MILTON, ONTARIO, February 10, 2023 – Brain Lag’s first solarpunk novel hits the shelves today with the release of Unseen by Cathy Hird. Telling a tale of near-future Toronto, a diverse cast of outcasts stands between order and a group of saboteurs bent on proving that leaving city infrastructure in the hands of an AI will lead to disaster.
“This serious, stark, and refreshingly measured warning about the risks of future technology braids its fantastical elements with satisfying, complex conspiracy,” says Publishers Weekly, adding, “Sci-fi fans looking for mature dystopian fiction should check this out.” Featuring characters that range across the neurodiversity and LGBTQ+ spectra, their otherness is heightened by augmented senses that range from detecting gravitational fields to an affinity with nature.
Unseen is now available in trade paperback (256 pages, ISBN 978-1-928011-90-3, $23.99 CAD) and ebook (978-1-928011-91-0, $4.99) formats through bookstores everywhere, including Chapters/Indigo, Barnes & Noble, Waterstones, Amazon, or directly through the publisher.
As part of the book’s release, the author and publisher will be hosting a virtual launch party on Twitch on Sunday, February 12 at 6:00 p.m. EST. It will feature an interview with the author, reading, and Q&A with the audience. The event is free to attend with no registration required.
The book will also be featured at Local Love Market at Burlington Centre (777 Guelph Line, Burlington, Ontario) Saturday, February 11 from 9:30-6:30. The author will also be presenting it at the annual Grey County Reads Bookfest at Annesley United Church Markdale (82 Toronto St S, Markdale, ON) Saturday, March 4 from 2:00-6:00.
Cathy Hird lives in a forest on the shore of Georgian Bay. Cathy weaves tapestries and scarves, and she tells stories that pull together the threads of ancient myth and modern questions. Along with her first two novels set in ancient Greece, Cathy has also written a contemporary fantasy trilogy that draws on Celtic mythology and Arthurian legends.
Unseen is Milton, Ontario-based science fiction and fantasy publisher Brain Lag’s forty-third book to be released and Hird joins twenty-one other signed authors so far. The book is the publisher’s second scheduled release in 2023 of eleven.
Media inquiries and requests for review copies or to contact the author can be directed to publishing@brain-lag.com.
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