“Mary Thompson shows us what kind of perfect jail software and servers can make, and how even there an inmate can dream of, and attempt, escape.” 
—Jack Campbell, author of The Lost Fleet and In Our Stars

“When flawed humans attempt to create a pocket paradise, they create gut-wrenching moral choices instead. Once you start reading, it is impossible to look away from Mary Thompson’s provocative story of simulations, power imbalance, and whether kindness can overcome cruelty in the end.”
—Carolyn Ives Gilman, author of Dark Orbit

"One Level Down is a perfectly executed gem of a book. Deeply satisfying and completely mesmerizing, it's full of depth, heart, and thought."
—Sarah Beth Durst, New York Times bestselling author of The Spellshop

“Death by deletion is the ultimate horror in this riveting novella about life in a simulation.  One Level Down deftly captures both the anguish of fifty-eight-year-old Ella who is trapped in a five-year-old’s body and the megalomania of the Daddy who keeps her there.”
 —James Patrick Kelly, author of Burn and winner of the Hugo, Nebula and Locus awards

“A thought-provoking book that will stay with you well beyond its final page.”
—David Ebenbach, author of How to Mars

• Promotion targeting reviews and interviews in leading media venues
• Author tour to include national appearances and radio features
• Print and digital ARC distribution via Goodreads, NetGalley, and Edelweiss+
• Planned book giveaways to include Goodreads and Storygraph
• Outreach to librarians and independent booksellers via regional and national trade shows and mailings
• Online promotion to include Instagram/book blog tour, cover reveal, launch event, Reddit AMA, and social media campaigns via X, Instagram, BlueSky, Facebook, and other outlets