
The ferocious weather is doing everything it can to prevent her getting on with her day.
Then she's made an offer she can't refuse. A virtual reality shopping experience.
The man promises it will be quicker.
He assures her it will be cheaper.
He tells her it will be more convenient.
It seems the perfect solution to picking her kids up on time, despite the freezing hail and wind.
But all is not as it seems.
The weather is a portent of something more terrible to come. Virtual reality becomes the least of Rosa's challenges.
It could put everything she cares for at risk.
Would you take the virtual reality shop?
Or is it best to just say no?
Dive into this futuristic thriller, and face some of the deepest questions about what you want your future to look like.
From the award winning author of Portico and The Illustrator's Daughter, comes a short book that shows this challenging writer at the cutting edge of what he does.
For Portico
Portico is a thought-provoking thriller. I'm already casting the film version in my mind. ★★★★★ Goodreads
Pacy, thrilling, suspenseful and complex to keep your attention... this is a must-read for anyone who likes intelligently-written thrillers - political, techno, or otherwise. ★★★★★ Amazon
The best of this genre I have read for a long time. ★★★★★ Amazon
For The Illustrator's Daughter
I finished this book and then went to give my children a big kiss and hug. ★★★★★ Amazon
A brilliant book. Couldn't put it down. ★★★★★ Amazon
This book took my breath away. Absolutely couldn't put it down. Beautifully written, it explores some hugely emotional issues with honesty and grace. Can absolutely recommend. ★★★★★ Amazon
Honest, heartbreaking and unputdownable.★★★★★ Amazon
For The Spiral
Creepy and claustrophobic. Andy MacDonald
Recommended to all who love a bit of creeping dread in their lives. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Amazon
Another superb story from an emerging author. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Amazon
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