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Currently featuring the work of Ransom Stephens

Publisher: The Intoxicating Page Launch Date: January 14, 2021. The Book of Bastards, Vol I: The Knights of the Gold Piece Inn and Bastard Princess, coming in 2021 and 2022, complete the trilogy. ISNBs: ebook - 978-1734635416, MSRP $4.99; trade paperback, 410p - 9781734635423, MSRP $17.99 Genres: FICTION / Fantasy / Humorous | Dragons & Mythical Creatures | Coming of Age | Arthurian | Swords & Sorcery | Epic Review copies available by request. Author’s Press Kit, Booking, Contact, etc: contact.ransomstephens.com Short Description: In a world of whimsical faeries, bigoted elves, affectionate mermaids (and merbutlers!), a tyrant incites a violent rebellion that destroys a delightful kingdom. Only a cursed innkeeper, a powerless queen, a handful of pirates, and a dozen bastards stand in the way of total devastation. The Book of Bastards is a rollicking, bawdy tale. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll want to stay for a while.

Publisher: Strange Fuse Launch Date: May 16, 2019 The Time Weavers: Too Rich to Die is a stand alone novel featuring the Time Weavers Price: ebook $3.99, Trade Paperback $15.99 ISNBs: ebook - 978-0463372043; Trade Paperback, 366p - 978-1093657586 Genres: Mystery, Thriller, & Suspense > Technothrillers | Historical | Psychological Thrillers Science Fiction > Time Travel | Alternate History Literature & Fiction > Political | Coming of Age Press kit, event booking, contact, etc: contact.ransomstephens.com Description: Love and money found, lost, and crushed beyond recognition - San Francisco techie Eben Scratch becomes the world's first trillionaire on his 30th birthday. Like a high-tech Scrooge, Eben's greed has ruined his life and just might ruin the world if the Time Weavers can't rescue Eben from himself.

Publisher: Strange Fuse Launch Date: August 6, 2018 The Time Weavers: Too Rich to Die is a stand alone novel featuring the Time Weavers Price: ebook $3.99, Trade Paperback $15.99, Audiobook $12.00 ISNBs: ebook - 978-0463913819; Trade Paperback, 352p - 978-1724589095; Audio, 11:10, 978-1734635409 Genres: Mystery, Thriller, & Suspense > Technothrillers | Historical | Psychological Thrillers Science Fiction > Time Travel | Alternate History | Humorous Literature & Fiction > Political | Humor & Entertainment > Satire Press kit, event booking, contact, etc: contact.ransomstephens.com Description: An intercontinental, inter-dimensional thrill ride: Lucy Montgomery is the 99%, buried in student loan debt and pissed off at a rigged system. Francis Gordon Woodley, IV, is top of the 1%. Manipulated by anarchists, Lucy sets out to destroy corporate power so that classless democracy can bloom into worldwide utopia. With his oligarch friends, Francis sets out to destroy government and spawn worldwide utopia. Every future the Time Weavers predict leads to a hundred-year dark age except one. But for that one timeline to emerge into reality, Simon must encourage his daughter, Lucy, to assassinate his mentor’s son, Francis.

Publisher: Viva Editions Launch Date: September 13, 2016 Price: ebook $9.99, Trade Paperback $21.95, Audiobook $29.95 ISNBs: ebook - 978-1632280473; Trade Paperback, 260p - 978-1632280466; Audio, 8:25, 978-1520037448 Genres: Cognitive Neuroscience & Cognitive Neuropsychology Press kit, event booking, contact, etc: contact.ransomstephens.com Description: Using understandable metaphors and easy to follow language, Stephens gives readers of any scientific level an introduction to neuroscience and shows them how things like creativity, skill, and even perception of self can grow and change by utilizing the body’s most important muscle. Fans of Bill Nye and Neil deGrasse Tyson will love Stephens’ down to earth attitude and those interested in science will appreciate his thoughtful explanations of scientific terms.

Publisher: 47North Launch Date: August 6, 2013 Price: ebook $6.99, Trade Paperback $14.95, Audiobook $19.95 ISNBs: ebook - B01HUAVMW23; Trade Paperback, 428p - 978-1611099195; Audio, 12:55,978-1531884413 Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror > Suspense | Technothriller Press kit, event booking, contact, etc: contact.ransomstephens.com Description: The Sensory Deception is a mind-blowing, globe-trotting ride that will take listeners from cutthroat Silicon Valley boardrooms to pirate ships off the Somali coast to the devastated rain forests of the Amazon, all to ask the question: What is a human life worth compared to that of an entire planet?

Publisher: 47North (2013), Numina Press (2010) Launch Date: Revised and reissued April 23, 2013, Original publication January 10, 2010 Price: ebook $6.99, Trade Paperback $14.95, Audiobook $19.95 ISNBs: ebook - B009NLPR78; Trade Paperback, 415p - 978-1611099126; Audio, 12:00, 978-1469289427 Genres: Science fiction & Fantasy > Hard SF | Metaphysical Mystery, Thriller & Horror > Technothriller Fiction > Religious Press kit, event booking, contact, etc: contact.ransomstephens.com Description: When electrical engineers Ryan McNear and Foster Reed co-authored two patents for company cash incentives, they thought it was all just a joke. One described the soul as a software algorithm and the other described the Big Bang as a power generator. But when the company crashes, McNear finds himself divorced, desperately hard-up, and estranged from his son. As he rebuilds his life, McNear discovers Reed has used their nonsensical patents to draw in top-tier energy investors. A patent war erupts, and McNear is suddenly immersed in something much bigger than a personal argument with his old friend: a battle between hard science and evangelical religion. To fix the mistakes of his past, he will have to risk everything—his reputation, his livelihood, and even his sanity—to be with the son he loves. Set in the age-old culture war between science and religion, The God Patent is a modern story that deftly blends scientific theory with one man’s struggle to discover his soul.

Currently featuring the work of

Ransom Stephens

Publisher: Strange Fuse Launch Date: August 6, 2018 The Time Weavers: Too Rich to Die is a stand alone novel featuring the Time Weavers Price: ebook $3.99, Trade Paperback $15.99, Audiobook $12.00 ISNBs: ebook - 978-0463913819; Trade Paperback, 352p - 978-1724589095; Audio, 11:10, 978- 1734635409 Genres: Mystery, Thriller, & Suspense > Technothrillers | Historical | Psychological Thrillers Science Fiction > Time Travel | Alternate History | Humorous Literature & Fiction > Political | Humor & Entertainment > Satire Press kit, event booking, contact, etc: contact.ransomstephens.com Description: An intercontinental, inter-dimensional thrill ride: Lucy Montgomery is the 99%, buried in student loan debt and pissed off at a rigged system. Francis Gordon Woodley, IV, is top of the 1%. Manipulated by anarchists, Lucy sets out to destroy corporate power so that classless democracy can bloom into worldwide utopia. With his oligarch friends, Francis sets out to destroy government and spawn worldwide utopia. Every future the Time Weavers predict leads to a hundred-year dark age except one. But for that one timeline to emerge into reality, Simon must encourage his daughter, Lucy, to assassinate his mentor’s son, Francis.

Publisher: Viva Editions Launch Date: September 13, 2016 Price: ebook $9.99, Trade Paperback $21.95, Audiobook $29.95 ISNBs: ebook - 978-1632280473; Trade Paperback, 260p - 978-1632280466; Audio, 8:25, 978- 1520037448 Genres: Cognitive Neuroscience & Cognitive Neuropsychology Press kit, event booking, contact, etc: contact.ransomstephens.com Description: Using understandable metaphors and easy to follow language, Stephens gives readers of any scientific level an introduction to neuroscience and shows them how things like creativity, skill, and even perception of self can grow and change by utilizing the body’s most important muscle. Fans of Bill Nye and Neil deGrasse Tyson will love Stephens’ down to earth attitude and those interested in science will appreciate his thoughtful explanations of scientific terms.

Publisher: 47North Launch Date: August 6, 2013 Price: ebook $6.99, Trade Paperback $14.95, Audiobook $19.95 ISNBs: ebook - B01HUAVMW23; Trade Paperback, 428p - 978-1611099195; Audio, 12:55,978- 1531884413 Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror > Suspense | Technothriller Press kit, event booking, contact, etc: contact.ransomstephens.com Description: The Sensory Deception is a mind- blowing, globe-trotting ride that will take listeners from cutthroat Silicon Valley boardrooms to pirate ships off the Somali coast to the devastated rain forests of the Amazon, all to ask the question: What is a human life worth compared to that of an entire planet?

Publisher: 47North (2013), Numina Press (2010) Launch Date: Revised and reissued April 23, 2013, Original publication January 10, 2010 Price: ebook $6.99, Trade Paperback $14.95, Audiobook $19.95 ISNBs: ebook - B009NLPR78; Trade Paperback, 415p - 978-1611099126; Audio, 12:00, 978- 1469289427 Genres: Science fiction & Fantasy > Hard SF | Metaphysical Mystery, Thriller & Horror > Technothriller Fiction > Religious Press kit, event booking, contact, etc: contact.ransomstephens.com Description: When electrical engineers Ryan McNear and Foster Reed co-authored two patents for company cash incentives, they thought it was all just a joke. One described the soul as a software algorithm and the other described the Big Bang as a power generator. But when the company crashes, McNear finds himself divorced, desperately hard-up, and estranged from his son. As he rebuilds his life, McNear discovers Reed has used their nonsensical patents to draw in top-tier energy investors. A patent war erupts, and McNear is suddenly immersed in something much bigger than a personal argument with his old friend: a battle between hard science and evangelical religion. To fix the mistakes of his past, he will have to risk everything—his reputation, his livelihood, and even his sanity—to be with the son he loves. Set in the age-old culture war between science and religion, The God Patent is a modern story that deftly blends scientific theory with one man’s struggle to discover his soul.