Machine

James Smythe was born in London in 1980. He has worked as a computer game writer and currently teaches creative writing. He also writes a blog for the Guardian. The Machine is his fourth novel and is shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2014. Previous novels include The Testimony and a science fiction series including The Explorer and The Echo. The Testimony was awarded Wales Fiction Book of the Year, 2013. He lives in London. He can be found on Twitter @jpsmythe

'Savage, intimate, inexorable' Nick Harkaway 'The Machine is the work of a young writer with a preternaturally powerful and distinctive voice' Guardian 'Phenomenal ... simply unmissable' Tor.com 'Extraordinary' Dazed & Confused 'Reminiscent of Ian McEwan at his most macabre' Will Wiles, author of Care of Wooden Floors