The Race

"The Race is a fantastic read that will keep you interested until the very last page. The narrative has been ingeniously crafted while having enough twists and turns to keep you guessing." - Bio Gamer Girl

"A beautiful novel... gorgeous and thought provoking." - Gamers Sphere

"Enticingly mysterious... akin to the best alternative history fiction... will keep readers fascinated for hours." Publishers Weekly Starred Review

"a brilliantly weird world that's utterly riveting" - Kirkus Reviews

"Evocative, descriptive and emotionally resonant" - Skiffy and Fanty

"The Race" is an ingenious puzzle-box of a narrative that works both as a haunting family saga and as a vivid picture of a future worth avoiding." - Chicago Tribune

"A unique and fascinating near-future ecological SF novel. Buy it!" Jeff Vandermeer, author of the Annihilation trilogy

"Totally assured - this is a literate, intelligent, gorgeously human and superbly strange SF novel that will continually skewer your assumptions." - ALASTAIR REYNOLDS

"Nina Allan's debut is weird in all the right ways" - Barnes & Noble

"confidently and wonderfully written" - Adventures in Poor Taste

"An unconventional, arresting meditation on memory, imagination, and the ways we attempt to cope with the trauma in our lives." - Barnes & Noble