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Author_Adam Oyebanji
award-winning
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crime fiction
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mid-atlantic triangle
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- ISBN 9781529437096
- Weight: 306g
- Dimensions: 130 x 192mm
- Publication Date: 22 May 2025
- Publisher: Quercus Publishing
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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*Longlisted for BEST NOVEL by the British Science Fiction Association*
*Shortlisted for the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize*
*Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize*
AN EXTRAORDINARY SPECULATIVE THRILLER BY A MASTER OF THE GENRE
An impossible death: Detective Ethan Krol has been called to the scene of a baffling murder: a man and his son, who appear to have been drowned in sea-water. But the nearest ocean is a thousand miles away.
An improbable story: Hollie Rogers doesn't want to ask too many questions of her new friend, Abi Eniola. Abi claims to be an ordinary woman from Nigeria, but her high-tech gadgets and extraordinary physical abilities suggest she's not telling the whole truth.
An incredible quest: As Ethan's investigation begins to point towards Abi, Hollie's fears mount. For Abi is very much not who she seems. And it won't be long before Ethan and Hollie find themselves playing a part in a story that spans cultures, continents . . . and centuries.
PRAISE FOR ESPERANCE:
'A fast-paced, superbly plotted blend of mystery and science fiction' GUARDIAN
'A gripping, intricately plotted mystery which unravels its themes of justice, choices and consequence with huge assurance and flair' E. J. SWIFT, author of The Coral Bones
'A tightly wound plot told from two divergent points of view that will keep you guessing in the best ways. If you're a fan of SF mystery, Esperance merges the best from both genres' MIKE MAMMAY, author of Planetside
Adam Oyebanji was born in Coatbridge, in the West of Scotland, and is now in Edinburgh, by way of Birmingham, London, Lagos, Nigeria, Chicago, Pittsburgh and New York. After graduating from Birmingham University and Harvard Law School, he worked as a barrister, before moving to New York to work in counter-terrorist financing in Wall Street, helping to choke off the money supply that builds weapons of mass destruction, narcotics empires and human trafficking networks. Braking Day is his first novel.
