A review by bluestarfish
Summerland by Hannu Rajaniemi

3.0

Summerland is the name of the afterlife. Discovered by Victorian scientists this alternative history is set in 1938 where Queen Victoria still reigns from the other side and war in/with Spain is brewing. We get a spy thriller to see us through these interesting ideas of a world where death doesn't really matter because you can call people up on a special phone, although spies still exist and people are turned to the opposite side of the Empire and become moles. Rachel White is frustrated by the system of old boys networks and is desperate to catch the mole to prove her worth as an agent in the service that doesn't really value women.