Nomads

Part of a series of novellas published by NewCon Press (independent British sff publisher) linked by theme and cover art - the theme of this series is 'The Alien Among Us'.

I really enjoyed reading Hutchinson's Fractured Europe series earlier this year so requested this novella from the Early Reviewers programme. For the first half of the book this appears to be a dry-humoured rural police procedural and it's only in the second half that the science-fictional elements become clear. I enjoyed this but I'm not sure this worked as a self-contained story.

Well-written time-travel (except not actually time travel 'cause that's impossible) novella that imo should have been a novel. Just as we start to get a handle on things, it ends.

As a fan of both British procedural tv and science fiction, I found this novella to be a well-balanced mash up of the two. It appears to be a set up for a series of works that are worth checking out. I seen positive reviews for Hutchinson’s work for quite a while and now I know why.

Enjoyable read about travellers from another time. I easily could have read a longer story. Left me wanting more to read.

I received this eBook from a LibraryThing giveaway in exchange for a review