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Hey friends! I'm Derek, and my debut scifi thriller, Forever After, comes out on August 26th!

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I finally released a debut novel

Shameless plug! I promise this will be my only post in this forum, as it isn't a book promotion space. But as an indie author of a debut scifi/thriller novel, I figured my people were right here in the Pagebound forums. Forever After (by me, Derek Robinson) is a techno-thriller that ponders a future where consciousness uploading is a real technology. With a simple upload procedure, the minds of your loved ones can be captured and hosted within a hyper-realistic video chat app—EverChat. You never have to say goodbye. They live on, forever after their death. Their thoughts, memories, personality... it's all there, manifested on a screen. This is the world Brayden Cross lives in. He's an ex-operative who sees a murder shatter his family. On his pursuit for justice and revenge, threads continue leading him to EverChat. Is it just a stupid app? Or might it pose a vastly bigger threat than a killer on the loose? Ignore this post, or check it out if you're interested. It's free on Kindle Unlimited, and only a few bucks otherwise. Happy Pagebounding, friends!

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I finally released a debut novel

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Place for (newer) writers to connect

I was thinking this might be a good place to ask I any of you know of or are part of any writers discussion groups where a new writer could discuss their projects and get some usefull feedback? I would love to talk to someone about writing who is not in my immediate circle as the feedback can be rather biased.

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Beartown (Beartown, #1)

Fredrik Backman

People say Beartown is finished. A tiny community nestled deep in the forest, it is slowly losing ground to the ever-encroaching trees. But down by the lake stands an old ice rink, built generations ago by the working men who founded town. And that rink is the reason people in Beartown believe tomorrow will be better than today. Their junior hockey team is about to compete in the national championships, and they actually have a shot at winning. All the hopes and dreams of the town now rest on the shoulders of a handful of teenage boys. A victory would send star player Kevin onto a brilliant professional future in the NHL. It would mean everything to Amat, a scrawny fifteen-year-old treated like an outcast everywhere but on the ice. And it would justify the choice that Peter, the team's general manager, and his wife, Kira, made to return to his hometown and raise their children in this beautiful but isolated place. Being responsible for the hopes of an entire town is a heavy burden, and the semifinal match is the catalyst for a violent act that leaves a young girl traumatized and a town in turmoil. Hers is a story no one wants to believe since the truth would mean the end of the dream. Accusations are made, and like ripples on a pond, they travel through all of Beartown, leaving no resident unaffected.

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Demon Copperhead

Barbara Kingsolver

"Anyone will tell you the born of this world are marked from the get-out, win or lose." Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, this is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father's good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival. In a plot that never pauses for breath, relayed in his own unsparing voice, he braves the modern perils of foster care, child labor, derelict schools, athletic success, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses. Through all of it, he reckons with his own invisibility in a popular culture where even the superheroes have abandoned rural people in favor of cities. Many generations ago, Charles Dickens wrote David Copperfield from his experience as a survivor of institutional poverty and its damages to children in his society. Those problems have yet to be solved in ours. Dickens is not a prerequisite for readers of this novel, but he provided its inspiration. In transposing a Victorian epic novel to the contemporary American South, Barbara Kingsolver enlists Dickens' anger and compassion, and above all, his faith in the transformative powers of a good story. Demon Copperhead speaks for a new generation of lost boys, and all those born into beautiful, cursed places they can't imagine leaving behind.

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Two-Sentence Horror Story

Write me your best two-sentence horror story. No cheating! Use grammar as cleverly as needed, but only two sentences! I'll go first: The suede cushion of the couch catches my head in its recoil from a harsh sneeze, a sneeze that breaks the serene silence in my otherwise empty home. "Bless you," mutters a deep, raspy, unfamiliar voice from the foyer.

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Independently Published Books?

Anyone occasionally (or even mostly!) read independently published (indie) books? Side note for anyone unfamiliar: indie books are either self-published or published by a small press - here in the US, that's generally anything outside of Penguin Random House, Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Simon & Schuster, and all their affiliated imprints. I know indie books can get a bad rap sometimes, due to quality varying wildly. I've found some amazing indie books in my time as reader and always love to spread the word about those ones! So, anyone else have indie books they love that they wish would get popular? How do you source your indie books? Anyone have strong opinions on indie books? Just wanted to open this topic of discussion here on PGB! 👀

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Where y'all from?

Looking to have new friend in here, so would like to know where are everyone from? Pls i can't be the only Egyptian here. :(

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All the Colors of the Dark

Chris Whitaker

14 hours, 37 minutes From the New York Times bestselling author of We Begin at the End comes a soaring thriller and an epic love story that “hits like a sledgehammer . . . an absolutely must-read novel” (Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl). 1975 is a time of change in America. The Vietnam War is ending. Muhammad Ali is fighting Joe Frazier. And in the small town of Monta Clare, Missouri, girls are disappearing. When the daughter of a wealthy family is targeted, the most unlikely hero emerges—Patch, a local boy, who saves the girl, and, in doing so, leaves heartache in his wake. Patch and those who love him soon discover that the line between triumph and tragedy has never been finer. And that their search for answers will lead them to truths that could mean losing one another. A missing person mystery, a serial killer thriller, a love story, a unique twist on each, Chris Whitaker has written a novel about what lurks in the shadows of obsession and the blinding light of hope.

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Never Let Me Go

Kazuo Ishiguro

Hailsham seems like a pleasant English boarding school, far from the influences of the city. Its students are well tended and supported, trained in art and literature, and become just the sort of people the world wants them to be. But, curiously, they are taught nothing of the outside world and are allowed little contact with it. Within the grounds of Hailsham, Kathy grows from schoolgirl to young woman, but it’s only when she and her friends Ruth and Tommy leave the safe grounds of the school (as they always knew they would) that they realize the full truth of what Hailsham is. Never Let Me Go breaks through the boundaries of the literary novel. It is a gripping mystery, a beautiful love story, and also a scathing critique of human arrogance and a moral examination of how we treat the vulnerable and different in our society. In exploring the themes of memory and the impact of the past, Ishiguro takes on the idea of a possible future to create his most moving and powerful book to date.

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Scifi/thriller ARC readers

Hey Pagebound community! I've seen a few comments in this forum from folks who enjoy supporting indie authors and participating in ARC (advance reader copy) programs, so I figured I would see if there are any fans of science fiction / thriller genres that would be interested in being an ARC reader for my debut novel. I don't want to spam the forum, but if that interests you, let me know! (P.S. - Can't wait for the Pagebound app to drop!)

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Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)

Pierce Brown

"I live for the dream that my children will be born free," she says. "That they will be what they like. That they will own the land their father gave them." "I live for you," I say sadly. Eo kisses my cheek. "Then you must live for more." Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds, he works all day, believing that he and his people are making the surface of Mars livable for future generations. Yet he spends his life willingly, knowing that his blood and sweat will one day result in a better world for his children. But Darrow and his kind have been betrayed. Soon he discovers that humanity already reached the surface generations ago. Vast cities and sprawling parks spread across the planet. Darrow—and Reds like him—are nothing more than slaves to a decadent ruling class. Inspired by a longing for justice, and driven by the memory of lost love, Darrow sacrifices everything to infiltrate the legendary Institute, a proving ground for the dominant Gold caste, where the next generation of humanity's overlords struggle for power. He will be forced to compete for his life and the very future of civilization against the best and most brutal of Society's ruling class. There, he will stop at nothing to bring down his enemies... even if it means he has to become one of them to do so.

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Cello's Gate (The Sky Pirates of Imperia, #1)

Maurice Africh

“Sky pirates, gunslingers, mythic knights, & treasure maps. This book has everything I’ve ever wanted in an epic future fantasy, all wrapped up in one stunning, action-packed debut.”Captain Grey and his crew of sky pirates have a reputation for doing the impossible. From breaking into high-security military research facilities to conning the iCity elite—there isn’t a lock they can’t pick, a safe they can’t break, or a hidden treasure they can’t find. Until now.Returning from a harrowing heist involving a neon battery and a trash chute, Grey and his crew are approached by Dalia, the immortal daughter of the infamous ArchGovernor—and she has an offer.The job? Locate and steal the Stones of Indigo—seven fabled rocks invested with godlike power. The search for the first stone is a bona fide treasure hunt, guided by an ancient map to a deadly, uncharted island that’s protected by a mysterious guardian. The score? One million credits per crew member, per stone. The catch? Well, that’s where things get a little complicated.The stones don’t exist. They’re a myth. A bedtime story told to little pirates to make them believe that power and wealth are attainable if you just work hard enough.And to make matters infinitely worse, Grey’s never trusted immortals, and Dalia’s definitely hiding something. Something bad. And if they don’t figure out what it is, it might cost them their lives.ONE CREW OF SKY PIRATESSEVEN MYTHOLOGICAL STONESA RACE TO FIND THEM ALL

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Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

Victoria Schwab

From V. E. Schwab, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue: a new genre-defying novel about immortality and hunger. This is a story about hunger. 1532. Santo Domingo de la Calzada. A young girl grows up wild and wily—her beauty is only outmatched by her dreams of escape. But María knows she can only ever be a prize, or a pawn, in the games played by men. When an alluring stranger offers an alternate path, María makes a desperate choice. She vows to have no regrets. This is a story about love. 1827. London. A young woman lives an idyllic but cloistered life on her family’s estate, until a moment of forbidden intimacy sees her shipped off to London. Charlotte’s tender heart and seemingly impossible wishes are swept away by an invitation from a beautiful widow—but the price of freedom is higher than she could have imagined. This is a story about rage. 2019. Boston. College was supposed to be her chance to be someone new. That’s why Alice moved halfway across the world, leaving her old life behind. But after an out-of-character one-night stand leaves her questioning her past, her present, and her future, Alice throws herself into the hunt for answers . . . and revenge. This is a story about life— how it ends, and how it starts.

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derek

ARC readers welcome!

Hey Pagebounders! I'm Derek, the author of Forever After. This is my debut novel and it releases on 8/26/25. If the blurb above interests you, I encourage you to apply to join my ARC group (digital copies only), to read the story pre-publication and optionally leave a review. Here's the form to do so, if you're interested! https://forms.gle/RCBm286ZGxd8j7Uq9

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