STONE GODS.

This richly textured novel is set in the distant future on the planet Orbus which, according to its rulers, 'isn't dying' but merely 'evolving in a way that is hostile to human life'. Like all the best sci-fi, it is essentially about the present, its vision of a society obsessed with youth, sex and celebrity offering a stark warning to our own. The central love relationship between Billie, a gove...