Press Reviews

• A NOVEL HAUL

  An exciting Mars-based thriller.

• Emma Kavanagh, bestselling author of FALLING and HIDDEN

  One Way is what would happen if the crime and sci-fi genres got together and had a baby. Deeply immersive, chilling and atmospheric enough that you will believe yourself under a cold Martian sky. An utterly fabulous book!

• Adrian Tchaikovsky, Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author

  An intense, gripping sci-fi thriller

• Gavin Smith

  One Way is a taut and claustrophobic hard SF thriller. Morden does a fantastic job of ratcheting up the tension like oxygen escaping from a pressurised Martian habitat

• John Marrs, author of the bestselling/Radio 2 Book Club choice THE ONE

  A rip-roaring thriller of a book that hits the ground running and doesn't stop until the final chapter

• Emma Kavanagh, bestselling author of FALLING and HIDDEN

  One Way is what would happen if the crime and sci-fi genres got together and had a baby. Deeply immersive, chilling and atmospheric enough that you will believe yourself under a cold Martian sky. An utterly fabulous book!

• Adrian Tchaikovsky, Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author

  An intense, gripping sci-fi thriller

• John Marrs, author of the bestselling/Radio 2 Book Club choice THE ONE

  A rip-roaring thriller of a book that hits the ground running and doesn't stop until the final chapter

• Gavin Smith

  One Way is a taut and claustrophobic hard SF thriller. Morden does a fantastic job of ratcheting up the tension like oxygen escaping from a pressurised Martian habitat

• SFBook Reviews

  One Way is a tense and dramatic thriller that entertains from beginning to end

• Forbidden Planet

  One Way is a great adventure story . . . It is also a great account and record of human endurance in the face of brutal, cruel and greedy authoritarian control

• TOR.COM

  If Orange is the New Black was to meet The Martian.

• CRIME TIME

  Twists and a series of betrayals abound along with much technical rigour and a strong touch of irony, making this a great, involving read.

• Adam Hamdy, author of PENDULUM

  A cracking read. A compelling vision of the near future inhabited by well motivated characters. It's a thrilling tale that grabs you and whips along to the very last breathless page.

• FINANCIAL TIMES

  S.J. Morden's Agatha-Christie-in-space thriller accelerates to warp speed and becomes an engrossing whodunnit . . . The red planet was never bloodier.

• SCIFINOW

  Morden knows his stuff when it comes to space travel, the depiction of life on Mars is fascinating, and there's something chilling about the idea of being so far from home and so utterly beyond rescue.

• Always Trust In Books

  One Way is a superb high-stakes SF murder mystery novel that paints a vivid and intense picture of a genuine effort to inhabit Mars . . . immensely enjoyable

• CONCATENATION

  There is a satisfying hint of Andy Weir's The Martian.

• GUARDIAN

  A claustrophobic, high-tension, survival-against-the-odds thriller. It paints a convincing picture of the lethal Martian environment as well as the growing terror of being incarcerated in a deadly prison with no way out.

• WATERSTONES.COM

  A blend of classic mystery, Orange is the New Black and Andy Weir's The Martian, One Way is a science-fiction thriller like no other.

• James Swallow, Sunday Times bestselling author of NOMAD

  A tense and claustrophobic murder-mystery-on-Mars

• THE CRACK MAGAZINE

  It's the gripping sense of believable physical experience in a wholly alien landscape that grabs the attention and brings the writing to vivid life

• SF CROWSNEST

  One Way delivers a compulsive, claustrophobic story where there is literally no way out and nowhere to hide.

• BIG ISSUE MAGAZINE

  An explosive thriller that blends science fiction with crime.