Where do you find the strength to keep fighting when you think all is lost? The protagonists in these two stories are pushed to their limits and beyond to find out.
In Alastair Chisholm’s new book The Consequence Girl, the world of Colony is in ruins. No one knows what caused society to begin tearing itself apart - but the secret may lie with Cora, a girl living on the mountainside far away from others. Cora possesses an extraordinary gift: the power to see back in time, from an event back to its causes. And sometimes she can change events. But the present is looking for Cora, and she is forced on the run - and must decide who she is, what she can do …
In Benjamin Oliver’s The Loop Trilogy, Luka Kane has broken out of high security prisons, led a rebellion against the government and the all-powerful AI planning to destroy all humans - and was executed for it. But when lab assistant Chester 'Chilly' Beckett discovers Luka’s paralysed body in a locked laboratory, there may still be a chance to stop Happy's world-ending plans. If they can pull off their most daring escape yet.
Chaired by Eleanor Pender
About the event
Running time: 60 minutes
Venue: Pleasance Upper Hall
Price: £10/£8 concession - In Person - or £6/£4 concession - Live Stream - (plus 50p booking fee)
This event takes place in person and is broadcast via live stream.
About the authors
Alastair: “I'm a children's author and puzzle creator. I'm the author of the sci-fi adventuresOrion Lost and Adam-2, and picture books The Prince and the Witch and the Thief and the Bears and Inch and Grub, amongst others. I've also written quite a lot of books of Sudoku, Kakuro and other puzzles, including the Kids' Book of Sudoku andKids' Book of Kakuro series. I live in Edinburgh with my wife (who is lovely), two children (who are lovely but very loud), and a cat who is yowling at me even though there is clearly food in her bowl, look, it’s right there, look.”
Follow Alastair Chisholm on Twitter @alastair_ch or visit his website.
Ben Oliver began writing creatively at age seven, and was promptly placed into the lowest reading and writing group at school. Frustrated by his lack of immediate success, Ben chose to step-down from the world of writing. Three years later, he came out of retirement to write a 'What I Did During My Summer Holiday' assignment, where he claimed he saved the world from the apocalypse. Encouraged by an enthusiastic teacher, Ben returned, triumphantly, to writing. A mere twenty-two years later, and now a high school English teacher, Ben’s first novel, The Loop, was published in 2020.
Follow Ben Oliver on Twitter @benjamin0liver.