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Dropnauts

Liminal Sky: Redemption Cycle Book 1

by J. Scott Coatsworth

Dropnauts - J. Scott Coatsworth
Part of the Liminal Sky series:
Editions:Kindle - First edition: $ 5.95
Pages: 515
Paperback - First: $ 18.99
Size: 9.00 x 6.00 in
Pages: 515
Hardcover - First Edition: $ 29.99
Size: 9.00 x 6.00 in
Pages: 515
Audiobook: $ 24.99

Life after the Crash.

Over a century after the end of the Earth, life goes on in Redemption, the sole remaining Lunar colony, and possibly the last outpost of humankind in the Solar System. But with an existential threat burrowing its way into the Moon's core, humanity must recolonize the homeworld.

Twenty brave dropnauts set off on a mission to explore the empty planet. Four of them—Rai, Hera, Ghost and Tien—have trained for two-and-a-half years for the Return. They're bound for Martinez Base, just outside the Old Earth city of San Francisco.

But what awaits them there will turn their assumptions upside down—and in the process, either save or destroy what's left of humanity.

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Published:
Publisher: Other Worlds Ink
Illustrators:
J. Scott Coatsworth

Cover Artists:
J. Scott Coatsworth, Kelley York

Genres:
Sci Fi, Sci Fi - Artificial Intelligence, Sci Fi - Climate Fiction (Cli-Fi), Sci Fi - Colonization, Sci Fi - Cyberspace, Sci Fi - Dying Earth, Sci Fi - Dystopian & Post-Apocalyptic, Sci Fi - Frontier, Sci Fi - Hard Sci Fi, Sci Fi - Hollow Earth, Sci Fi - Hopepunk, Sci Fi - LGBTQ+, Sci Fi - Robots/Androids, Sci Fi - Solarpunk, Sci Fi - Space Opera

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Tropes: AI Uprising, Band of Brothers/Sisters, Band of Misfits, Fish Out of Water, Found Family, Humanity is Good, Lost Civilization, No Cell Coverage, Post-Apocalyptic, Quest, Redemption Arc, Sentient AI
Word Count: 130000
Setting: Lunar Colony; Near San Francisco
Languages Available: English
Series Type: Continuous / Same Characters
Tropes: AI Uprising, Band of Brothers/Sisters, Band of Misfits, Fish Out of Water, Found Family, Humanity is Good, Lost Civilization, No Cell Coverage, Post-Apocalyptic, Quest, Redemption Arc, Sentient AI
Word Count: 130000
Setting: Lunar Colony; Near San Francisco
Languages Available: English
Series Type: Continuous / Same Characters
Excerpt:
Reviews:Melissa on Queer Sci Fi wrote:

"The LGBTQ elements are so seamlessly woven into the story, with their relationships a sweet and subtle contrast to the battles they face. This is a great addition to the other books in this universe and a great read for science fiction fans."


About the Author

Scott lives with his husband of more than 30 years in a leafy Sacramento, California suburb, in a little yellow house with a brick fireplace and a couple pink flamingoes out front. He has always inhabited the space between the here and now and the what could be. Indoctrinated into fantasy and sci fi by his mother at the tender age of nine, he devoured her library. But as he grew up and read the golden age classics and more modern works as well, he began to wonder where all the people like him were.

After he came out at twenty three, he decided that it was time to create the kinds of stories he couldn’t find at Waldenbooks. If there weren’t many gay characters in his favorite genres, he would reimagine them himself, populating them with a diverse universe of characters. He would subvert them and remake them to his own ends. And if he was lucky enough, someone else would want to read the things he wrote.

His friends say Scott’s brain works a little differently – he sees relationships between things that others miss, and gets more done in a day than most folks manage in a week. Although he was born an introvert, he learned to reach outside himself and connect with others like him.

Scott writes stories that subvert expectations, that seek to transform traditional sci fi, fantasy, and contemporary worlds into something new and unexpected. He also runs both Queer Sci Fi and QueeRomance Ink with his husband Mark, sites that bring people like them together to promote and celebrate fiction that reflects their own reality.

His writing, whether romance or genre fiction (or a little bit of both) brings a queer energy to his stories, infusing them with love, beauty and power and making them soar. He imagines a world that could be, and in the process, maybe changes the world that is, just a little.

He was recognized as one of the top new gay authors in the 2017 Rainbow Awards, and his debut novel “Skythane” received two awards and an honorable mention.

He runs Queer Sci Fi, QueeRomance Ink, and Other Worlds Ink with Mark, and is a full member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), where he ran the Indie Author Committee for almost three years.

You can find him at Goodreads here, on Amazon here, on QueeRomance Ink here, and on Facebook here.