Sunnyside: A Novel

Several centuries from now, on one of eight orbital outposts housing the last of humanity, Theo Hoover is suddenly thrust from mid-level History Repair Technician to “Grand Oversee,” the highest position of all – managing the terraforming of Sunnyside, mankind’s potential new home. Theo hasn’t got the slightest idea where to start. And his brother is missing. And people are dying. And aliens are coming. And Kate Kingston of all people has been assigned his Chief of Staff. But chaos is only the beginning. The fate of Sunnyside – and humanity – now rests in his shaky hands.

Sunnyside is a science fiction story with a dry, constant thread of humor, but it’s also a brotherhood story, a friendship story, a love story, a story about loss and letting go, and a story about our absurdities and whether we can overcome them – or if we even should. It’s very character-driven. The Blacklist describes it as “a distant future filled with irony, madcap characters, spaceships, a few bureaucratic conspiracies and an utterly unique voice with a pace and energy that moves at warp-speed.”

And dare I say the story is timely: it explores a world where bureaucracy is so tangled it gives rats’ nests a bad name, and corruption is rampant. BUT… it offers much needed hope (and a well-deserved escape) in these “interesting” times.