Hello, astronaut candidates. I’m very excited to be dusting off the newsletter today.

I’ve got a novel coming out later this year, the first of a pair in a brand new setting. It’s called As You Wake, Break the Shell, and it’s maybe the most personal thing I’ve written yet. As personal as you can get with giant spacefaring animals and bootleg botany hacks, anyway. Not to disappoint you right out of the gate, but I did make those parts up.

Written through the eyes of two different characters across two different timelines and two very different worlds, As You Wake is in equal parts a space story and a love story. It was both challenging and liberating for me to write, and I hope you’ll enjoy coming along with me for the ride.

As You Wake, Break the Shell will be out in the UK and the US this October. (Various translations are in the works, too.) My publishers will be revealing the cover in a few weeks, but pre-orders are open! You can reserve your copy now through any bookstore of your choosing (I love an indie bookstore, don’t you?). You can also follow this link for some online purchase options and more info.

More updates to come in the countdown to launch, as well as news about summer events. As always, keep looking up.

Ad astra,

Becky