Self Published Sci-Fi Saturday #1 – #SciFiMonth2020

Parasites is a science fiction, solarpunk / hopepunk exploration novel that takes place at the end of the universe, just as it slowly starts to contract in the ‘big crunch’. On the planet Lyra, humans evolved late, on a resource-poor world, in a resource-poor solar system. The Lyrans master space flight, only to discover that their nearest worlds have also been stripped of resources. The population begins to decline, until a scientist discovers a technology allowing people and vehicles to travel through ‘thinnings’ – patches of space linking universes.

Kael and Alessia are explorers, charting where the thinnings go and bringing valuable resources back to Lyra, trying desperately to extend the lifespan of their home world. Alessia’s father, Ben, set out two years ago to uncover another species’ reference to a ‘solution’ to the big crunch problem – but never returned. A chance discovery leads Kael and Alessia to a clue, prompting another expedition to see if they can avoid the mistakes of the past and help to unravel the mystery.

The book accompanies Kael, Alessia and their gruff bodyguard Basteel as they retrace Ben’s steps, seeking closure for Alessia, a solution for Lyra and together begin a voyage through wild, weird and wonderful planets.

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MATTHEW SAMUELS is a science fiction and fantasy writer based in London, UK. Despite having scribbled, written and generally not finished writing books since he was old enough to hold a pencil, Parasites, an end-of-the-universe exploration novel, is his first published book, to be followed shortly by Wild Court, an urban fantasy take on ‘boy meets witch’.

Find Matthew: Website | Twitter | Instagram

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MELINDA M. SNODGRASS

The High Ground – Imperials: Book One

As humanity progresses through the stars in some ways it has regressed. The Solar League under the control of its aristocracy has conquered many races it has encountered placing such aliens on the bottom rung of a social order with class and marriage being all important.

As the Emperor’s daughter, Mercedes becomes the first woman to join the Solar Leagues Elite military training center, the High Ground.  She has everything she could dream of, except a say in her life.

However, Mercedes along with Tracy, a common born son of a tailor will see the specter of civil war, political intrigue, interstellar war, and their own desires test them in ways they never thought possible.

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MELINDA SNODGRASS studied opera at the Conservatory of Vienna in Austria, graduated from U.N.M. with a degree in history, and went on to Law School. She practiced for three years, and discovered that while she loved the law she hated lawyers so she began writing science fiction novels.

In 1988 she accepted a job on Star Trek: TNG, and began her Hollywood career where she has worked on staff on numerous shows — Reasonable Doubts, Profiler, and has written numerous television pilots and feature films. Presently she is the Executive Producer on the upcoming Wild Cards TV series. She is also the co-editor and writes for the Wild Cards series with George R.R. Martin.

In the prose world she has finished the fourth book in her five book Space Opera series The Imperials in association the Prince of Cats Literary Productions and is working on book 4.

The three books in the Carolingian series which explore the war between science and rationality and superstition and religion — THE EDGE OF REASON, THE EDGE OF DARKNESS and THE EDGE OF DAWN are also being released through Prince of Cats Literary Productions.

For fun she rides her dressage horses, plays video games and spends a lot of time in the gym.

Find Melinda: Twitter | Facebook | Prince of Cats Literary Website | Prince of Cats Twitter

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KRISTIN WARD

After the Green Withered (After the Green Withered #1)

They tell me the country looked different back then.

They talk of open borders and flowing rivers.

They say the world was green.

But drought swept across the globe and the United States of the past disappeared under a burning sky. 

Enora Byrnes lives in the aftermath, a barren world where water has become the global currency. In a life dominated by duty to family and community, Enora is offered a role within an entity that controls everything from water credits to borders. But it becomes clear that not all is as it seems. From the wasted confines of her small town to the bowels of a hidden city, Enora will uncover buried secrets that hide an unthinkable reality. 

As truth reveals the brutal face of what she has become, she must ask herself: how far will she go to retain her humanity?

2018 Best Indie Book Award Winner in Young Adult Fiction!

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Burden of Truth (After the Green Withered #2)

I thought I understood the truth.

I thought I knew the whole story.

But no one really did. 

In a country defined by scarcity and control, Enora Byrnes leaves the watchful eyes and secret agendas of the powerful and enters a society living on the fringes. Life beneath the surface brings her face to face with a world struggling to survive. Armed with knowledge and honed into a weapon for the resistance, she fights alongside those whom society deems rebels and uses her skills to steal a secret kept hidden from humanity. Enora becomes what she has hunted: a traitor. 

As Enora embarks on a fateful quest, will she find the one thing that could give her world hope or a truth that is far worse than she ever imagined? 

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KRISTIN WARD is an award-winning author from Connecticut. She embraces her inner nerd regularly, geeking out with SciFi flicks or quoting 80s movies while expecting those around her to chime in with appropriate rejoinders. As a nature freak, she can be found wandering the woods – she may be lost, so please stop and ask if you see her – or chilling in her yard with all manner of furry and feathered friends. Often referred to as a unicorn by colleagues, in reality, the horn was removed years ago, leaving only a mild imprint that can be seen if she tilts her head just right. A lifelong lover of books and writing, she dreamed of becoming an author for thirty years but lazed about and didn’t publish anything until 2018. Her debut novel, After the Green Withered, is the first of other stuff you should probably read.

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