He watches raw needs feeds filter in across news desks worldwide, ominous words growing larger in Twitter tag clouds, filling up the corners of his brain. I can’t say Turbulence feels Indian, even though the main characters are, partly because I’m not sure how “Indian” feels but mainly because I think the book feels like a modern twist on the hero discovery classic.Ī new war has started tonight it is everything he had hoped would not happen, and he knows it’s only going to get worse. The book is, indeed, split between India and London – although as you might expect from heroes who travel a lot (some of who – fly) it ranges across the globe. It starts with the premises that a BA flight full of passengers landed in India and, somehow, developed a range of super powers. It starts as an episode of Fringe, Grimm, Alphas or one of the other TV programs that have made science-geek thinking acceptable. Turbulence is a new breed of superhero novel and likely to appeal to both classic hero fans as well as fans of contemporary fiction. Turbulence by Samit Basu, Titan Books, £7.99.
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