Elegy Beach

Thirty years ago the lights went out, the airplanes fell, the cars went still, the cities all went dark. The laws humanity had always known were replaced by new laws that could only be called magic. The world had Changed forever. Or had it?

Fred grew up in a fishing village off the California coast, playing in abandoned buildings and rusting supertankers. He has no nostalgia for the remnants of his father's civilization, and seeks to make his own mark in the world by learning the science of magic, which leads him and his friend Yan to discover how to reverse the Change.

But Yan's recklessness and his growing obsession with humanity's former powers forces Fred to take a stand against his friend -- and sets him on a journey in which the return of an extraordinary figure from his father's haunted past is inextricably bound with this world's future.

STEVEN R. BOYETT sold his first novel at 21 and went on to publish novels, short stories, feature screenplays, and comic books. In 1999 he took some time off from writing, and during this period he learned to play the didgeridoo, a unique Australian wind instrument. This led him to learn about digital recording, which led to composing electronica, which led to DJing. He produces three of the world's most popular music podcasts: the groundbreaking Podrunner and Podrunner: Intervals (workout music mixes), and Groovelectric (dance music mixes of what he calls New Old Funk).

Steve has played clubs in Hollywood, Las Vegas, San Francisco, and Reno, as well as Burning Man. He has been a martial arts instructor, professional paper marbler, advertising copywriter, legal proofreader, writing teacher, website editor, chapbook publisher, and composer. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two frighteningly intelligent parrots.