Eris is set against the background of a sandbox game called Greenhouse, the common thread of a dystopian future. When it’s creator’s son is kidnapped by a terrorist group, hoping to create a more simpler, but less digital world; the secret’s of the past come to threaten a possible future.
It’s a pacy read that will be prefect for poolside next Summer. That near future seems well realised and I’d also praise a book where it is both queer and neurodiverse positive. Where I would think it needed a sharper cursor is that it seems both anti-capitalist and friendly to the concept of a digitised and unified world. The speed of the narrative will suit its audience; especially as it gets more frantic towards the end (which also seems a little too neat). The multiple POV’s of four main characters work well, but the ‘in game’ narrative feels more like an epistolary novel.
However, the target audience of geeks like myself who inherited the earth will enjoy it. It’s released by Dundurn Press on 9th June and I thank them for a preview copy.
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