Roil / Trent Jamieson
“An inventive, darkly fascinating world, rich in menace and challenges.”
- Rowena Cory Daniells
Shale is dying. A vast, chaotic, monster-bearing storm known only as the Roil is expanding, consuming the land.
Where once there were twelve great cities, now only four remain, and their borders are being threatened by the growing cloud of darkness. The last humans are fighting back with ever more bizarre new machines. But one by one the defences are failing. And the Roil continues to grow.
With the land in turmoil, it’s up to a decadent wastrel, a four thousand year-old man, and a young woman intent on revenge to try to save their city – and the world.
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More Praise:
“From page one the reader is thrown deep into the world of Shale, the story unfolding as details of the world, incredible and horrible, are beautifully laid out in front of you. Trent has constructed an wonderfully detailed world of Steampunk with a Fantasy/Sci-Fi twist. I had a hard time setting the book down to get other stuff done. By the end of the book my main problem with the work was that I can’t wait for the release of the second part of the duology, Night’s Engines, currently scheduled for June 2012.”
“In this fantasy novel with some SF details, the talented Australian author Jamieson gives readers a truly vast and awesome monster-bearing storm and strange machines. Whole cities are being devoured by the storm and only a four thousand-year-old man, a young woman, and a decadent wastrel stand in the way. Although this might look like generic fantasy from the cover, it’s definitely something much more interesting.”
- Jeff VanderMeer, Omnivoracious
“Jamieson writes a fast-paced story studded with action-movie beats.”
- Financial Times
“Trent Jamieson is well known in speculative fiction circles as a significant talent, writing beautifully crafted tales that often have a baroque sensibility and resonate on an emotional level.”
- Terra Incognita
“…I predict that Trent Jamieson will deservedly be Australia’s next big genre expert.”
- Chuck McKenzie
“Jamieson is an excellent writer, creating compelling yet flawed characters in his novels and short fiction. Roil is no different in this respect … The novel brings together elements of dystopian science fiction, fantasy and a touch of steampunk to create a gripping story.”
ROIL
Fantasy (Science Fantasy)
Cover: Angelo Rinaldi at Artist Partners
UK
1 Sep 2011
432 pp B-format paperback
£7.99
ISBN 978 0 85766 183 8
US/Canada
30 Aug 2011
432 pp mass-market paperback
$7.99 US $8.99 CAN
ISBN 978 0 85766 184 5
eBook
30 Aug 2011
£5.49
ePub ISBN 978 0 85766 185 2
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Roil by Trent Jamieson |:
June 9th, 2011 at 1:14 pm
[...] cities huge ice canons. But one by one the defences are failing. And the Roil continues to grow. publisher [...]
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July 16th, 2011 at 9:28 am
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Top 5 Most Anticipated September Releases | The Ranting Dragon:
August 23rd, 2011 at 3:22 pm
[...] all-consuming cloud of darkness. If this sounds as good to you as it does to us, there’s even a free chapter or six to whet your appetite over at the Angry Robot [...]
Locus Online Monitor » New Books, early September:
September 6th, 2011 at 8:38 pm
[...] human cities fighting an encroaching storm called the Roil. • Angry Robot’s site has this description with quotes from reviews and a preview function. • The author’s site has this page for [...]
» Quick Quick Slow rhian bowley's blog:
September 20th, 2011 at 12:07 pm
[...] Roil, by Trent Jamieson (also great so [...]
The #Conflux 7 experience, Canberra 2011 | Zena Shapter:
October 6th, 2011 at 11:15 pm
[...] very first book launch, where Angry Robot launched novels by Jo Anderton (Debris), Trent Jamieson (Roil) and Kaaron Warren (Slights, Walking the Tree, Mistification, Dead Sea [...]
Interzone 237 « Panglossian Hubris:
November 6th, 2011 at 10:33 pm
[...] Roil by Trent Jaimeson (reviewed by Maureen Kincaid Speller) [...]
Post Apocalyptic Reading: Impressions – Roil, by Trent Jamieson:
February 24th, 2012 at 10:37 pm
[...] well worth a read. I will certainly be picking up the sequel.You can read an excerpt on the Angry Robot site, and purchase it from their official bookstoreBought with my own money from Angry Robot Books [...]
Robot Round-Up, 18.05.12 :: Angry Robot Books | The City Robotics Site:
May 19th, 2012 at 2:43 pm
[...] in his Nightbound Land duology. They’re running a comments-based giveaway for a copy of either Roil or Night’s Engines as [...]
Roil: full steam ahead! « Vampires in the Sunburnt Country:
May 31st, 2012 at 1:00 am
[...] Roil is the first book of the The Nightbound Land duology (Angry Robot) by Brisbane author Trent Jamieson, and it’s fabulous — in more than one meaning of the word. [...]
Snapshot 2012: Scott Robinson « Vampires in the Sunburnt Country:
June 7th, 2012 at 6:01 am
[...] series and King Rolen’s Kin <by Rowena Cory Daniells> for a while. And recent releases Roil (by Jamieson) and Debris (by Joanne Anderton). Just not enough hours in the [...]
Trent Jamieson dark fantasy author talks to Dark Matter:
September 25th, 2012 at 1:54 am
[...] Tell me more about Roil: I found it on your website. I haven’t looked at it in depth. What’s it all about? And is it [...]
Post Apocalyptic Reading: Impressions - Roil, by Trent Jamieson | In Case of Survival:
February 1st, 2013 at 3:59 pm
[...] can read an excerpt on the Angry Robot site, and purchase it from their official [...]