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New book coming out; shooting for end of Dec!

reptile logic

reptile logic

An imposter among aliens.
Hey y'all, [Edit: due to low staffing over the holidays, my distributor tells me that a new, reasonable release date will be January 16, 2023. sorry for the delay. I really wanted the book out this year, but ultimately the delay at my end gave me time to further polish my work.

Been working to get my next novel out before the end of the year, and I just might make it! The book has been registered, and I'm now going through the EPUB formatting and distribution steps. Due to budget constraints, paper books must come later.

A Promise to the Faceless, by D A Barr. ISBN: 978-0-9986350-2-6 77,500+ words, English language.
Admittedly optimistic, due to the holidays, the release date is set for December 30. Please forgive me if it takes a few days longer. Those stories I have shared with you here in Writing and Prose are in there, along with a world of stories to go with them.

Edit: It's one of those stories of a world where most everyone's lives are so hard, that one can take solace in knowing that your own life seems less difficult in comparison. Still, you're curious as to why. As you read onward, you ask yourself, Could I make it work, in a world like this?

You may begin to feel for Amita here, or maybe not, only to watch her life's work slowly being crushed. Injured, you read on.

Spend 24 hours with Secundus, reviewing its past; learn the true depths of slavery in this place, that of the mind. Enraged and confused, you need to know where this dark path may take you.

More becomes clear to you, as Gloria shows you around her world, from a higher point of view. Still, who's side do you take, as you take this in?

You find yourself in the streets, watching as Gina checks the dumpsters for scraps one day, only to learn later that her current market value has exceeded her value as a human being. . .

Read this book, and you will discover this world. Read it again, and this world will grow deeper around you. Welcome to The Family.​

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Unrelated and unattached to my first published work, this book is intended for mature readers. Dark content and mature themes: Occasional, brief moments of graphic violence; Occasional, brief moments of implied sexuality; Rampant classism; Slavery; Brief mention and moments of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use. [Not an erotica book, and yes, there is a strong human presence.]

I'm excited to share this news with you! I may add more later; either by editing this post or just tacking onto the thread.

Cheers!
 
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Miles Marsalis

Miles Marsalis

The Last DJ.
I can say I read the book and it was thoroughly enjoyable, with subtle characterization and moral quandaries it explores relentlessly. It doesn't just take you through the characters lives, but a world slowly being transformed by mind uploading and genetic engineering with all the attendant wonders and questions.

I'd recommend buying this and the author's previous work, The Accidental Ambassador.
 
redhusky

redhusky

Emperor of Floof! King of the Rats and Spamlord!
reptile logic said:
Hey y'all,

Been working to get my next novel out before the end of the year, and I just might make it! The book has been registered, and I'm now going through the EPUB formatting and distribution steps. Due to budget constraints, paper books must come later.

A Promise to the Faceless, by D A Barr. ISBN: 978-0-9986350-2-6 77,500+ words, English language.
Admittedly optimistic, due to the holidays, the release date is set for December 30. Please forgive me if it takes a few days longer. Those stories I have shared with you here in Writing and Prose are in there, along with a world of stories to go with them.

Unrelated and unattached to my first published work, this book is intended for mature readers. Dark content and mature themes: Occasional, brief moments of graphic violence; Occasional, brief moments of implied sexuality; Rampant classism; Slavery; Brief mention and moments of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use. [Not an erotica book, and yes, there is a strong human presence.]

I'm excited to share this news with you! I may add more later; either by editing this post or just tacking onto the thread.

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Cheers!
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Cool! What's it about!?
 
reptile logic

reptile logic

An imposter among aliens.
So fresh i don't have a good elevator speech ready. Thanks, I'll get busy on one. Here is the prologue, in its entirety.

Prologue:
The planet and its people had their share of problems before this. Humanity had already done enough damage to put themselves in jeopardy; then came The Tainting. Slow to reveal itself, it traveled the globe inside human hosts. Within just a few years, practically all species of land-based, placental mammals died of the infection. Only the most isolated of places were spared. Most if not all of the surviving mammals proved infertile, or worse, fertile but genetically damaged.

Within the first two years alone, the human population plummeted from over nine billion souls down to less than two billion. Most offspring were deformed beyond what was survivable. Those who lived beyond infancy were viewed as monsters, as "tainted".

An even more immediate problem, The Tainting had passed onto insect populations. Those insect species that underwent full, three-stage metamorphosis died during their pupal stage. Flies, mosquitoes, fleas, and other pests virtually became extinct. Unfortunately, so did bees, wasps, ants, butterflies, beetles, and other insect pollinators.

The plant life that depended on them began to suffer. The shortest-lived among them, the annuals, began to disappear as their naturally-sewn seed stock quickly depleted.

Nature abhors a vacuum. Grasses and other wind-born pollinated plants thrived. Grasshoppers made the first bid at replacing the mammalian grazers, and locust swarms once again became a common sight. Termite colonies pulled stems underground and, for a time, grew unchecked to cover vast areas of grasslands with their earthen citadels.

Birds and reptiles, dragonflies, mantids, bugs, and arachnids did their best to fill other voids left behind. Life would go on, but not on a timetable that could suit humanity's needs.

Famine quickly spread throughout the remaining human population. Food was the most precious resource. Arable land once again became the prime currency of the powerful. As many of the world's governments had been physically beheaded by the population crash, most were powerless against the well-funded and well-armed land grabs made by the world's major corporations.

The inevitable deployment of stockpiled weaponry resulted in vast swaths of land being either sterilized from air bursts, or poisoned by ground strikes. Largely underpopulated, and there being little strategic value in their destruction, most cities were left untouched. The vast majority of missiles launched were detonated in flight, far away from any populations. The worst appeared to be over.

By the time open fighting had ceased, the period known as The Corporate Wars had seen an additional nine-hundred million human lives taken. Among the wildlife of the planet, extinction of entire species became commonplace.

Toward the end of the fighting, an organization comprised of the wealthiest and most powerful people on the globe announced their planet-wide control of governmental affairs. They have ruled unopposed for the last eight years. Whatever they originally called themselves was soon forgotten. Now, everyone knows them as "The Board."

From the beginning, tucked away in small laboratories scattered across the globe, small teams of scientists and medical professionals worked furiously to keep humanity alive. Physically isolated from the rest of the world to prevent possible contamination and often in competition for resources, each team struggled to find workable solutions to present to their investors.
 
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