Beacon 23

Beacon 23For centuries, men and women have manned lighthouses to ensure the safe passage of ships. It is a lonely job, and a thankless one for the most part. Until something goes wrong. Until a ship is in distress. In the twenty third century, this job has moved into outer space. A network of beacons allows ships to travel across the Milky Way at many times the speed of light. These beacons are built to be robust. They never break down. They never fail. At

violent and surprising novel about the life of a real historical figure

Each chapter is illustrated with ten evocative houses or flats

a psychiatrist who specialises in sex addiction and his Latina nurse by day

Mama teaches her young ones to fish

to go anywhere that I felt I had to go with it

she carts her sons back to Ireland to retrace their family's history

Cheer my mother up

then I'm going to have lovers

She is running away

including through-the-keyhole looks into the houses of many stellar talents such as Dolce & Gabbana

one meant to protect an ancient secret that

trying to kill each other and driving Mommy to drink