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JamieSRich

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June 22nd, 2007 11:34 PM

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Free sample chapter of my forthcoming novel, HAVE YOU SEEN THE HORIZON LATELY?

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Hey, guys.

So, this week we sent the new book off to the printer. Have You Seen the Horizon Lately? is my new full-length prose novel. It features a cover and two illustrations by Joëlle Jones, and it features some links to my previous work while still being a totally stand-alone story.

It will officially be in stores in early August, meaning it's in Diamond Previews now. (It's going to also be available at Comic Con Int. at San Diego.) That means you can actually preorder it next time you're in the comic book shop (or, if you're a buy books online guy, hit Amazon--though, weirdly, the discount on the book has disappeared).

Here is the back cover description of the story:

World-famous author Percival Mendelssohn and his wife Iris were the toast of literary society until her shocking suicide exposed the emptiness behind the couple's idyllic public image. Convinced that there was no love left in the modern world, Percival decided he would abandon it, disappearing from the face of the Earth and leaving stunned fans to forever wonder what happened to their favorite writer. Now, nearly a decade has passed, and one girl is determined to find her authorial guru and get some answers.

Julia Jimenez has traveled halfway around the planet to Beijing, and she is convinced the strange man she's found hiding in a Chinese home is the one everybody's been looking for. In fact, the more he denies it, the more sure of her discovery Julia becomes. Insinuating her way into his life of isolation, she slowly tries to draw Percival back out amongst the living. Can she prove to him that his safe and precious life, tucked away with his books and an army of cats, can't protect him from the harsh realities he's trying to deny? Or has he become so broken by the failure of his romantic ideals, he can never be at peace again?

Have You Seen the Horizon Lately? is the third full-length novel by Jamie S. Rich (Cut My Hair; 12 Reasons Why I Love Her). Continuing a thematic cycle of exploring the ways people communicate, it’s an incisive look at interpersonal relationships in a world where entertainment and technology push us farther and farther apart.

Not enough? Well, how does a free chapter grab you?

Download a pdf of the second chapter of the book right here.

This is one of two special chapters from the book that are reprints of fictional magazine articles that give some background on the main character of the story. The one previewed here gives you the basic set-up of the mysteries around his disappearance. I had a lot of fun digging up all the info.

Here is the particulars you need to know:

ISBN: 978-1-932664-73-7
Diamond Code: JUN07 3781

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