Arms Race

'Outrageous, clever, passionate: a must-read. These stories delight on so many levels, and are written with a singular energy and skill.' EVA HORNUNG, AUTHOR OF DOG BOY DATA THEFT, internet memes, advertising, terrorism, indigenous sovereignty, drone warfare, opium addiction, syphilis, the moon landing, mining, oil slicks, climate change, giant octopuses: nothing is spared in this collection. Nic Low’s stories go beyond satire, aiming for the dark heart of our collective obsession with technology, power and image. Set variously in London, Delhi, remote Mongolia, the West Australian outback and mountainous New Zealand, these are prescient visions of the future and outlandish reimaginings of the past. Arms Race is an arresting debut from a fierce, playful new voice in Australian writing. 'Low's stories are like controlled detonations. Arms Race is machete-sharp, politically engaged and thematically fearless. Australian short fiction just got lobbed into the twenty-first century.' MAXINE BENEBA CLARKE, AUTHOR OF FOREIGN SOIL