The Tomorrow Tower

John Moralee

Sinopsis

The Tomorrow Tower is a collection of nine science fiction short stories. In the distant future a woman becomes horrified by the actions of her decadent companions. A man’s brother returns from a war with his mind drastically changed. A television falls in love with its owner. A soldier must track down an old friend before he kills. A race of super-cute aliens arrive on Earth asking to help humankind – but what do they really want? A boy dreams of becoming a cosmonaut in an alternate history where the Russians walked on the Moon first. A man searches for his family in a world wrecked by dangerous nanotechnology and warped virtual reality. An immortal dictator fears for his life while building a deadly war machine. And a grieving man starts seeing strange things after a car crash, making him doubt everything he's ever believed to be real.

Disponible desde: 25/02/2017.

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