The Light Ages by Ian R. MacLeod, Earthlight, £17.99, ISBN 0743462424
Polystom by Adam Roberts, Gollancz, £17.99, ISBN 0575071788
Darwin’s Children by Greg Bear, HarperCollins, £17.99, ISBN 0002257327
Natural History by Justina Robson, Pan Macmillan, £16.99, ISBN 0333907450
ENGINE ice glitters like spent dreams across the landscape of Ian R. MacLeod’s transformed Britain. The residue of aether use, it drifts through the air and builds up in sparkling hills at the edges of towns. The wealth of the richly imagined novel The Light Ages is built upon aether, a magical substance that powers engines and strengthens iron. Young Robert Borrows…
