Feral Machines Now Available
First we are pleased to announce that her novella, Feral Machines, is now available in digital form from Weightless Books. Feral Machines is a science fiction story that originally appeared in the Tangle XY anthology. Like all Ms. Hale's stories it is both fascinating and romantic. Here's a little bit about it:
When the interstellar wildlife sanctuary Casaverde is quarantined due to an mysterious outbreak of malaria, Andrew Salazar must turn to military surplus synthetic life-forms to help him in his work as warden.
But Andrew soon discovers that the synthetics are far more complex creatures than he first imagined and that something more deadly than an old-world disease is stalking Casaverde.
“‘Feral Machines’ is a very different piece from her stunning debut with Wicked Gentleman but like that novel, this is a strongly imagined, strongly written and vivid work, with intense interactions between the two protagonists working against apparently impossible odds.”—Uniquely Pleasurable
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars—Reviews by Jesse
An excerpt:
Through the haze of smoke, the synthetic looked almost human. Except the shoulders were far too wide and the limbs moved too fluidly. The synthetic observed Andrew with dull, red eyes set into hard, simple features that resembled an ancient battle mask.
Andrew retreated a step. Despite his familiarity with the concept of synthetics, (they were a popular and easy subject for second-level science reports), Andrew had never seen one in the flesh.
Decent people with good educations and middle-class families were never exposed to war machines like this one.
Next we announce the imminent release of Ms. Hale's two book series, Lord of the White Hell, Books One and Two. Book One arrived from the printer in late July and we have already put domestic pre-orders for that book in the mail. Book Two should arrive from the printer late this week or early next week. At that time we will be shipping international pre-orders.
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