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It’s been one year since the release of my debut science fiction thriller novel, WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HERE–and what better way to celebrate than with the brand-new paperback edition of the book? 😉🚀

And even better, let’s do a small giveaway to commemorate the occasion! The prize is a free signed paperback copy of WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HERE, a WHABH bookplate, and a Shepherds of Haven bookmark of your choice! 

Rules:

1) Be a follower of my author blog, @strangevoyages, and like and reblog this post with the hashtag #we have always been here! You get an additional entry if you leave a comment about your favorite moment or character from the book in your reblog as well! :-) 

2) The deadline is August 31st, 2022 (11 PM MST).

3) Entrants will be assigned a number, and the winner be selected via random number generator. The winner will be messaged for their preferred shipping address here on Tumblr, and a new winner will be selected if there’s no response within 72 hours.

Additional guidelines: Entrants must be 18 years or older to be eligible. The signed book can only be mailed to a US address, but should an international follower win, they’ll be sent a swag pack of both WHABH and Shepherds of Haven stickers and bookmark merch instead! This giveaway is in no way sponsored, endorsed, or affiliated with Tumblr or any entity other than myself. 

That’s all! I hope you’ll join me in celebrating the one-year anniversary of my debut novel and the release of its paperback version! Thank you so much for your support! ⭐️

Links:

Author site

Hardcover, paperback, and e-book editions

The whole book was steadily good, but by the time I hit the halfway point and onward it was SOSOSOSOOOO GOOD???? Like the unity rain may as well have passed over me because I FELT. A change bro. I had to read the entire second half in one sitting because I couldn’t put it down. You absolutely NAIL the claustrophobia and I rarely ever see an author blurring the lines between human and machine so effectively and beautifully. Also that kind of “what even defines a human?” is like my favorite thing in fiction ever so AUGGG UH GUYGHH

The betrayals felt REAL and actually had me GASPING!!! The whole lore with Daley and Taban, expertly integrated in just to show up second half was CHILLING ME bro you had me actually throwing the book!! I was screaming!!!!!

And btw Jimex is the best boy ever! Thought I’d add that he’s so silly and unperturbed lol I love him!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Also it’s so interesting to see a story from the perspective of someone who’s so out of the loop. I love seeing Park’s confusions and frustrations. It feels so realistic and sympathetic; you had me shouting at the characters myself for lying and hiding shit!!

We Have Always Been Here will FOREVER be on my shelf as infinitely rereadable, I love love love love love what you have made with all of my heart. Thank you for sharing your story with the world because I now don’t think I can live without it. I NOW WILL PLAY SHEPHERDS HAVEN TRUST

My novel, WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HERE, is one of six finalists for this year's Compton Crook Award: a literary award presented by the Baltimore Science Fiction Society since 1983 for best English novel in the fields of science fiction, horror, or fantasy. Past winners have included Paolo Bacigalupi, Naomi Novik, and Elizabeth Moon. ⭐️💫

Hi everyone! I’m thrilled to announce that you can now order a copy of my debut science fiction thriller novel, WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HERE, in hardcover, paperback, e-book, or audiobook format, available wherever books are sold! 

WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HERE follows a WOC protagonist, misanthropic psychologist Dr. Grace Park, as she’s placed on the planetary survey ship, the Deucalion. The Deucalion is headed to an icy and unexplored planet, Eos, situated beyond the reaches of human-occupied space. The crew of the ship are all specialists of their fields and are meant to evaluate Eos for colonization purposes; Park is meant to evaluate the twelve other crewmembers’ performance and cohesion. But fractures appear long before the ship even reaches the mysterious planet: political alliances, obscured intentions, corporate surveillance, love triangles, and fraught relationships threaten to split the crew apart, and Park’s friendship with the ship’s unusual androids only comes closer to turning everyone she knows against her. 

When the ship finally arrives on Eos, a radiation storm cuts off any means of communication or escape... and that’s when things really begin to fall apart.  Park’s patients are falling prey to waking nightmares of helpless, tongueless insanity. The androids are behaving strangely, rejecting orders and babbling about imaginary gods. Inexplicable video tapes are being uncovered. There are no windows aboard the ship. Paranoia is closing in, and soon Park is forced to confront the fact that nothing—neither her crew, nor their mission, nor the mysterious Eos itself—is as it seems.

Inspired by the likes of Alien, I, Robot, Dead Space, Event Horizon, and Ex Machina, WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HERE is a story about connection, consciousness, and what it means to be human. It was a finalist for the Compton Crook Award, winner of the Philip Freund Prize, and an Amazon Editors’ Pick (Best Science Fiction and Fantasy). You can read more about the book on my website or at any of the links below! And if you enjoy my writing in WHABH, be sure to also check out my indie interactive fiction game over at @shepherds-of-haven​! 

Thank you as always for your support! ⭐️🚀🤖

Links:

Penguin Random House

Amazon

Barnes and Noble

Indiebound

Bookshop.org

Hudson Booksellers

Powell’s

Audible

Other Links:

Author Website

Twitter

Facebook

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