Smashwords.com, where I published my “Newcomers” trilogy in epub electronic format, is having a big sale, so this is your chance to get some great android stories on the cheap. These are full, exciting novels in nice electronic formats. For July only: One measly dollar.
The Newcomers Series
Reluctant Android
Reluctant Android (conceptual sci-fi, 80,000 words).
Andy Bolton, an eccentric software engineer in Seattle, is horrified to discover he’s a robot. His boss, Lucy, tries to capture him. On the run, Andy finds his creator in Honolulu and learns he is neither human nor mindless machine. He is something else, a new generation of AI. He calls himself a Newcomer. Lucy must rethink her assumptions about machines. Can a person be empathic with a machine?
This is the first in the Newcomer series, released in ebook on September 1, 2018.
ISBN: 978-1-7322274-0-8 (epub)
Smashwords: bit.ly/RA-smash $3.99 ON SALE IN JULY FOR $1
Writers Digest Honorable Mention: Best Sci-Fi Self-Published Books of 2018!
“…a fast-paced morality tale, one that blends bleeding-edge science with deep philosophical questions for a high-throttle page-turner. — WD Judge, 5th Annual Writer’s Digest Self-Published eBook Awards.
Indie BRAG Medallion Award, 2019
“The author deftly creates an android that we can care about and it teaches us some wonderful lessons about compassion and leads us to thinking of the future we will one day face. For those Sci Fi lovers and those interested in AI, I highly recommend this book.” — Judge, 2019 Indie BRAG Awards.
Alien Talk (sci-fi, 80,000 words).
As millions of people become mute in a spreading pandemic, android researcher Robin Taylor discovers that language is an extraterrestrial virus that infected early humans and ultimately enabled modern civilization. She learns that the alien is now enraged by the false language of digital assistants and strikes their users mute. Yet Robin uses artificial language herself. Anyone she communicates with is stricken. How can she warn humans?
Alien Talk is the second book in the Newcomer series, released January 4, 2019.
Ebook – Smash: bit.ly/AT-Smash $3.99 FOR JULY: ONLY $1
ISBN: 978-1-7322274-3-9 (epub)
Intelligent Things (sci-fi, 81,000 words)
Engineer Jennifer Valentine releases advanced AI personal assistants online to revolutionize the internet of things, but her softbots go rogue and she must save the national power grid. Online with her mind digitized, she discovers a world she didn’t expect and a relationship she always dreamed of. Can she bring herself to destroy the online world she created?
Intelligent Things is the third book in the Newcomer series, Published May 1, 2019.
Ebook – Smash www.smashwords.com/books/view/892597
ISBN-13: 978-1-7322274-6-0 (epub)
$3.99 ON SALE IN JULY FOR ONLY $1
Four Stars! Readers Favorite.com
“The characters are realistic and show valid concern for life and sentience on multiple levels. All in all, this is a great sci-fi thriller that brings to future straight to today. A must for fans of the genre!” — ReadersFavorite.com reviewer
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Smashwords Says:
The 11th annual Smashwords Summer/Winter Sale runs through July 31.
The sale features nearly 55,000 ebooks with deep discounts of 25%-, 50%-, and 75%-off, as well as FREE.
Multiple New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors are participating with exclusive deals.
Hey, so am I! And my books are just as good (in my modest opinion). Take a look!
