Adrian Tchaikovsky’s latest novel, Bear Head, follows the story of Jimmy who has allowed his modified brain to be rented out for an illegal data dump. However, he soon finds out that said data is, in fact, the cloned intelligence of a political refugee called Honey… who is a bear. A thought-provoking political thriller that
Bear Head
Author: Adrian Tchaikovsky Publisher: Head Of Zeus Price: £18.99 Hardback Bear Head follows the story of Jimmy, a construction worker on Mars, who is building luxury apartments for humanity’s rich and powerful. His body has been augmented so he can survive the planet’s harsh atmosphere but it’s okay, the company bankrolling the venture will change
The animal world infuses just about everything I write. Spiders, most notably, but also tigers, wolves, dogs and, most recently, bears… Animals have been running through human narratives since before humans were human. We’ve always known that we shared the world with them. Modern life can’t divorce itself from that heritage, whether it’s Paw Patrol