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Be the Sea

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Pub Date Mar 05 2024 | Archive Date Apr 01 2024


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Description

Change is in the seas.

In November 2039, marine scientist Wend Taylor heaves themself aboard a zero-emissions boat skippered by elusive nature photographer Viola Yang. Guided by instinct, ocean dreams, and a shared birthday in 1972, they barter stories for passage across the Pacific. Aljon, Viola’s younger cousin, keeps a watchful eye and an innovative galley. Story by story, the trio rethink secrets, flying dreams, and how they experience their own minds.

When they reach Hawaiʻi and prepare to part ways, opportunity and mystery pull them closer together. Both scientific and personal discoveries take shape as they join with ex-lovers, lost friends, and found family. Wend must navigate an ever-shifting future, complicated by bioengineered microbes and a plot to silence scientists, entangled with inexplicable dreams and a calling to Be the Sea.

Change is in the seas.

In November 2039, marine scientist Wend Taylor heaves themself aboard a zero-emissions boat skippered by elusive nature photographer Viola Yang. Guided by instinct, ocean...


A Note From the Publisher
Cover Image Description: The black silhouette of a sailboat with a bright lime outline surrounded by fluffy clouds sits atop a vibrant ocean, filled with many shades of blue, a large purple manta ray, many colorful fish and sea creatures with rainbow outlines, and tiny microbes. An aquatic robot and human diver are silhouetted in black with rainbow outlines. Title says BE THE SEA in large letters as a large jellyfish in shades of yellow, peach, and pink swims through it, with CLARA WARD near the bottom.

Cover Image Description: The black silhouette of a sailboat with a bright lime outline surrounded by fluffy clouds sits atop a vibrant ocean, filled with many shades of blue, a large purple manta...


Advance Praise

Be the Sea is a significant book in the way it talks about communication, community, and neurodiversity.” — Nebula-winning writer Cat Rambo

Be the Sea is a significant book in the way it talks about communication, community, and neurodiversity.” — Nebula-winning writer Cat Rambo


Marketing Plan

Be the Sea by Clara Ward

Cover Illustration by Matthew Spencer

This science fantasy novel releases on 05 March 2023, and as a small press who believes in this story, we welcome (and would be so grateful for) any opportunity to promote this title in advance.

Please note that this is a long novel, original and traditionally edited and published, but written in the traditions of fanfic: kind, expansively queer, and flowing. If this sounds appealing to you, we really hope that you love it.

Information about the novel, the press, and the author, is available at the Be the Sea Media Kit at https://atthisarts.com/media. You may also want to check out our recent releases: Rosalind’s Siblings: Fiction and Poetry Celebrating Scientists of Marginalized Genders, edited by Bogi Takács, Pluralities by Avi Silver, and Embroidered Worlds: Fantastic Fiction from Ukraine and the Diaspora, edited by Valya Dudycz Lupescu, Olha Brylova, and Iryna Pasko.

Content notes for all of our titles are available at https://atthisarts.com/content

We welcome blog posts and reviews. The author is available for interviews and podcasts. We encourage interested booksellers, libraries, schools, or clubs to request print ARCs.

Thank you so much for your interest and support.

Be the Sea by Clara Ward

Cover Illustration by Matthew Spencer

This science fantasy novel releases on 05 March 2023, and as a small press who believes in this story, we welcome (and would be so...


Available Editions

EDITION Paperback
ISBN 9781961654051
PRICE $24.95 (USD)
PAGES 484

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