I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the AUR CHILD by I.S. Lee Blog Tour
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About The Book:
Author: I.S. Lee
Pub. Date: January 25, 2022
Publisher: I.S. Lee
Formats: Paperback, eBook
Pages: 757
Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle
Nordic noir meets hard science fiction in debut author I.S. Lee's deep, twisting Aur Child.
Prepare to
be lured into a multi-faceted, uncertain futurescape where the boundaries
between right and wrong, good and evil, and heroes and villains are blurred by
the complexities of that reality.
When a
fisherman unwittingly discovers clues about other people wielding great
technologies, fear and uncertainty of exposure throws both societies into
conflict, and
forces a clutch of artificial intelligence stewards to confront their own
shortcomings. As real and virtual worlds collide, so too do the worldviews that
have caused this centuries-long stand-off.
Portrayed
through the eyes of its cast of flawed characters, Aur Child challenges the
contemporary conventions of shallow, whiz-bang entertainment and the status quo
reliance on sex and violence for uninspired storytelling. It delivers a slow-burn
epic adventure that eschews the worn-out tropes of the post-apocalyptic genre
and sends you on a journey through time and contemplation like nothing you've
ever read before.
"Meddle
not with what we do not understand." Future-primitive Tellurians have
enjoyed a peaceful coexistence with nature for centuries after the moment of
technological collapse, described in ancient texts as Cloudburst. Only the
studied elders are aware of a diaspora virtual civilization who secretly covets
their energy ...and their bodies.
Will you
meddle?
Excerpt:
Her body had
felt strange, yes. But now, so did her mind. Just as soon as she had shaken off
the seasickness and felt she could join the others to carry on her duties,
these new attacks started to interfere with her concentration, and then her
ability to function at all. It was almost like the seasickness triggered this
new feeling. To Digambar, it was especially worrying because she hadn’t felt
this way during other exoports. Moreover, the other crew didn’t feel this way
at all. The rest of them had recovered from the grueling pangs of seasickness.
They were carrying out their responsibilities – and hers – without complaint.
They had
already begun practicing with the sextant to master the celestial navigation so
critical to an event where the ship’s systems were damaged. Beyond that, they
were indulging in their exposure to earthsense. They shared these moments
together and struggled to tamp down all the urges that bubbled up inside their
teeming bodies. It was a special time of discovery and pleasure. The exosouls
reveled in experiential bliss, indulging the nuances of an uncanny physic
obscured from their lives, manipulating a life abandoned by their people in a
fleeting present categorically foreign from their own.
Both
Calliope and Arman had explained to her that sometimes, exosouls can require
longer adjustment periods. “Each body is different,” Arman had told her. “The
soul and the body are at odds in the beginning, but eventually they get along.”
Digambar
knew that the sensations had been growing since her training began at Yellow
Reserve, but they were subtle before, and she had attributed them to the
earlier afflictions that were expected to have dissipated by now. She thought
they were simply aftereffects from the initial shock of exoporting, like sore
muscles after an extended hike. The ringing in her ears, the stiffness in her
spine, the aching in the roots of her teeth. She had been so eager to get
underway, that she rebuffed these signals. She refused to raise them to Arman
during the daily check-ins. At night, when she lay on the thin mattress of the
Yellow Reserve exosoul quarters, she was only slightly fearful that those early
struggles might worsen at sea. Now, those worries were realized.
About I.S. Lee:
I.S. Lee has
been writing as a hobby all his life, but only published his first fiction
novel, Aur Child, after his fourth decade on Earth. He is a lover of nature and
a practitioner of civil engineering. Born in the United States, he now lives
with his wife and sons in Finland.
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Giveaway Details:
3 winners will receive an eBook of AUR CHILD, International.
a Rafflecopter giveawayTour Schedule:
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1/25/2022 |
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1/25/2022 |
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1/26/2022 |
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1/27/2022 |
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1/28/2022 |
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1/31/2022 |
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2/3/2022 |
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