I recently put out a shorter ebook that's exclusive to the Kindle platform, and I thought I'd let you guys know about it. It's a little over 12,000 words, so it's a quick read that you can probably go through in a single sitting.
Here's the description: Kai is a nobody. 一无所有 (yìwúsuǒyǒu), or "poor as dirt" as they say in the martian city of Mazhou. Mazhou is a city that more closely resembles a petri dish than a civilization. "A test tube of Darwinian economics mixed with cultural sterility."
And Kai - she's just an unremarkable woman in one "hell" of a society. She's statistically average, in every way, and terribly isolated from those around her. A recluse among recluses. A person with no interest in escaping the dystopic hive of dwindling commerce that is Mazhou. And despite the horrendous pay she earns at the quarry, she remains a devoted light machinery technician of the ubiquitous Chara Corporation. A true champion of mediocrity, but one that never had better alternatives.
It’s this mediocrity in particular that makes her so perfectly suited for the Mivax vaccine study, which is presented to her by her shrewd and cryptic uncle: Rem Jia. After a bit of convincing, she realizes that she just can’t bring herself to pass up the offer. Its too easy. All she has to do is to participate in the study as a test subject, for two weeks. And upon completion, there'd be a lump-sum payment of 12,000 credits. A small fortune for someone of her status.
But what's Rem’s true agenda? Is he really looking to help Kai, or is he planning to betray his last living relative? What other things are out there, lurking in the darkness of the future?
Here's the description:
Kai is a nobody. 一无所有 (yìwúsuǒyǒu), or "poor as dirt" as they say in the martian city of Mazhou. Mazhou is a city that more closely resembles a petri dish than a civilization. "A test tube of Darwinian economics mixed with cultural sterility."
And Kai - she's just an unremarkable woman in one "hell" of a society. She's statistically average, in every way, and terribly isolated from those around her. A recluse among recluses. A person with no interest in escaping the dystopic hive of dwindling commerce that is Mazhou. And despite the horrendous pay she earns at the quarry, she remains a devoted light machinery technician of the ubiquitous Chara Corporation. A true champion of mediocrity, but one that never had better alternatives.
It’s this mediocrity in particular that makes her so perfectly suited for the Mivax vaccine study, which is presented to her by her shrewd and cryptic uncle: Rem Jia. After a bit of convincing, she realizes that she just can’t bring herself to pass up the offer. Its too easy. All she has to do is to participate in the study as a test subject, for two weeks. And upon completion, there'd be a lump-sum payment of 12,000 credits. A small fortune for someone of her status.
But what's Rem’s true agenda? Is he really looking to help Kai, or is he planning to betray his last living relative? What other things are out there, lurking in the darkness of the future?
So if you want to visit a chinese mining cityon mars, the link is: http://amzn.com/B014PU7T0Y
And if you're curious, yes I've been to China! And it helped me come up with certain aspects of the story.
-I