H B Viegas is a new writer of speculative fiction including sci-fi and high-concept novels.
She’s currently looking for the best way to publish her work.
“A sweeping, ambitious and very timely novel. It is a frighteningly believable vision of the future and I was gripped from the very beginning.”
— Victoria Hislop
The Seed Vault
“Highly commended” by the Bridport Prize, First Novel Award
Set in a near future when New Food is our only chance of survival, in a group of Nordic islands ruled by an advanced algorithm, this is the story of a girl who disappears from the nation’s digital records and of the cynical private detective tasked with finding her. All clues lead to a secret research project in the Svalbard seed vault. An immersive Scandi-noir, sci-fi mystery novel about the end of farming.
Valeria is an Alien
A black comedy about gender. In a near-future London, the influencer and troublemaker Valeria Primera is arrested on live TV, and whisked away to a lab. One reasonable man comes out in Valeria’s defence, to tell us her extraordinary story. From troubled teenager performing stunts on gender, Valeria becomes a powerful figure in gender wars sweeping the country. Where did this woman come from, and is she really an alien?
Hidden Planets
Millions of years into the future, a neurodivergent human (Juniper) and her faithful, sentient spaceship (Yolk) follow an interstellar travel plan in search of alien life. They stop at planets with biological signatures suggesting complex life and advanced intelligence, but it’s hard to predict what they will find at the surface. From planet to planet, Juniper and Yolk uncover clues to a fantastic discovery. A sci-fi novel about human emotions and the possibilities of life.
Fox is Female
London, 2010. A nurse retired from a family planning practice receives an unexpected gift in the post, precipitating a series of disturbing events. Over several decades spanning present, past and future, the stories of three women unfold, including a dark secret that comes to haunt the nurse. A highly unusual novel about abortion and politics, at the intersection of literary, historical and speculative fiction.
