For Publishers
Source World Ghosts is currently being represented by Kathryn Boyle of Veritas Literary Agency. Interested publishers are invited to contact Kathryn Boyle via email, or through her firm's website.
Author M Ryan Hess was the editor and co-author of the Ten Minute Activist, published by Nation Books. Before working on the Actitivst project, he lived for two years in the Inland Sea of Japan, where he wrote Source World Ghosts, which he invites you to consider as your next book project.
Source World Ghosts is epic science fiction set in a fantastic universe enriched with the historical depth of the Lord of the Rings, the political drama of David Brinn’s Earth and the anthropological detail of Herbert’s Dune. It tells the story of the genetically-altered descendents of humanity who are haunted by the phantoms and legends of their lost planet of origin, the Source World. Following their search for identity, the story examines how science, religion and politics respond when a true human being is discovered.
The author's isolated life in rural Japan played a significant role in describing both the strange worlds and cultures he created as well as the alienation felt by the characters. Through study of the Japanese language and mythology, Ryan was able to enrich this story with a linguistic and spiritual quality that is neither familiar nor unbelievable. The end result is a story that reads like Japan, told frenetically, but with whispers of a lost world hidden just under the surface.
Having traveled to over thirty countries on four continents, M Ryan Hess has much first-hand knowledge of the exotic to draw from. He has also worked his background in history and linguistics into this work.
Publishers and their agents are invited to read Source World Ghosts. Chapter 1 is available to read online and the entire book can be downloaded by clicking here.
