Upcoming Science Fiction Novel Pits Lost Afghani Girl Against U.S. Intelligence System

MILTON, ONTARIO, March 4, 2022 – When the U.S. military can combat terrorism by appearing instantly anywhere in the world, freedom and privacy become the price of security. This is the premise behind new science fiction novel The Afghan Wedding by Gary Girod.

From a desert of sand to a desert of ice...

Avizeh Fatah is about to be married off to a local warlord in western Afghanistan when she suddenly finds herself outside a top-secret American military base in Antarctica. From there, hardened troops teleport instantly to danger zones around the world to combat terrorism.

Yet as an Afghani national who doesn't speak a word of English, she is a dangerous liability to the army presence there. Confined to the base for days that last years, Avizeh makes tentative friends and hones her burgeoning skills in hacking.

Desperate for real human connection and news of her family, she makes a mistake that sets her life on a course she never imagined. Wholly at the mercy of the U.S. government, Avizeh travels from New York to India to Australia, uncovering secrets, a new way of looking at the world, and love.

And just maybe, a way to fight back.

The Afghan Wedding will be releasing August 12, 2022 in trade paperback and ebook formats. The cover artwork will be revealed April 1, with preorders opening in bookstores at that time.

This is the second book by author Gary Girod, whose debut novel The Maiden Voyage of New York City was published in 2020. Girod was born in the woods of Oregon sometime during the last century. He fell in love with stories, true and fiction. After a decade of publishing fiction stories of all genres, in January 2019, he founded the French History Podcast, which covers the history of France from three million years ago to present. In 2021 he received his doctorate in European history from the University of Houston, writing about the origins of the mass domestic surveillance states in Britain and France.

He currently divides his time between writing fiction, world-travelling and wearing a suit while monologuing about the deeds of dead people.

The book will be published by Brain Lag, publisher of The Maiden Voyage of New York City. The title is Brain Lag’s thirty-seventh and joins eleven others releasing in 2022.

Media inquiries and requests to contact the author can be directed to publishing@brain-lag.com.