A Solitude of Stars

By Clive Gilson

Book Overview

Clive is prolific and can turn his hand to many genres: poetry, short fiction, contemporary novels, folklore and science fiction - and the common theme is that none of them ever fails to take our breath away. There's something in each story that is either memorably poignant, hauntingly unnerving or sidesplittingly funny. A Solitude of Stars is no different. With deft turns of phrase and an imagination that would make Philip K. Dick jealous, Clive takes us into a very human future, the seeds of which are definitely being sown right now. The story is a chilling glimpse of what may come to pass, warmed by a thread of love that raises the narrative beyond despair. A riveting read.Solitude is disturbing and breathtaking in equal measure. It could be called a science-fiction dystopia, but the book goes much deeper than that. We see the Apparat and Dirigiste tribes ranging across the universe seeking peace by waging war to achieve it - much as we do today. Solitude raises the question: is humanity actually capable of peace? Solitude is a tour de force of the imagination - creating worlds and technology with sublime pathos and authority.A truly memorable story with the regular inclusion of a sublime paragraph of prose that is pure poetry.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1730795617
• ISBN13: 9781730795619
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 369 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.9" x 5.3"