The Reality Meltdown

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Pub Date 20 Jun 2023 | Archive Date 31 Mar 2023
Delcominy Creations, L.L.C. | Third Quandary Books

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Description

WHAT IF OBJECTS ARE MORE THAN THEY SEEM?

Celebrity product designer Matthew Beren and his enigmatic wife, Sofia, have stumbled upon a stunning secret: millions of unknown, sentient life forms are hiding in plain sight.

It's a wondrous discovery… or is it? Though unable to speak, the hidden beings appear to have formed close bonds with the oblivious residents of Matt's hometown in subtle, seemingly magical ways that make the garden flowers chime, the politics unite, and his company's robotics a little too precise.

Then there are the unsettling hints implying Sofia knows more than she's sharing, and furtive allegations that the shadowy life forms might be advancing a hidden faction's attempt to trigger a mind-bending catastrophe.

But could it be such a terrifying plan is actually necessary? If so, Sofia's secrets and Matt's shocking decisions could very well determine whether the mysterious beings become humankind's saviors… or the architects of its destruction.

WHAT IF OBJECTS ARE MORE THAN THEY SEEM?

Celebrity product designer Matthew Beren and his enigmatic wife, Sofia, have stumbled upon a stunning secret: millions of unknown, sentient life forms are...


A Note From the Publisher

Dan Cray is the author of MOTHER TONGUE and PIERCING MAYBE, which was named to Kirkus Reviews' Best Books of 2018. In nonfiction, he wrote SOARING STONES: A KITE-POWERED APPROACH TO BUILDING EGYPT'S PYRAMIDS and worked as a freelance journalist for twenty-seven years, reporting sixty Time magazine cover stories and sharing a National Headliner Award. He holds a UCLA English degree and lives in Los Angeles with his wife and son.

The Reality Meltdown will also publish as an ebook (ISBN 978-1-940317-17-5) in June, 2023, priced at $8.99.
In early 2024 the book will be released in trade paperback format (ISBN 978-1-940317-16-8), priced at $16.00.

Dan Cray is the author of MOTHER TONGUE and PIERCING MAYBE, which was named to Kirkus Reviews' Best Books of 2018. In nonfiction, he wrote SOARING STONES: A KITE-POWERED APPROACH TO BUILDING...


Advance Praise

 “Vividly imagined... an engrossing tale centered on no less a theme than humanity's place in the totality of existence, couched in a rollicking supernatural horror story... with action and suspense to rival a space opera.”

– Kirkus Reviews

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/dan-cray/the-reality-meltdown-working-title/

“Vividly imagined... an engrossing tale centered on no less a theme than humanity's place in the totality of existence, couched in a rollicking supernatural horror story... with action and suspense...


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