Author Archive: Sarah Hoyt

COMPLETE LACK OF UNDERSTANDING OF MARKETS:  A Marxist Tell.

IT TOOK ME SO LONG TO WRITE THIS TOMORROW BECAME TODAY:  Release Day Tomorrow.

OOOH. I AGREE WITH HIS SOLUTION:  Easy Fix.

WORSE, THERE’S ALSO USING THIS TO TRY TO START A RACIAL WAR:  The war on noticing: CLT edition.

Yes, the assaulter was black. He was also homeless and mentally ill and possibly/probably on interesting substances. Those are more of a dispositive factor in this, as well as the fact he was allowed on the streets because “not guilty by reason of mental illness.”

I’VE BEEN GETTING A BAD FEELING AT THE BACK OF THE BRAIN:  Things That Make You Wonder, Part???

Apparently I’m not alone. Keep your clothes and weapons where you can find them in the dark.

I WAS BETA READER ON THIS ONE. IT KEPT ME UP ALL NIGHT. IN THE BEST WAY:

FROM LAURA MONTGOMERY:  PLANTING LIFE: Shut the Kingdom.

Jack Darien scorns his parents’ path. After the disaster at his father’s Mars settlement, the high school senior scraps both his lifelong interest in space exploration and his college plans. Even his rescue of a college student from assault doesn’t make him see his own future any differently.

Jack becomes obsessed, however, when one strange comment from the attacker draws him to unravel secrets at the former Superfund site that is now Webb University, the school where his returning father teaches and eco-restoration reigns. What starts for Jack as a distraction from thinking of his future turns into a dangerous journey that puts him, his mother, and sister at risk. As for his father, Jack decided long ago the man was on his own.

Jack’s determination to chart his future clear of his father’s failures hits a snag when he learns the school’s hidden mystery. Unfortunately, those determined to bring Webb down learn it, too, and ratchet up their own efforts toward Webb’s destruction.

Planting Life is an immersive young-adult science fiction adventure. If you like unearthing secrets, a dogged hero, and reckless courage under threat, you’ll love Laura Montgomery’s near future coming-of-age saga.

If you’ve been looking for hard science fiction with real characters and a gripping plot, this is it.