"The exhilarating and riotously entertaining science fiction romance blending queer counterculture, joy as resistance, and banging disco hits, perfect for readers of Kaliane Bradley, Vajra Chandraseker and Victor Manibo.
In 1977—a world in which America launched its space program shortly after WWII—Mitch Ward followed Flynn, the lost love of his youth, into the US Spaceguard. Now, he’s stuck on a backwater moon base with his only friend, Gloria, watching every shuttle in the hope Flynn will be on it.
After an inexplicable encounter with a strange, euphoric being, Mitch and Gloria find themselves dishonourably discharged, and stuck in a USA rapidly sliding into fascism with no plans and no future. There’s nothing for it but to move to Los Angeles to chase their dreams, and find their people in the discos of the city.
But when Flynn crashes back into their lives, claiming to be the host for an emissary of a utopian civilization approaching Earth, he offers Mitch the power to protect himself and friends across the queer community, so they never have to live in the shadows or face oppression again.
With the world on the brink of cataclysm, and Mitch and his friends being squeezed out of every space, it’s down to this community of disco-loving outcasts to stand up for what is beautiful and right.
'Ambitious queer science fiction … trippy … dreamlike … fitting for the 70s setting … there’s a lot that’s entertaining.'—Publishers Weekly"
"Fox is a memory editor—one of the best—gifted in the art of creating real life in the digital world. When he wakes up in the Field of Reeds Center for Memory Recovery, the therapists tell him he was victim of a terrorist bombing by Khadija Banks, the pioneer of memory editing turned revolutionary.
A bombing which shredded the memory archives of all its victims, including his husband Gabe.
Thrust into fragments of memories that survived the blast, Fox struggles to rebuild himself and grieve for a man he can’t remember. But his shattered past is unreliable and unfamiliar, echoing itself over and over: his life as a refugee, a memory editor, a loving husband, a man at the center of it all.
The world is tearing itself apart to try and forget its sadness, and as Khadija fights for the soul of humanity, Fox races to save Gabe’s—because saving the man he loves might be the key to saving us all.
'A work of artistic maturity, dazzling imagination and a horrible sense of foresight over what might come to pass.'—Chris McCrudden, author of Battlestar Suburbia"
"Hayes Figueiredo is struggling to finish his documentary when handsome physicist Yusuf Hassan shows up, claiming Hayes is the key to understanding the Envisioner—a mysterious device that can predict the future.
From a top-secret research facility run by the brilliant Dr. Kaori Nakamori, Hayes discovers he created the machine in a parallel universe—and he’s married to Yusuf. But he doesn’t recognize this other him, angry, aloof, and obsessive.
Together, Hayes, Yusuf, and Kaori study the machine and all its secrets. When tragedy strikes, Hayes must do anything he can to save Yusuf’s life. Because there are infinite realities, but only one Yusuf. With his heart, and the fate of the
multiverse, in his hands, they tumble through a kaleidoscope of universes trying to save it all.
But even escaping into infinity, Hayes is running out of space—soon he will have to decide how much he’s willing to sacrifice to save the love of his life."
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