Turkiye - All Tomorrows - Nemo Ramjet

How I found the Book:

This was just more of the random googling of a country followed by 'Science Fiction Author'. This book appeared pretty quickly when I used the old spelling of Turkiye; Turkey. I added to my to be read list but never got round to purchasing a book, as my 'to read' physical pile is pretty big already. But I was doing some work on the blog and decided I would buy a copy. The book arrived mid Feb 2026, just before I was going away for a few days with the family. So I just unwrapped it had a quick flick through and dropped it on the bookshelf. However the initial flick through was awesome, there is some incredible concept alien art in here! Not sure if it's going to be a story or an extended art book... but I can't wait for this one.

The Physical book:

Spain - Natural Consequences - Elia-Barceló

8th October 2025:
Found whilst updating the blog on my book from Catalonia, and debating with myself whether or not to split Catalonia and Spain into separate countries. I did, as this book looks great.

16th October 2025:

The book arrived.

The Physical Book:

The book cover is a little dull, not really telling you anything about the contents of the book. But that's fine, it's a well put together book with a nice feel and a good flexible spine. It's only short book with a touch over 180 pages. A nice few introductions by the translators and by the author also.

16th Feb 2026:

Bought the book on a family holiday. And I'm ripping through it at a super fast pace. Absolutely loving the book. I'm not a complete prude, but I do feel uncomfortable with sex scenes, and this book pretty much opens with a human male becoming the first man to have sex with an alien female. usually this sort of action is a side line in a book, but this book takes that action and plays it out to an entire book that unfolds and takes some incredible twists. Essentially the female alien impregnates the male human, and then we follow the inter galactic diplomatic and consequences. This is a very funny and insightful book. The author is a self proclaim feminist and it shows in the story, with gender role reversals at a personal and historic level.

I would recommend this book, because it is so playful and well executed. There was a bit of a dry spell, when two aliens got into a lengthy discussion on their own planet's gender history and ensuing political framework. But other than those few pages, it was a super lighthearted and fun read

Switzerland - Into the sun - Charles Ferdinand Ramuz

How I found the book:

I love Switzerland and have been fortunate enough to visit the country a few times, but I've mainly been to Zermatt with the family on Skiing holidays. I know, flash right!? So I'd looked for science fiction from Switzerland quite a few times but with no success. I then got an eNewsletter from New Directions Publishing, and they were annoucing a new printing of Into The Sun by CF Ramuz. The name didn't look English so I investigated further, and discovered he was born in Switzerland! BOOM! jumped on to NDbooks.com and tried to order a copy. Unfortunately they only deliver to the USA. So I emailed the team, told them of my project and wondered if there was anyway I could get a copy in the UK. They were super polite and friendly, but sadly, couldn't help. So I submitted to the evil Amazon to get my copy.

20th October 2025:

The book arrived, and the cover has a beautiful texture to it. It's really nice to hold and run your hands over. The design is a little un-inspiring. But I didn't buy the book for the cover art, It's quite a short book at 134 pages, and the quality of the actual pages seems OK.

20th Jan 2026:

Started the book

The Story:

The concept of the book, is that it is sent in Switzerland, in the foothills of the mountains, somewhere either in or around the Savoyard region. There is an issue with the earth and it falling into the sun. Hence the title of the book. The book follows a few of the characters in the village and their changing attitudes now they know of their impending mutual destruction. There are chapters where I was entirely confused and had no idea what was going on. With lengthy descriptions of clouds or water levels. One chapter was just a person saying hello to walls and describing these 700 foot, man made walls. These chapters made very little sense, and felt like I was reading a piece of experimental literature by a hipster student doing a degree in non conformist writing whilst wearing colourful beanies (indoors!), drinking pickle and dill flavoured craft ales.

However roughly every five chapter there was a more palatable chapter, that dealt with human relations and coping with impending death. These chapters were great, and shone through the weirdy beardy ones. At the end of the book chapters 27,28, and 29 were all absolute bangers. a bit of action with shootouts and rock climbing, these chapters all lead up to the final chapter, number 30, which I had great hopes for. But it went down the jazz influenced philosophical route, and was a bit of a let down.

The book is a short book, only 180 pages or so and the chapters where pretty short ranging between 4 and 10 pages. So i could get through the obscurio pretty quickly and enjoy the meatier ones. Maybe its me. Maybe I'm a bit closed to those kind of chapters. Maybe those with a doctorate in fine literature would appreciate it more than I did.

 Sweden - Swedish Machines - Simon Stålenhag

The Physical Book: 

Albania - The Palace of Dreams - Ismail Kadare

10th Jan 2026

Found this after googling Albanian science fiction books. Me and the missus were researching our Easter holiday in Corfu, and one of the villas we were looking at, has "great views over the sea to Albania". And that triggered my, ooo we could go to Albania. I could get a sci-fi book. Wait. Let me check. This guy, and this book popped up and has great reviews, so it's on my list, and the 1st book I'll be purchasing in 2026!

Purchased: £7.05 from abebooks

Andorra - The Phaeton Report - Albert Salvado

Why I picked Andorra: I was potting around on the blog page, I thinking about focusing on ticking off all of Europe. Andorra was first on the list of European countries that needed a book to be found, so i just did some googling. The Phaeton Report popped up straight away any the reviews where very intriuiging, as they all seemed to talk about how unusual the story is, and also how it breaks the rules of story telling. The piqued my interest enough to get a copy. unfortunate, this book wasn't available through my local book store, and I had to use Amazon to get an English copy. It looks like it is only available through Amazon as a print on demand book. My Spanish isn't good enough to delve deeper in the original publication, but i'm just happy to get a copy in English. I'll probably put some more research into the author and history of the book as i'm about 50 pages from finishing the book at the moment and loving it!

The Physical Book: Its very much a basic run of the mill book, cover artwork is pretty bad and uninspiring. paper quality is basic. 

The Story: Its not really a story, well it kind of follows the main character and his discovery of a underground organisation that has discovered the truth of mankind's true history. The book then goes through the retelling of these truths to our protagonist who is given the job of collating and writing these discoveries into a new book. So the readers discover the 'facts' at the same time as the lead character. So the story is pretty bland. But the ideas and discoveries told to the writer, are quite incredible. These discoveries re-tell and re-interpret stories from ancient text such as the Bible, The book of Enoch, and other ancient artefacts. So I grew up as a Jehovah's Witness, and have a pretty good knowledge of the Bible, but I left the Church when I was 16, as I didn't really believe a lot of it, and with Jehovah's Witnesses its fairly binary. You are either in or out, there is no toe dipping, no 'non-nonpracticing' JWs. So I was out. I still hold onto a lot of the information I learnt, but don't stand with the morals or the belief that any Gods exist. So this book REALLY appealed to me. The author is incredibly well read and researched. There were just enough nuggets of truth and moments of 'Yeah, I remember that from the Bible", and "I think that was covered in my geography lessons at school" and then puts a fresh spin on what you thought you knew. There are a couple of chapters i'm going to go back and reread as they were just so fascinating. The ones about Adam and Eve, and the Fallen Angels especially stood out to me and i really want to revisit them.

The book has also inspired me to read the Book of Enoch, which I didn't know much about, but sounds weirder than the Bible, and that's probably why its only consider canon by a handful of religions.

Andorran? Nope, it mentions Andorra a couple of times, but other than that it doesn't touch on Andorra's culture or history. But as per so many other books, this project has unearthed a brilliant read

Liechtenstein - Cat Virus - Armin Öhri Simon Stålenhag

Liechtenstein - Cat Virus - Armin Öhri

I said this so many times on this blog, that the best thing about this project is the people I've met. And Liechtenstein is no expectation. I did my usual googling and trawling the web for science fiction authors from Liechtenstein but came away empty handed.

But I did come across the Liechtenstein Literary society so I thought I'd drop them an email asking them about Science Fiction from Liechtenstein. I wasn't expecting much back as the population of the whole country is just over 40,000 people. Which is about twice the population of the small market town I live in. But I was surprised and absolutely amazed when the president of the society emailed back attaching a PDF of a short story he, himself, had written. He admitted it was more horror than Science Fiction, and sent me a copy in the original German and, far more usefully, a translated copy in English! It's only a super short piece of work, being 5 pages. 

15th March 2026:
For this project I've collected novels rather than short stories, but sometimes I've broken this rule and chosen graphic novels like Anticuco from Peru and the more artistic books of Simon Stålenhag from Sweden. I doubt i'm going to get a full science fiction from such a small pool of people so for Liechtenstein my choice is going to be a short story sent to me as a PDF.

The Physical Book:
Usually I write a little about the cover art of the book. But there is no cover art. But the PDF did come with a little blurb about Armin Ohri and a low res image so i'm adding this to the blog. Its a nice stylised image, and because he kindly sent me a copy of his work, i'm going to put that he's a devilishly handsome man too! 

The Story: 
The story is really good fun, like I said earlier it's super short. And it's written in a very cool style with large time jumps and no explanations for the changes. It's a pretty dark story, especially the last sentence!, and yes it is more horror, but not very horror, and there is a good element at the beginning that points heavily towards science fiction. I would highly recommend the story, and hope Armin keeps on writing, and maybe one day writes a full science fiction novel!

North Macedonia - The Veil - Ivan Stojanovski

11th September 2025:

How I found the book:

I Googled "north Macedonian science fiction authors" and found The Veil by Ivan Stojanovski. The reason I chose North Macedonia, is because; a, it's not been ticked off yet and, b, because we adopted our dog from North Macedonia. I've said North Macedonia four times now which is quite a mouthful.

The Physical Book:

Clearly self published and probably using the cheapest possible options. The book looks like a text book as it's an A4 sized paperback with no real cover design. Again probably the cheapest option. There is no publisher information, no copyright information, no blurb, no forward (don't read them very often anyway). Just an ISBN and then the book starts on Page 2. I guess this comes under physical attributes. But the book is riddled with spelling mistakes, grammatical errors. Weird and massively inconsistent uses of breaks, line spacing, indentations. Every page has at least one of these errors. This book has never been proof read by a native English person. I can only assume it was written in English as there isn't anyone credited with the translation of the work. And even a basic online translator wouldn't result in so many spelling errors!

I had to stop reading the book after 100 pages. The errors are so distracting and annoying I just couldn't get into a flow, despite many attempts. I'm not particularly good at spelling or the technical aspects of English writing. So there will be so many more errors, my basic knowledge didn't even spot. I will come back to the book just taking a break with a couple of other well written books before picking this up again.

Norway - The History of Bees - Maja Lunde

3rd Sept 2025:

Found this 

https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-history-of-bees/maja-lunde/9781471162770

I have a feeling i've read The morning Star by a Norwegian author, but it didn't have a sci fi feel to it.... this doesn't have much of a sci fi feel either, but its slips into the dystopian sub category, and looks into the future also! so its is a bit of a tick. not a solid marker pen TICK, just a pencil tick.

10th Sept 2025:
Purchased a second hand copy arrived today! I realised I hadn't read The Morning Star, but I had listened to the audio book, the book was ok, but not much happened, it was super weird and creepy. Just as it was getting going the book ended. Their is a sequel, or maybe a prequel. But i'm probably not going to bother with them. So I'm quite looking forward to The History of Bees.

The Physical Book:

I purchased a hardback secondhand copy, and its quite stylish, with funky typesetting

Slovakia - The Man who saw Seconds - Alexander Boldizar Slovakia

Slovakia - The Man who saw Seconds - Alexander Boldizar

How I found the book:

The podcast is listed on some database somewhere, so i occasionally get emails from people promoting their books. A lot of the time they are American authors so I don't it any further and turn down their offers of promotional digital copies. The email from Alexander was interesting so i returned the email with some information about the project I'm doing, and he told me he was born in Slovakia! Win!. I've already covered Slovakia with The Science of the Stars by Gustav Reuss. Technically Gustav Reuss was born in Czechoslovakia, back when the Czech Republic and Slovakia where still a unified country. Alexander was kind enough to give me a free audio copy of the book. I was totally stoked to receive a free book for this project, but I promise that won't alter my views on the book. Also as part of this project I'm also building a physical library of the books I'm reading, so I've purchased a physical copy also.

The physical book:

Its a good looking book, pretty old school and simplistic artwork, nothing that would jump out at me, but it's a pretty little book.

The Story:

Its a super cool concept, basically the lead guy can see about 10 seconds into the future, which means he makes his money gambling. He's trying to lead a normal life and not let on to anyone his power. Things kick off when he's stopped on the train by a transit cop. The cop ends up injured and the local police then join in the man hunt. Due to our hero's ability he can dodge bullets and is an incredible marksman. which means he never makes a deadly shot and remains unscathed. 

The man hunt escalates and we end up in a nuclear stand off with assured mutual destruction on the cards that would effect 90% of the world!

How Slovakian:

After an email conversation with the author, and reading another blog interview about his work. This is very much inspired by the Eastern block, communism, and all those freedom fighters, cynics, and silent heroes that resisted the 'Man'

Would I recommend?

Yeah, it's am action packed book. It's great fun. There a good bit of science in the middle all about cognition, and sensory perception was was fascinating, but felt a bit out of place, or maybe just toooooo much science. Dunno, i'm not an editor.

Hungary - Metropole - Ferenc Karinthy

How I found the book:

Just googling Hungarian science fiction authors. Can't remember why I pick Hungary to Google, probably because I visited Budapest 12 or 13 years ago with my other half for Christmas and had a lovely time, and because I'm focused more on ticking off all the European countries at the moment. Metropole kept popping up and if got a mixed bag of reviews but it was a pretty popular book so I got a 2nd hand copy online. 

The physical book:

Standard paperback, ok quality, the cover was fairly uninspired. Not something that would have lept out and shouted "read me!"

The story:

I had fairly low expectations for the book, it was an Eastern European dystopian story with dull looking cover. This smacked of a being a bit of a slog, especially as I was reading this straight after reading the beautifully luxurious Red Sword.

But i was wrong, I couldn't put this book down and I'm not quite sure why. Their wasn't much of a story, nothing was really happening. But I was hooked into following the story of this man who got on the wrong plane ended up in a mega busy city, not understanding the language, and just pottering around trying to understand where he is and how to get home. The book is so engaging, I just wanted to know more and more, and how he was going to decipher his predicament. 

He does get involved in small scale capers, with the lift operator, visits a church, a prostitute, and an abattoir. They were all weird little side stories, very surreal but believable and totally alien to him and any travel experience I've had.

The second half of the book builds in intensity, weirdness and excitement. Our hero gets kicked out of his hotel, becomes a homeless vagrant, and manages to get involved in some sort of city military coup that last one day, and is completely tidied away and swept under the carpet the next day!

As the book got closer and closer to the end I tried to predict the ending and within the final few pages their was a soft ending which I was fairly happy with, but if you want to find out, then read it for yourself.

Conclusion:

I really enjoyed this book and read it at every possible opportunity until I finished it. I really enjoyed the mystery and weirdness off the city he found himself in, and really enjoyed the in-depth introspective conversations on language history and evolution. I was put off by sex and beating scene, and found that uncomfortable and wish it hadn't been in the book.

I would recommend this book, it's weird, a completely different look at dystopia. Not massively 'sci fi' but a great read i would happily loan out to my science fiction friends and any one who likes to read something unusual.

Book history

-Need to research

Estonia - The Man who spoke Snakish - Andrus Kivirähk

Estonia - The Man who spoke Snakish - Andrus Kivirähk

another find whilst do a bit of a research session.

Looks a lot more like fantasy or folk lore rather than Sci Fi

Ukraine - Elana Gomel - The Crytids

28th Jan 2025:

Found this:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0C91X3GLB/?coliid=I20ZUCDU9A2AQ7&colid=34JE9HFDP3DZ3&psc=1&ref_=list_c_wl_lv_ov_lig_dp_it_im

not purchased it yet still doing research on Ukraine

7th Sept 2025:

Also found this:
The Iron Garden Sutra by A.D. Sui but its not out until 2026
https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/_/BOdfEQAAQBAJ?hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjmwLOGnaaPAxVY0AIHHXD_KJUQ7_IDegQIERAC

And this

https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=31685376079

Self-Discovery by Vladimir Savchenko 

Out of the above three titles i'm most drawn to Self discovery as i'm a sucker for a bit of old school science fiction. Althou The Iron Garden Sutra sounds the most 'Sci Fi' but I have to wait. I'll probably won't have cleared my To Be Read pile by 2026, so i can wait for The Iron Garden Sutra.

Spain (Catalonia) - Typescript of the Second Origin - Manuel de Pedrolo

23rd June 2024
Found with a bit of googling and reading this article: 

http://www.concatenation.org/europe/spanish_science_fiction.html

and ordered a copy of Typescript of the Second Origin by Manuel de Pedrolo. 

8th October 2025:
Finally got round to starting this book, I was reading 'The Veil' from North Macedonia but it was such a slog to get through I needed a break from it. I wasn't sure that book to pick as my 'to read' pile is pretty healthy looking at the moment. But this was the only paper back on the list, so this was picked as I had an hour wait while my daughter was at her therapy session. I haven't split Catalonia from Spain yet, but if I find another Spanish science fiction author, I may end up splitting out Catalonia, as this is recognised as a Catalonian book, by a Catalonian author written in originally in the Catalan language. So I've learnt a fair amount from the forward and the translators notes, and some random stuff from Wikipedia too.

So after a bunch of googling and reading an article on Clark's world magazine about Spanish Science Fiction, I didn't find too much, so I reverted back to one of my absolute gold mines for finding books which is THE BIG SPREADSHEET on Rachel Corasco's amazing website. and found Natural Consequences by Elia-Barceló, who was born in Elda, Spain; which is not part of Catalonia. So it looks like my project just got one book bigger!

The physical book:
Meh, it's an average looking book, nothing to catch the eye, the title is long winded and not that attention grabbing either, its fairly short at only 160 pages, so should be a fairly quick read.

The Story:
Ok so, it's not super sci fi, I'm going to go full spoilers. The sci element is basically aliens kill all the humans apart a tiny amount who where missed because they were underwater. All buildings are partially destroyed. An alien is, presumed, stranded on the planet and killed by the two protagonists. Oh,  the final chapter is set seven thousand years after the main story is played out, and discusses the 'typescript' that was found. And it discusses if the protagonists were the Adam and Eve of their civilisation, and that are yet to discover the Alien race. So that covers all the science fiction in the book.

The story focuses on a young girl called Alba and a young boy named Dilac who are 15 and 11. They survive the alien invasion, and it's a really heart warming and fairly slow story around their adventures of becoming sustainable, travelling, and dealing with being alone. Thinking back, not much really happens, but I became completely engrossed and invested in their growing relationship and love. It's really well written and flows wonderfully. I can see why this book is required reading in Catalonian schools, and also quite surprised, as the Catalan region is very religious, and this didn't really touch on God's intervention or lack of it.

How Catalonian:
I did a bit of research on the book. And their is a HUGE amount of discussion on this book, which I didn't want to read, as I enjoyed the book for what it was. And didn't need to rethink it all with a whole heap of academic analysis, but it is out there if you want it. The book is set in the Catalan region, and the geography and nature of the place is completely embedded into the story, so 'Si', it is mucho Catalan.

Recommend:
Yes a great story, not very science fiction but thoroughly enjoyable.

Portugal -  Blindness - José Saramago

This book was recommended to me by Seth Heasley who hosts two great podcasts; Take me to your reader and Hugos There. So a huge thanks to Seth.

I ordered a copy from my local bookstore, Dormouse Books in Belper, which came an a couple of days.

I had only briefly researched Portuguese science fiction, and found a short story published online, but not found this, and there may a reason for this which i'll talk about later.

The book started off really strong with a very descriptive scene of a man loosing his sight whilst waiting at traffic lights in his car. from the first scene and the first few pages it had me hooked and it had a very similar feel to the Brazilian book I read called: and still the earth. I am never very ken on comparing books, but there was just a familiar feel to them both. Maybe its a language thing, maybe a cultural thing, or maybe just pure coincidence.

The book was such a bleak story of a blindness pandemic, and the book followed the lives of a small group of people in a detention / quarantine center. The book was graphic and pretty disturbing in places, but the sense of bleakness and failure of morality and disintegration of basic human kindness was chilling, mainly because it seemed really quite realistic.

There were some points in the book, where it seemed unrealistic, but maybe that was my lack of empathy with the characters. One of the oddest thing about the whole story was that the names of the characters were never disclossed, it was always; 'the doctor, or ;the lady with the glasses'. This was very odd to start with, but I soon got used to it. During the story, it was commented that blind people don't need names.

Overall a great book, not sure that it is science fiction, it is dystopian, and the reason for the contagious blindness isn't explained. So, to me, this is right on the border of what i would consider science fiction

Slovakia - The Science of the Stars - Gustav Reuss 

How I found the book: 

More googling for Slovakian Science Fiction and a bit of snooping on Science Fiction in Translation.

The Physical Book:
The cover is AI generated, and is an alien landscape with a very unbelievable skyscape of multiple, colourful planets and distance stars. Clearly science fiction, but doesn't give a clue to the age of the story or the content. The back cover is more interesting as it has a photo of the author.

The Story:
It's pretty hard to follow the story, as there are lots and lots of lengthy descriptions, some of which are great fun, especially when it comes to the sheer scale of the craft that is built to take our main character and his friends into space. There are more scientific explanations and talks amongst the crew. And like a lot of science fiction from this time. It's more about the author sharing their knowledge of the universe and physics and less about writing a good story. Weirdly I really like more modern books that are written by astronomers, or astronauts or physicists. But when it's over 150 years old. They are just a bit lacking in plot, story, and characters. But it's a bit of fun to read.

Malta - Lucifer's Dragon - Jon Courtenay Grimwood

How I found the book:

I googled Malta Science Fiction, after finding out one of my customers spent a lot of her childhood in Malta, as her father was posted their with the British Army. Grimwood was the only science fiction author I found that was born in Malta. So this was a lucky find

The Physical book:
Found a copy of the book of Amazon for £3.50 so that was a nice win, and despite my dislike of Amazon it was the easiest and cheapest option..I know you should never judge a book by its cover. But the cover of this book is appalling. Its the the kind of cover I would pass over straight away. BRIGHT orange with green text boxes. Really didn't give off a science fiction vibe. And the name also, 'Lucifer's Dragon', it sounds like a fantasy book, and i'm not really a fan of fantasy books. But i do absolutely love a Song of Fire and Ice series of book. So this book sat on my shelf for a long time and other books over took it on my To Be Read pile. But i finally got round to opening it up and I've found quite enjoyable

Republic of Ireland - The Cloud of Desolation - Sam Baneham

How I found the Book:
So my history with this book is a pretty good story. After reaching out to a guy called Damo, on the science fiction book club FaceBook group asking him about Irish Science fiction from the Republic of Ireland. Damo came back recommending Cloud of Desolation, but warned me it was a very rare and therefore pretty expensive book. This project has taught me that searching for books all over the internet is quite good fun and i'm getting pretty good at it. Damo was super generous and offered to lend me a copy of his book, but i also really like collecting physical copies of the books for this project too. 

The Physical Book:

I eventually found a copy in a small 2nd hand online bookshop based in Ireland, so I purchased a copy from them. The owner was super friendly and sent me a few emails about delivery times and prices. The book went past its due date by a week or so, so I emailed the book store owner, who was very apologetic and went on a mission to kick the couriers ass and get the book into my hands. The owner did the job and book arrived a couple of weeks later on the 11th Aug 2023. The Cover art on my second hand hard cover copy is miserable and dark, and conveys the mood and feel of the book very well.

The Story:

The story is set in an underground would in a post nuclear future. There seems to have been generations and generations of living underground, which have left the people with a new system of religion, and they all seem to by all wearing a plastic cover like armour over their skin. There have grown completely hairless, and have an almost religious regard toward anything made of glass. The underground dwellers have satellite or drone footage of the surface and spot what they think is cattle, and send a man to the surface to investigate. The man discovers the 'cattle' were a small family who take him in when he falls ill due to the surface radiation. The story is great, and I'd love to find more time to research the background of the story, as this seems to be a piece of satire. But maybe another day.

Denmark - Data of death - Johannes Allen

How I Found the Book

This book was found via this rather amazing profile on twitter https://twitter.com/Rcordas. When I saw this profile and the most amazing spreadsheet that has had so many hours and hours put into it. collecting and recording hundreds and hundreds of translated science fiction and speculative fiction works!

After a little browsing through the wonderful spreadsheet I sorted the Novels tab by country of origin and scrolled down. I notice Denmark on the list. Denmark. I had searched for Danish sci fiction authors before. Mainly because I had search for Greenland science fiction authors, and Greenland is owned by Denmark, which brings up all kinds of decisions about what I can and can not tick off this list. But anyway, I have found a Danish science fiction author! After a little googling I found the below amazing independent book shop and ordered a copy: https://www.booklovers.co.uk/bookid.asp?ID=107570

I can't find any information on Johannes Allen on the internet, which is a bit frustrating, as if would be interesting to find out some more about him, and his career. 

The Physical Book:
The copy I found was a really nice hardback in good condition, and with a great smell! The cover art is a bit dated with data cassettes and tractor feed printer paper., but it's a reflection of the time it was written and published. So I quite like it.

The Story:

Its a got a nice amount of suspense and mystery to start things off.

Portugal - Research

31st Jan 2023 

Bit of evening googling turning up João Barreiros and a translated short story of his:
http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/stories/silent.htm so if i ever do need to start reading short online stories rather than printed physical book. More reseach will continue in the hope of a proper book.