Substrate Phantoms
by Jessica Reisman
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Pub Date May 16 2017 | Archive Date Jun 01 2017
Resurrection House | Arche
Description
The space station Termagenti—hub of commerce, culture, and civilization—may be haunted. Dangerous power surges, inexplicable energy manifestations, and strange accidents plague the station. Even after generations of exploring deep space, humanity has yet to encounter another race, and yet, some believe that what is troubling the station may be an alien life form.
Jhinsei and his operations team crawl throughout the station, one of many close-knit working groups that keep Termagenti operational. After an unexplained and deadly mishap takes his team from him, Jhinsei finds himself—for lack of a better word—haunted by his dead teammates. In fact, they may not be alone in taking up residence in his brain. He may have picked up a ghost—an alien intelligence that is using him to flee its dying ship. As Jhinsei struggles to understand what is happening to his sanity, inquisitive and dangerous members of the station's managing oligarchy begin to take an increasingly focused interest in him.
Haunted by his past and the increasing urgent presence of another within his mind, Jhinsei flees the station for the nearby planet Ash, where he undertakes an exploration that will redefine friend, foe, self, and other. With Substrate Phantoms, Jessica Reisman offers an evocative and thought-provoking story of first contact, where who we are is questioned as much as who they might be.
A Note From the Publisher
other version: ebook - ISBN 978-1-63023-071-5
Advance Praise
Substrate Phantoms presents immemorial human acts in variations as strange as any 21st-century reader could imagine, but always in contexts emotionally resonant. I think it an out-and-out breakthrough, with mystical and sociological roots trailing back to Arthur C. Clarke's Childhood's End and Ursula K. Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness. Indeed, true aficionados of humane hard SF will applaud Ms. Reisman for bequeathing them this beautiful tale of a heretofore uncreated tomorrow."
—Michael Bishop, author of A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire
"Substrate Phantoms takes place in a world both haunted and haunting, a high-tech ghost-in-the-machine story with plenty of sharp edges. Jessica Reisman's luminous prose and intricate characterization will mesmerize, entertain and surprise you . . . right to the last page."
—A.M. Dellamonica, award-winning author of The Nature of a Pirate
"Substrate Phantoms is beautifully written and richly imagined, with themes and imagery that remind me of Samuel R. Delany's Babel-17. It's a lovely book; I hope we'll see more of this universe and these characters."
—Judith Tarr, award winning author of Forgotten Suns
"Jessica Reisman has accomplished a rare feat, melding a mind-stretching interplanetary adventure with an intimate tale of flawed human beings struggling against both tragedy and treachery. Readers who crave full-immersion science fiction will want to jump headlong into the gravity well of Substrate Phantoms—and trust it to whisk them to a world surreal yet solid, cerebral yet heartfelt . . . and terrifying yet beautiful."
—Bradley Denton, author of Buddy Holly is Alive and Well on Ganymede
Marketing Plan
Book launch in Austin, Texas, May 27, Malvern Books.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781630230333 |
| PRICE | $17.00 (USD) |
| PAGES | 300 |
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