IN DEFENSE OF EARTH
"A writer who has a genuine flair for reader engaging storytelling."
— Midwest Book Review
Science-fiction by The Wall Street Journal bestselling author
MARLEN SUYAPA BODDEN
Alien arrival, artificial intelligence takeover, and New York City dystopia meet climate change disaster.
Axy, a loveable super-android from a planet in the Sombrero galaxy, lied to humans by saying that it came to Earth to help them reverse climate change.
But, if Axy accomplishes its true mission, its actions would end production of Earth’s magnetic fields.
“Without magnetic fields, the sun’s radiation would strip Earth’s atmosphere. With no atmosphere, solar winds would kill all life on Earth,” Axy said.
IN DEFENSE OF EARTH is science-fiction by Marlen Suyapa Bodden, The Wall Street Journal
international bestselling author of The Wedding Gift and Arrows of Fire.
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"Bodden writes with delicacy, allowing layers of meaning to unfold slowly[.]"
– Booklist
THE WEDDING GIFT
In 1852, a young Alabama woman takes a gift, her female slave, with her into her new marriage. Both women have secrets and dreams that unfold in unexpected ways. Marlen Bodden's debut novel, The Wedding Gift, is an intimate portrait of slavery and the 19th Century South that will leave readers breathless.
"Fascinating, intriguing - a great story!"
-- Kathleen Grissom, New York Times bestselling author of The Kitchen House
"Stunning debut - page-turning - powerful story."
-- Publishers Weekly starred review
"A potent debut."
-- Good Housekeeping
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on her summer reading list.
ARROWS OF FIRE
It is November 1519, and Hernan Cortés has invaded Moctezoma’s empire, part of the Triple Alliance that rules one of the most advanced civilizations in history.
"A deftly crafted and inherently absorbing novel ... exceptionally entertaining."
Midwest Book Review