Radio Life is a first foray into science-fiction, and tells of a Mad Max-style post-apocalyptic planet which has descended into tribal warfare. At the heart of the dispute is whether the knowledge of the ancients (ie, us), which is stored in a secret Central Archive, should be used to reconstruct society or whether this technology would only destroy the world all over again.
Strong, central women drive the story, which is often witty and which always pulls you on to the next page. Radio Life is a return to form with (pun intended) knobs on.
Radio Life by Derek B Miller is out on January 21 (Quercus, £16.99)
