I'm happy to announce that my latest novel from Magpie Press, RIGHT: A PORTRAIT OF CONTROVERSY will be published on February 20th in both paperback and ebook editions. And right now you can pre-order the ebook from Amazon for only $2.99. Come February 21st the price will rise to $4.99.
Amazon ebook: http://tinyurl.com/256zjrkx
We’ve made a change to the cover so that it would read better in the thumbnail versions. And here it is!
And, the paperback cover
RIGHT — An Ahistorical Novel
In a 1980s America different from our own, both familiar and not, Congress passed and President Henshaw signed the Birth Cessation Act. Once it became law, no one would be allowed to have a child for 25 years, any woman under 24 weeks pregnant was required to have an immediate abortion, and all men were called up to report for a vasectomy.
“Conscious regulation of human numbers must be achieved.” Dr. Paul R. Ehrlich wrote in his 1968 bestseller, The Population Bomb. By the early 80s, the government had statistical projections that population growth was outpacing the available resources needed for all in America to live a comfortable and secure life. A situation that would inevitably lead to the chaos and violence of extreme civil unrest.
Most Americans, liking comfort and security, supported the government’s action. Most, but not all. And those who didn’t—including a famous female entrepreneur/inventor/film producer; a TV salesman from Queens; a well-to-do Manhattan college radical; an unwed mother in Los Angeles who protests most horribly; America’s premier pundit-columnist; and a young man who talks to his dead brother—became loud enough to start a fresh new controversy in America.
This is a portrait of that controversy.
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PRAISE FOR STEVEN PAUL LEIVA AND HIS BOOKS
“Leiva not only promises but delivers. Bravo!”— Ray Bradbury, Author of Fahrenheit 451
“Traveling in Space’s humor and refreshing perspective is thoroughly enjoyable” — Diane Ackerman, New York Times bestselling author of The Zookeeper’s Wife.
“Leiva is witty and engaging, stylistically striking an immediate generational middle ground...Creature Feature’s perfect mix of dynamic action and dry dialogue keep readers turning the pages.”— The Daily Californian.
“A novel that delightfully throws out all the conventions of what a romantic novel should be like…part farce, part seriocomic story, and all sexually motivated, The Reluctant Heterosexual is a riveting tale.” — Montreal Times.
“(Leiva’s) true strength is in storytelling.” — Amazing Stories Magazine.
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