Artificial Selection

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>HIGH TECH HIGH WATER AND THE HEAD OF AWKWARD QUESTIONS</strong></p><p></p><p><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>A cozy sci-fi mystery from the winner of the Green Stories Prize!</em></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>The year is 2101 and half of England is underwater.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>But society is recovering from the Melt thanks to ArkTech whose eco-friendly headquarters sit serenely above the newly formed Fenland Sea.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>As ArkTech's Head of Awkward Questions Charlotte Vance is dedicated to helping Ben the company's curious AI. Ben has a fondness for dad jokes a knack for spotting anomalies and happens to be Charlotte's best friend.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Naturally when Ben notices a geneticist vandalising pre-Melt books and a librarian looking the other way he sends Charlotte to investigate.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>What starts as a quirky case of stolen blank pages and clandestine book clubs soon leaves Charlotte caught between the black-market operation she thought she'd left behind and the company she's always trusted.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Set in a near future that is neither utopia nor wasteland <em>Artificial Selection </em>is ideal for readers who enjoy character-driven whydunnits or charming sci-fi with humour and heart - perfect for fans of Terry Pratchett Martha Wells and Becky Chambers.</strong></p><p></p><p><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Honestly I devoured it in one go in just a single day - it was that good. It left me feeling hopeful which is rare these days isn't it? - Reader review</em></p>