Edge of Heaven

<p>2119: The bi-level city of Creo Basse towers over the wastelands of central France. Built as a permanent relocation centre for the dispossessed Creo has become a hotbed of simmering resentment and unrest. The authorities keep tight control not least because outlawed a-nauts (artificial humans) are known to hide among its citizenry.</p><p>In the dark honeycomb districts of the lower city  Boston Turrow is searching desperately for black-market meds for his epileptic sister when he encounters one of the many ways Creo can kill a person. His unlikely rescuer is Danae Grant a woman recently made homeless when the bloc she lived in was condemned. Danae knows people Boston knows where she can stay...</p><p>The tinderbox that is Creo catches light when a deadly plague erupts among the populace. Is it really a terrorist weapon unleashed by the a-nauts as the authorities claim or does that just hide a deeper darker secret? Danae and Boston are determined to survive if only to discover the truth; of course that might be easier said than done...</p><p>RB Kelly's stunning debut novel <strong><em>Edge of Heaven</em></strong> is the winner of the Irish Writers Centre Novel Fair Award.</p><p>"...punchy and riveting as required but also mindful that science fiction’s first duty is to weave alternative realities in which readers can blissfully lose themselves."<em> - The Irish Times</em></p><p>"RB Kelly is a thrilling new talent in SFF. Her writing is lyrical passionate honest her science-fictional worlds unique and deeply thought-through. All the great stories are love stories and this is a love story like none you have read before."<em> - Ian McDonald</em></p><p>"This is noir thriller territory: in the rain-swept city there are alleyways and boulevards abandoned warehouses and apartment blocks petty crime and dangerous gangs... an impressive debut." <em>- The Green Book</em></p>