Darrell Bain, multiple Eppie Award winner, and Stephanie Osborn, author of the science fiction
mystery Burnout: The Mystery of Space Shuttle STS-281, have collaborated on the next
science fiction novel in the Cresperia series, The Y Factor. Osborn's mentor, Travis "Doc"
Taylor, and Bain co-authored the first novel of the series, Human By Choice, published by
Twilight Times Books.
The series concerns the first contact between the pacifistic natives of Cresperia, whose planetary
government is a loose political anarchy, and the inhabitants of Earth. The Cresperians have a unique ability
to tap into the quantum foam, not only to read general impressions of events, situations, and emotions,
but to manipulate certain aspects of their reality - up to and including their own forms and the forms
of humans for whom they care. This ability to manipulate the humans includes healing and delaying
aging, both highly desired abilities, making them valuable "commodities." Upon crash-landing
on Earth in the first novel, several of the "Crispies" take human form and must contend with the strange
customs and political environments of Earth.
The Y Factor picks up where Human By Choice leaves off, with the international race to obtain
Crispies and Crispy technology. But there's a catch. Crispies are delicately balanced creatures, and not all
of the nations after them - good OR bad - understand just HOW delicate. Can they even survive, let alone
thrive, on Earth? And what if more Crispies come? What happens then? And who - or what - else is
out there?
The Y Factor is a fascinating continuation in what promises to be an exciting and popular
science fiction series.
15 February 2009
Darrell B. and I have officially been offered a contract for The Y Factor
by Twilight Times! The e-book will be available 15 June 2009, and the
paperback availability will be Fall 2009.
22 April 2009
The e-book went up on Fictionwise yesterday, and we're already on their
best-seller list! WOO-HOOO!
19 October 2009
The Y Factor paperback availability will be December 2009!
5 March 2010
The Y Factor paperback availability should now be the same as Burnout's.
More to come...
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