speculative fiction author
"What if I told you I could erase your past? Would you believe
me?
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You’d remember, surely. Being a kid without a care. Best friend at school. First cigarette. First sex. That night you thought you were going to die, when it felt like the whole world was sitting on your chest, crushing your lungs, sucking in the air you so desperately needed to breathe.
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Whatever. All those memories you hold, they are real – the flesh and blood of your life lived.
Your past is part of who you are. No one can take it from you, right?
Wrong."
KLOVA - Karen Langston
books
Klova
ALL LANGUAGE IS ARTIFICIAL
AND IT HAS STARTED TO DISAPPEAR
Ink had cut himself off after the death of his partner, Neav, a decade ago. However, he wakes one day to find he has no concept of the past and can only think of Neav in the present tense. Social media reports two dozen cases in a so-called ‘amnesia crisis’. Ink knows his new loss has nothing to do with memory...
about
Karen Langston is a British author, writing speculative fiction for adults.
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Her debut novel, BLUEMANTLE, is a bold work of dystopian fiction inspired by her love of live music.
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KLOVA is her second novel, in which she draws on her interest in language and the relationship between language and society.
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Karen has been an English teacher, qualification developer and project manager. When she's not writing, she's mostly reading.
