Andrew Caldecott – författare

A hugely compelling, dark, offbeat adventure from the bestselling author of ROTHERWEIRD.

''A deeply strange but also deeply compelling world'' Blue Book Balloon

The world has become a dangerous place: the atmosphere has turned toxic, destroying almost all life, and most of humanity too.

Survivors live in domes protected by chitin shields, serving one or other of the last two great companies. A long period of uneasy collaboration between Tempestas and Genrich is about to end, and they have very different visions for mankind''s future.

Far from these centres of power stands the Museum Dome, home to mankind''s finest paintings and artefacts and their curator, a young man, Fogg, who has laboured for three years without a single visitor.

Then a single mysterious pill - a momenticon - appears in the Museum and triggers a series of bewildering events, embroiling Fogg and his unexpected new companions in a desperate fight against the dark forces which threaten to overwhelm all that remains.

And time is running out.

''Compelling and enrapturing . . . captures the reader from the first page to the last. A five-star read'' Grimdark Magazine

''One of the UK''s most intriguing imaginations. Momenticon is whimsical science fiction at its finest'' Geek Dad

From Andrew Caldecott, the bestselling author of ROTHERWEIRD, comes the jaw-dropping conclusion of the MOMENTICON duology - an epic adventure like no other!''Remember Simul'' - the last words of a dying man, and the key to mankind''s survival.Words which take Morag, Fogg and their friends on a wild ride through caverns and over mountains, into old paintings, to a university unlike any other and up the lethal Tower of No Return. A ride where mythical beasts, legendary monster-hunters and a corrupt establishment lie in wait . . . while the weather-watchers look on and bide their time.It''s a race against extinction too . . . for nature herself is bent on vengeance.-------------------------''Unpredictable, dramatic and always utterly enthralling'' - Reader review''Intelligent and also fun'' - Reader review''Caldecott once again delivers in spades'' - Reader review''Special and dangerous properties . . . opens a series of trap-doors in the readers'' imagination'' - Hilary Mantel, Booker prize winning author, on Rotherweird

''A book with special and dangerous properties'' Hilary Mantel, bestselling author of Wolf Hall''Enthralling'' M.R. Carey, bestselling author of The Girl With All the Gifts ''An imaginative tour de force'' The Times1558: Twelve children, gifted far beyond their years, are banished by their Tudor queen to the town of Rotherweird. Some say they are the golden generation; some say the devil''s spawn. But everyone knows they are something to be revered - and feared. Four and a half centuries on, cast adrift from the rest of England by Elizabeth I and still bound by its ancient laws, Rotherweird''s independence is subject to one disturbing condition: nobody, but nobody, studies the town or its history. Then an Outsider arrives, a man of unparallelled wealth and power, enough to buy the whole of Rotherweird - deeply buried secrets and all . . . Welcome to Rotherweird. ''A remarkable achievement'' Sunday Independent ''Compelling'' Guardian

''A book with special and dangerous properties'' Hilary Mantel, bestselling author of Wolf Hall

''Enthralling'' M.R. Carey, bestselling author of The Girl With All the Gifts

''An imaginative tour de force'' The Times

1558: Twelve children, gifted far beyond their years, are banished by their Tudor queen to the town of Rotherweird. Some say they are the golden generation; some say the devil''s spawn. But everyone knows they are something to be revered - and feared. Four and a half centuries on, cast adrift from the rest of England by Elizabeth I and still bound by its ancient laws, Rotherweird''s independence is subject to one disturbing condition: nobody, but nobody, studies the town or its history. Then an Outsider arrives, a man of unparallelled wealth and power, enough to buy the whole of Rotherweird - deeply buried secrets and all . . . Welcome to Rotherweird. ''A remarkable achievement'' Sunday Independent ''Compelling'' Guardian

''Intricate and crisp, witty and solemn: a book with special and dangerous properties'' Hilary Mantel on Rotherweird

''Baroque, Byzantine and beautiful - not to mention bold'' - M.R. Carey on Rotherweird

WELCOME BACK TO ROTHERWEIRD For four hundred years, the town of Rotherweird has stood alone, made independent from the rest of England to protect a deadly secret. But someone is playing a very long game. An intricate plot, centuries in the making, is on the move. Everything points to one objective - the resurrection of Rotherweird''s dark Elizabethan past - and to one date: the Winter Equinox. Wynter is coming . . .

''Intricate and crisp, witty and solemn'' Hilary Mantel, Man Booker Prize-winning author of Wolf Hall on Rotherweird

APOCALYPSE NOW?

Geryon Wynter, the brilliant Elizabethan mystic, has achieved resurrection and returned to present-day Rotherweird. But after the chaos of Election Day, how can a stranger from another time wrest control? And for what fell purpose is Wynter back?

His dark conspiracy reaches its climax in this unique corner of England, where the study of history is forbidden and neither friend nor foe are quite what they seem.

The stakes could not be higher, for at the endgame, not only Rotherweird is under threat. The future of mankind itself hangs in the balance.

''Baroque, Byzantine and beautiful - not to mention bold. An enthralling puzzle picture of a book'' M. R. Carey, bestselling author of The Girl With All The Gifts on Rotherweird

'Intricate and crisp, witty and solemn' Hilary Mantel, Man Booker Prize-winning author of Wolf Hall on Rotherweird

APOCALYPSE NOW?

Geryon Wynter, the brilliant Elizabethan mystic, has achieved resurrection and returned to present-day Rotherweird. But after the chaos of Election Day, how can a stranger from another time wrest control? And for what fell purpose is Wynter back?

His dark conspiracy reaches its climax in this unique corner of England, where the study of history is forbidden and neither friend nor foe are quite what they seem.

The stakes could not be higher, for at the endgame, not only Rotherweird is under threat. The future of mankind itself hangs in the balance. 'Baroque, Byzantine and beautiful - not to mention bold. An enthralling puzzle picture of a book' M. R. Carey, bestselling author of The Girl With All The Gifts on Rotherweird