The Rift

Interviews and features in sci-fi and entertainment magazines. Reviews in national newspapers * Blog tour across sci-fi and books blogs. Promotion on titanbooks.com. The Rift is the much-anticipated new novel from award-winning author Nina Allan. Nina Allan's debut novel The Race was shortlisted for the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, the BSFA Award and the Kitchies Red Tentacle. The Race was critically acclaimed in both the US and UK: "Strong writing and the layering of realities gives the book a mental hook akin to the best alternative history fiction" Publishers Weekly, starred review Jeff VanderMeer, author of the Southern Reach Trilogy, described The Race as: "A unique and fascinating near-future ecological SF novel."

Selena and Julie are sisters. As children they were closest companions, but as they grow towards maturity, a rift develops between them. There are greater rifts, however. Julie goes missing at the age of seventeen. When Julie reappears, she tells Selena an incredible story about how she has spent time on another planet.Selena and Julie are sisters. As children they were closest companions, but as they grow towards maturity, a rift develops between them.There are greater rifts, however. Julie goes missing at the age of seventeen. It will be twenty years before Selena sees her again. When Julie reappears, she tells Selena an incredible story about how she has spent time on another planet. Selena has an impossible choice to make: does she dismiss her sister as a damaged person, the victim of delusions, or believe her, and risk her own sanity in the process? Is Julie really who she says she is, and if she isn't, what does she have to gain by claiming her sister's identity?