Boxing Day (for the benefit of our American friends) is December 26th and so called NOT because of boxing matches that might take place but from the tradition of the gentry giving ‘Christmas boxes’ or gifts to staff and others on the day after Christmas Day. In keeping with the gift tradition you can have a Kindle copy of ARIA: Left Luggage for FREE on December 26th to the 30th.
For US customers http://amzn.to/11rseH3
And for UK customers here http://amzn.to/1gn3iHI
Also from now for three months give or take, ARIA: Left Luggage is free to Kindle Premium customers to borrow. Just to remind you: ARIA is an Award winning Apocalyptic original Science Fiction book. It won the P&E Readers Poll for best SF novel of 2012.
Also anyone who has a print copy of ARIA purchased from Amazon can buy the Kindle version for half-price through the Kindle Matchbook program
In a nut shell: A silvery case is found in the external struts of the International Space Station (ISS). It is opened on Earth releasing a virus that causes retrograde amnesia at the rate of a year’s memory per week. No one is immune. It is tragic – as after a week or so people forget where their new homes and jobs are, and children lose speech, medicines are not produced. Yet there is humour – who is that you wake up next to, and did you both make out? Ryder realizes what’s going on in time to persuade a handful of professionals to barricade themselves in a remote Welsh valley. The uninfected crew of the ISS join them. Can they survive intruders? This is a human disaster yet with romance, betrayal, survival, mystery and an exploration into what is so important in life it must be preserved.
“ARIA has an intriguing premise, and is written in a very accessible style.” – Mike Resnick.
1. Infectious amnesia is an original concept in that it is an unknown medical condition and has not been used before in novels or films.
2. Research help and support was emailed to Geoff from space! Astronaut Leroy Chiao answered Geoff’s questions about the nature of the struts on the International Space Station, and in 2012 wished him luck with the book.
3. All the places on Earth used in the book are real geographical locations, including the ‘hidden’ valley – Anafon – in North Wales.
4. The cover art is designed by award-winning artist, Andy Bigwood.
5. The idea of infectious amnesia came to Geoff while he was riding a bicycle up a steep Welsh hill.
“I wish I’d thought of infectious amnesia first, you jammy b*gger,” Michael Crichton. details http://bit.ly/HNYyq4
