Life had always been fairly normal for Max Carter. Well, fairly normal for an orphan who had been raised by hippy grandparents. All he wants for his 13th birthday is a phone or maybe a laptop, like all his friends, but the Olds aren't really the type to buy either for him. Imagine his surprise then when his other Grandparents show up, and bring him a lot more than he expected. Not only does he have a phone, and a laptop, but he gets a present from his parents that is going to change his life, forever. This is the first book in a new series that mixes humour and fantasy with computer science, written by British Indie SF Author CJ Moseley especially for younger readers.

This volume, a collection with contributions from some of the major scholars of the Gothic in literature and culture, reflects on how recent Gothic studies have foregrounded a plethora of technologies associated with Gothic literary and cultural production. The engaging essays look into the links between technologies and the proliferation of the Gothic seen in an excess of Gothic texts and tropes: Frankensteinesque experiments, the manufacture of synthetic (true?) blood, Moreauesque hybrids, the power of the Borg, Dr Jekyll’s chemical experimentations, the machinery of Steampunk, or the corporeal modifications of Edward Scissorhands. Further, they explore how techno-science has contributed to the proliferation of the Gothic: Gothic in social media, digital technologies, the on-line gaming and virtual Goth/ic communities, the special effects of Gothic-horror cinema. Contributors address how Gothic technologies have, in a general sense, produced and perpetuated ideologies and influenced the politics of cultural practice, asking significant questions: How has the technology of the Gothic contributed to the writing of self and other? How have Gothic technologies been gendered, sexualized, encrypted, coded or de-coded? How has the Gothic manifested itself in new technologies across diverse geographical locations? This volume explores how Gothic technologies textualize identities and construct communities within a complex network of power relations in local, national, transnational, and global contexts. It will be of interest to scholars of the literary Gothic, extending beyond to include fascinating interventions into the areas of cultural studies, popular culture, science fiction, film, and TV.

In a world of dark secrets and lies, it takes only an unbelievable truth to bring it all crashing down. Professor Andrew Kemp just wants to teach English. When a student comes to him, asking for help, he assumes he means with University work. He couldn't be more wrong. Andy Kemp and his friends are about to be drawn by strange coincidences into the dark secretive world of a powerful cartel that believes kidnappings, child abuse, human slavery, and playing god are all good for the bottom-line.