Europe in Autumn, 1 - (The Fractured Europe Sequence) 2nd Edition by Dave Hutchinson (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Rudi is a cook in a Krakâow restaurant, but when his boss asks Rudi to help a cousin escape from the country he's trapped in, a new career -- part spy, part people-smuggler -- begins. Following multiple economic crises and a devastating flu pandemic, Europe has fractured into countless tiny nations, duchies, polities and republics. Recruited by the shadowy organisation Les Coureurs des Bois, Rudi is schooled in espionage, but when a training mission to The Line, a sovereign nation consisting of a trans-Europe railway line, goes wrong, he is arrested, beaten and Coureur Central must attempt a rescue. With so many nations to work in, and identities to assume, Rudi is kept busy travelling across Europe. But when he is sent to smuggle someone out of Berlin and finds a severed head inside a locker instead, a conspiracy begins to wind itself around him. With kidnapping, double-crosses and a map that constantly re-draws, Rudi begins to realise that underneath his daily round of plot and counter plot, behind the conflicting territories, another entirely different reality might be pulling the strings"--Amazon.com, viewed February 7, 2014.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>A visionary thriller of future espionage, broken borders, people smuggling, betrayal and an impossible secret <i>The Guardian</i> called, "a spellbinding novel of intrigue and paranoia."</b> <p/><b>Europe as we know it is gone. <p/></b>Devastated by a flu pandemic and crippled by economic collapse, the continent has fractured into countless tiny nations, a fragile web of shifting alliances seething with espionage and strange new technologies. <p/>In a small restaurant in Krakow, chef Rudi is drawn into a new career with Les Coureurs des Bois, a shadowy organisation that will move anything across any state line - for a price. <p/>Soon, Rudi is in a world of high-risk smuggling operations, where kidnappings and double-crosses are as natural as a map that constantly redraws itself.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>'A spellbinding novel of intrigue and paranoia.' -- The Guardian-- "The Guardian"<br><br>'An awesome concoction of sci-fi and spies.' -- Tor.com-- "Tor.com"<br><br>'High-octane thrills, mind-twisting concepts, smart and engaging storytelling.' -- Locus-- "Locus"<br><br>Dave Hutchinson's Europe in Autumn, presents a near-future Europe fractured into hundreds of nations or polities, each with its own strictly controlled border. The Les Coureurs des Bois is a shady organisation which delivers packages, and sometimes people, across these borders. Estonian chef Rudi, working in Krakow when the novel opens, is drawn into the organisation and finds himself embroiled in ever more complex situations. Hutchinson draws a convincing picture of a fragmented continent - he's especially good at describing the industrial wasteland of the former Poland - as Rudi finds his life under threat. Unable to trust anyone, especially Les Coureurs, Rudi attempts to work out who wants him dead, and why. The author's authoritative prose, intimate knowledge of eastern Europe, and his fusion of Kafka with Len Deighton, combine to create a spellbinding novel of intrigue and paranoia. -- The Guardian<br><br>Europe in Autumn is the work of a consummate storyteller and combines great characters, a cracking central idea, and a plot that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Excellent.--Eric Brown, author of Helix<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Dave Hutchinson</b> is the multi-award winning author of the critically acclaimed <i>Fractured Europe </i>series for Solaris: <i>Europe it Autumn</i>, <i>Europe at Midnight</i>, <i>Europe in Winter </i>and <i>Europe at Dawn</i>.
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