About this book...
The genre is climate-fiction. The novels in this genre tend to be dystopian and depressing. But, this is a hopeful story.
If this is something you would like to explore, please check out "A New Faith". If you know others who might also enjoy this, please share it with them.
#####
The novel was published in a serialized manner from 1 April 2025 to 31 August 2025. The entire book is freely available to read online or download in a DRM-free EPUB and PDF formats.
If you like the book, please share it with others and/or write a review. I have no budget for formal outreach so word-of-mouth is the only way to get the book in the hands of as many readers as possible.
If you really like the book, please donate to a charity of your choice. If you don't know of any charities, I suggest donating to the World Food Program.
#####
I am self-publishing it because I don’t have the patience to deal with the book publishing industry. I would rather write than chase down agents and publishers.
It is published under a pseudonym because my identity is irrelevant. All that matters is the story and the ideas. If you are really persistent, you can probably find me. But, I request that you engage with the story instead of who wrote it.
If you would like to discuss the story, feel free to do so with other readers. The nice thing about the platform I am using - Ghost - is that it is “federating over ActivityPub to become part of the world’s largest publishing network.”
With respect to copyright, I am the sole author of this novel. Please don't plagiarize. It is not nice. Getting inspired by it is totally fine. And if you would like to take a character or a scene or plot-line or the whole thing and make something new with it (e.g. graphic-book, audio-book, sitcom, TV show, movie, etc.), feel free to boldly go where no human has gone before. You don’t need to ask for my permission. Heck, you don’t even have to acknowledge me. But it would be nice if you did. I shall be most happy to point to your work if you bring it to my attention.
It will only be available online because I would like to save some trees. But, I also have a couple of ulterior motives -
1. At least for now, I don’t have the resources to bring in a professional editor. Editing my own work is quite tedious. I would rather write new material. The online-only model gives me a chance to go back and fix errors. Hopefully, there are not that many. Please be gentle when pointing them out to me.
2. When I was getting feedback on the earlier drafts, I realized that some of the material that I had left out was of interest to a few of my readers. With an online-only existence, I can add links to the material that is not included in the main narrative. Examples include backstories of characters, incidents referred to but not described, descriptions of places, illustrations, and rabbit-holes that I would like to dive into.
Speaking of rabbit-holes, I am working on another novel that is set in the same universe as this one. I have also sketched out plots for a few more stories in that same universe. I propose to build out this universe over the course of the next few years. You are most welcome to explore it with me and/or join me in building it out.
May the force be with you!
Live long and prosper!
Or whatever floats your boat…