The Bloodlight Chronicles: Reconciliation Format: Paperback

“Revitalizes the cyber-fiction genre with its vivid prose and believable characters . . . [This] should appeal to fans of Bruce Sterling and William Gibson.” — Library Journal

“Finding innovative science fiction is getting harder and harder . . . Then comes along The Bloodlight Chronicles and hope for originality in the genre is revived.” — Amazing Stories

Zakariah and Mia Davis have been infected with an alien virus that prolongs life — and as a result, their blood is a valuable black-market staple due to its rejuvenating effects. But the “eternal virus” has not affected their son Rix, and Zakariah is consumed with the search for an active sample to inoculate the teenager against mortality.

To succeed, Zakariah surgically wires his brain for the global computer network, a virtual cyber-economy controlled by avatars. Busted for transporting grain without a permit, and on the run from the government and the Eternal Research Institute, Zakariah must travel off-planet through a commercial wormhole, alongside a woman who is seeking the source of immortality for her own purposes.

Now, in the Cromeus colonies on the other side of time and space, Zakariah will risk everything to give his son eternal life . . .

Steve Stanton’s short fiction has been published in twelve countries, including translations into Hebrew, Greek, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, and Romanian. His writing regularly appears in Rampike, On Spec, Neo-opsis, Tesseracts, Zymergy, Divine Realms, The Standing Stone, Prairie Journal of Canadian Literature, Poet’s Gallery, BrightRedLife, ChristianWeek, Green’s Magazine, Adventure Magazine, Canadian Writer’s Journal, Mindflights, Pandora, Gateway SF, The Sword Review, Churchyard, Searching Souls, The Obligatory Sin, Christian Communicator, Dragons, Knights and Angels, and Chaos Theory. He currently serves as the vice-president of SF Canada, the bilingual organization of science fiction, fantasy, and horror writers. Stanton lives in Washago, Ontario.