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To Sleep: The Soliloquy, #1
To Sleep: The Soliloquy, #1
To Sleep: The Soliloquy, #1
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To Sleep is a science fiction novel told through the journal of Erin Miller, a nurse and pre-med student from Philadelphia. The journal begins the night three alien ships appear above Earth. When Karen awakes, she is told Earth was destroyed by a space phenomenon called the Rift; that she is to be the leader of a small group of women tasked with assisting their alien rescuers in awakening the four billion or so surviving humans who are in cryogenic suspension; oh, and that Earth was gone and only half of the human species survived.

 

Each time Karen goes to sleep, she doesn't know exactly what it will be like when she wakens. The line between what is real and what is not real becomes blurred until Karen and the other women can only trust each other. When reality is finally defined, the six of them learn truths that will forever change not just themselves, but every genetic homosexual on Earth.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherPaula Offutt
Release dateJun 24, 2021
ISBN9781735919713
To Sleep: The Soliloquy, #1
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Paula Offutt

Paula Offutt lives in the mountains of western North Carolina. She and her partner share an old house with dogs, cats, and a pot smoking moth in the attic. Paula believes that humor is what makes the world go 'round, although love is a close second. She surrounds herself with as much of both as she can.Her first novel, a romance titled Butch Girls Can Fix Anything, won a 2008 Golden Crown Literary Society's award for Debut Author. After six years of the dreaded "writer's block", Paula began writing seriously again. Her second novel To Sleep, Book One of the Soliloquy was a finalist for a 2014 GCLS award in the Science Fiction/Fantasy category. Her third novel, To Dream, Book Two of the Soliloquy, was a finalist for a 2016 GCLS award in the Science Fiction/Fantasy category.Visit her website for information on current and past projects she is actively working on or, quite possibly, actively avoiding. https://paulaoffutt.com

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