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Our pick of the paperbacks this issue is the latest by Lauren Beukes, BRIDGE ( , out now, Penguin). Bridge is short for Bridget, who recently lost her mother – a neuroscientist – to cancer. Going through her mum’s effects, she discovers a “dreamworm” in her freezer: a parasite which allows users to hop between realities by taking over the bodies of alternate selves. We said: “Complex, challenging genre fiction with the pace of a thriller: a gripping, thoughtprovoking and affecting exploration of means, ends and multiple lives.” SWORD CATCHER ( , outnow, Tor) is the first adult fantasy by Cassandra Clare, creator of hit YA series The Mortal Instruments. Its dual protagonists are the bodyguard/lookalike for a prince, and a physician with magical abilities, who are both drawn into…

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SFX (Digital) - 1 Issue, September 2024

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