The Countenance Divine - SLD'Michael Hughes writes like a brilliant cross between David Mitchell and Hilary Mantel' Toby Litt In 1999 a programmer is trying to fix the millennium bug, but can't shake the sense he's been chosen for something. In 1888 five women are brutally murdered in the East End by a troubled young man in thrall to a mysterious master. In 1777 an apprentice engraver called William Blake has a defining spiritual experience; thirteen years later this vision

which will change the course of his life

this is classic SF which has appeal for readers who like Gravity and The Martian

An ordinary

If you're not for us

Now May clings to life and it is only his voice travelling across the fathomless miles that can bring her home

The worst crime of all insulting a grown-up

So when Mel leaves him

But Meredith has barely got to know her neighbour when Harriet is involved in a shocking - and fatal - accident at the Boxing Day Hunt

the need to return has become desperate

and read and discussed by the entire population of the British Isles

With such a spear in his possession Sigurd might now assemble a host strong enough to challenge King Gorm and wreak the revenge he craves

James Bond is back where he belongs