Refraction

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A loner cursed with a psychic power learns he was part of an illicit experiment as a baby and embarks on a perilous hunt to find those responsible.


File Under: Fantasy [ Strangest Things | Manifest Destiny | X-Kids | Chunkie ]

If Aiden Manchester had to have a superpower, why couldn’t it be something useful? Like predicting the future? Or Jedi mind tricks? Instead, Aiden is afflicted with ‘manifestations’, mysterious balls of goo which materialise mid-air while he sleeps.

But then, Aiden learns he was a ‘Quiver Kid’, one of seven orphaned children drafted for an illicit experiment at Tau Nine-One. Setting out to find the perpetrators and his fellow victims, Aiden’s quest quickly turns lethal when he’s kidnapped by a maniacal Quiver Kid with a dark agenda.

As he uncovers the dangerous truth about his past, Aiden’s very essence is called into question. Will a hellish confrontation at Tau Nine-One reveal the ultimate purpose of the Quiver Kids?

Christopher Hinz is the author of nine science fiction novels. Liege-Killer won the Compton Crook award for best first novel and was nominated for the John W. Campbell award for best new writer. The book launched the Paratwa Saga (Ash Ock, The Paratwa, Binary Storm). Other novels include Refraction, Starship Alchemon and Spartan X. He has scripted comics for DC and Marvel and co-authored with Etan Ilfeld a novelette, Duchamp Versus Einstein. A former newspaper staff writer and technical director of a community TV station, he lives in Lower Alsace Township near Reading, Pennsylvania.

Release Date

2020-11-10

Formats

Ebook, Paperback

EBook ISBN

10th November 2020 | 9780857668660 | epub & mobi | £4.99/$6.99/$7.99

Paperback ISBN

10th November 2020 | 9780857668653 | Trade Paperback | $14.99/$16.99, 10th November 2020 | 9780857668653 | Paperback | £9.9910th November 2020 | 9780857668653 | Trade Paperback | $14.99/$16.99

“Hinz packs this twisty story with action and mystery while striking a fascinating balance between modern reality and science fictional innovations. Readers will be hooked.”
– Publishers Weekly

“Beautifully paced, crisply written…It’s just begging to be made into a movie.”
– Amazing Stories