'The Accord is a literary science fiction tour de force that is sure to be one of the best novels of 2009. Novels this good have seldom appeared as mass-market paperbacks since the halcyon days of the Ace Specials.'—SciFi Wire
(Most recent edition: November 2010; infinity plus.)

Eleven stories from the darkest reaches of Keith Brooke's imagination, each with a new afterword. Revisit the haunts of your youth, retell the story of your life, embrace your inner demons. Listen to the voices, go on...
contents:
Skin
To Be Alone, Together
Mother
Debbs is Back
What She Wanted
Brighton Town
Passengers
The Story of My Life
Caroline
Resting Place
Embrace
'Keith Brooke is a wonderful writer. His great gift is taking us into worlds we never imagined...'
–Kit Reed
'Keith Brooke's prose achieves a rare honesty and clarity, his characters always real people, his situations intriguing and often moving.'
–Jeff VanderMeer
'in the recognized front ranks of SF writers.'
–Locus