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Five Points on an Invisible Line
Not yet published
Expected 16 Sep 25Some families we choose, some battles we can't avoid, some lines we must cross together.
A bomb at the airport.
A mysterious disappearance.
A family pushing boundaries.
Three years after finding refuge in near-future Montreal, Laek and Janie prepare to expand their unconventional family. But when their friend Philip's arrival coincides with an explosion at the airport, their sanctuary begins to crack.
Struggling with PTSD, Laek must forge an alliance with someone he doesn't trust as street kids start vanishing from his school. Meanwhile, Janie dreams of building a larger family through a polyamorous union, even as dangers mount around them.
Their community of queer, poly, and neurodivergent activists fights for justice in a city that's both haven and battleground. But when protecting others means risking everything they've built, how much are they willing to sacrifice?
In a world of invisible lines, which ones are worth crossing?
Sunburst Award-nominated Su J Sokol crafts hopepunk science fiction where hope isn't just resistance—it's revolution.
A bomb at the airport.
A mysterious disappearance.
A family pushing boundaries.
Three years after finding refuge in near-future Montreal, Laek and Janie prepare to expand their unconventional family. But when their friend Philip's arrival coincides with an explosion at the airport, their sanctuary begins to crack.
Struggling with PTSD, Laek must forge an alliance with someone he doesn't trust as street kids start vanishing from his school. Meanwhile, Janie dreams of building a larger family through a polyamorous union, even as dangers mount around them.
Their community of queer, poly, and neurodivergent activists fights for justice in a city that's both haven and battleground. But when protecting others means risking everything they've built, how much are they willing to sacrifice?
In a world of invisible lines, which ones are worth crossing?
Sunburst Award-nominated Su J Sokol crafts hopepunk science fiction where hope isn't just resistance—it's revolution.
392 pages, Hardcover
Expected publication September 16, 2025
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About the author
Su J. Sokol
8 books30 followersSu J Sokol is a social rights activist and a writer of speculative and interstitial fiction. Cycling to Asylum, xyr debut novel, was long-listed for the Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic; its French translation, Les lignes invisibles, is a finalist for the Prix de traduction de la Fondation Cole. Su’s novels also include Run J Run; and Zee, a finalist for the QWF Janet Savage Blachford Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature. Five Points on an Invisible Line, the sequel to Cycling to Asylum, is scheduled to be published in the spring of 2025. Su's short fiction and essays have appeared in various publications.
Sokol's short fiction has appeared in various magazines and anthologies including in The Future Fire, Spark: A Creative Anthology, Glittership: an LGBTQ Science Fiction and Fantasy Podcast, After the Orange: Ruin and Recovery (B Cubed Press) and Amazing Stories, and Revue Solaris.
When xe is not writing, battling slumlords, bringing evil bureaucracies to their knees, and smashing borders, Sokol curates and participates in readings and literary events in Canada and abroad.
Sokol's short fiction has appeared in various magazines and anthologies including in The Future Fire, Spark: A Creative Anthology, Glittership: an LGBTQ Science Fiction and Fantasy Podcast, After the Orange: Ruin and Recovery (B Cubed Press) and Amazing Stories, and Revue Solaris.
When xe is not writing, battling slumlords, bringing evil bureaucracies to their knees, and smashing borders, Sokol curates and participates in readings and literary events in Canada and abroad.
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