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Visions of doom. A growing evil. A new hero emerges as old alliances unravel.

Plucked from space and raised in a star-city of androids, impetuous Galla-Deia looks human but is not. Chosen to stop the dual threats of a galactic natural disaster and a malevolent alien entity, she must grow as a commander and gain the trust of both humans and non-humans alike. Unknown to her, the entity draws zealots to its cause, destabilizing interstellar order, and threatening all life in the galaxy.

An epic science fiction and fantasy tale with a rich array of characters and settings, Ephemeris: The Questrison Saga: Book Two takes place before, during, and after Heliopause: The Questrison Saga: Book One, and follows origins, convergences, and some familiar faces in The Questrison Saga.

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"Ephemeris is a great follow-up to Helliopause. Again there is a fast-pace and interesting twists. And the world-building was first rate. Looking forward to following where this goes." -- Jonathan Maberry, New York Times Bestselling Author of V-WARS and RAGE

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J. Dianne Dotson dreamed up other worlds and their characters as a child in the 1980s in East Tennessee. She formed her own neighborhood astronomy club before age 10, to educate her friends about the universe. In addition to writing stories, she drew and painted her characters, designed their outrageous space fashions, and created travel guides and glossaries for the worlds she invented. As an adult, Dianne earned a degree in ecology and evolutionary biology, and spent several years working in research. She published Heliopause: The Questrison Saga® Book One(2018) and its sequels Ephemeris: The Questrison Saga® Book Two (2019), Accretion: The Questrison Saga® Book Three (2020), and Luminiferous: The Questrison Saga® Book Four (2021). Dianne is also a science writer, content writer and manager, short story writer, watercolorist, and illustrator. She lives with her family.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ J. Dianne Dotson (May 28, 2019)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 392 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0999408240
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0999408247
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.5 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.98 x 0.81 x 9.02 inches

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J. Dianne Dotson is the science fiction, fantasy, and horror author of THE SHADOW GALAXY: A Collection of Short Stories and Poetry (March 3, 2023, from Trepidatio Publishing), as well as the four-book space opera series THE QUESTRISON SAGA® (Heliopause; Ephemeris; Accretion; and Luminiferous). Her young adult debut, the Lunarpunk SFF novel THE INN AT THE AMETHYST LANTERN, arrives October 24, 2023, from Android Press.

Dianne’s short fiction is featured in anthologies and magazines. She holds a degree in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and spent several years working in both ecological and clinical research. Dianne is also a science writer for online publications and is an artist. She is known for writing characters people fall in love with, in extraordinary settings with intricate world-building.

As a convention guest, Dianne provides insight into science fiction writing and characters (featured at Star Wars Celebration, San Diego Comic-Con, WonderCon, Cymera Festival in Scotland, and BristolCon in England), the science of science fiction films, and offers lectures on world-building and workshops at conventions about social media for writers.

Dianne is a member of the Science Fiction Writers Association, the Horror Writers Association, the British Science Fiction Association, and the British Fantasy Society. She lives with her family in Los Angeles, California.

Visit Dianne's website at www.jdiannedotson.com

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Fredrik Adolfsson

Ephemeris

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 15, 2022

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In this, the second book of the Questrison Saga, we get to know Galla-Deia. A being with a mysterious past she's raised by an ancient Android. She soon finds out that she has a purpose. A group of different races have formed a council long before her birth. They've been watching and planning towards an inevitable catastrophe that they've simply call the Event. Somehow Galla is linked to this and she is sent away to train, as the representative for the Human race. She herself isn't human, but looks like one. The purpose of her training isn't always clear to her. But with time she divines a purpose for herself.
In this book we meet some familiar faces from Heliopause, but the story is told from Galla's perspective. It spans over a long space of time, before, during and after the events of Heliopause.

It's a well written Space Opera. It combines mystery, emotions, space and a lurking threat.

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M. Traver

Second Chapter of Sci-Fi/Fantasy Series Only Gets Better

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 28, 2022

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I read chapters 1 and 2 of this series back to back, read a couple of other books, and now I'm back for chapters 3 and 4, which I will likely also read back to back. This is a fun, ambitious, character-driven SFF series from a writer that should be on everyone's radar.

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Erik Martenson

A magical space saga!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 31, 2022

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Ephemeris is the second book in the Questrison Saga by J. Dianne Dotson, a sweeping fairytale of space travel and sorcery, eternal conflict between good and evil, and the paramount importance of friendship. It intersects with Heliopause and creates elaborations beyond that of typical exposition. Our understanding of the Questrison universe deepens, and we get to know the main characters like family. Mysterious devices, telepathy, sentient insects, clandestine organizations, and an ancient evil; our heroes have more than enough to handle. As a reader I get pulled in, and my curiosity deepens with the plot. Is Aeriod good or bad? What is the enigmatic enemy? I beg for more details. What is the nature of the propulsion system on Galla’s ship? How does the cloak work, and does it have a shield? Are their weapons kinetic or energy based? I can’t wait to read the rest of this magical saga.

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Jake Cohen

Addictive!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 23, 2019

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As I read this book, I found it harder and harder to put down. I read the final 1/5 of the book in a single shot, and I am now eagerly awaiting the next installment in the series.

This book has events that take place prior to, concurrently with, and after the events of the first book in the series, Heliopause. But we have a new protagonist in the mysterious Galla-Deia. She is a likable main character, who embodies several different tropes in one: part Action Girl, part Haunted Heroine, part Mystical Waif, among others, but is also relatable and fun.

If you've read the first book, you will recognize some of the recurring characters in this one, such as Aeriod and Paosh Tohon. And we learn quite a bit more about the mysterious pasts and larger galactic concerns that were hinted at in the first installment.

Overall a very solid second book in the series that is satisfying in and of itself, but also leaves you eagerly awaiting the next part of the series.

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Mrs. Long

On the edge of my seat!!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 17, 2019

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OK this book surpassed the first one!! I love Galla Deia and her stubborn nature in the beginning and by the end she was a bona fid leader. I liked how she matured throughout the book and came into her own. I also loved how the author dangled the Event throughout the book. I can't wait to read the next one!!

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Wow. Another hit.

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This book is a page turner. I enjoyed all the new characters and the timeline convergence. You will find something about each character that makes you have feelings.This is very good Sci-Fi. I can't wait until book 3. Very excited for it.

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Great book for Sci-Fi Fans

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 15, 2019

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I really enjoyed reading Ephemeris, which is book 2 in the series. The author did an excellent job of weaving in the events of book 1, without requiring the reader to actually have read it. It's a great read from start to finish. I'm looking forward to book 3!

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The Past. The Present. The Future Yet To Come.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 30, 2021

I read this book over the course of two days, and the faster I read a book the more likely indicator of just how good the story really is. I recommend reading "Heliopause" which is the first book in the series in order to get a better grounding for the basis of the series.

Without spoilers, I can say the book starts off in a different place than I expected, but am grateful for the development of the protagonist. There is, a feeling, that the first half of this book provided me with that seemed to flow in undulating waves. Perhaps it is just my take, but it felt like it mirrored much of the protagonist's development.

There is great world building here, and we are introduced to a variety of characters that equal or excel what most science fiction readers have come to experience. There is a depth of hidden wonder beyond the reader's scope that I'm sure are being saved for the third and fourth books (Accretion and Luminiferous) respectively. I start Accretion tonight to find out.

Do check out this series, it is well worth the read, and the chance to expore the new universe the author has gifted us with.

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Fantastic second book, better than the first!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 16, 2022

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Very unusually for me, I went straight into Ephemeris immediately after finishing Heliopause. I have so many books on my TBR that I tend to like jumping around, like sampling everything at a buffet. But this time, I went straight from book one to book two in the same series! Ephemeris has an odd description: it’s a prequel, sequel and concurrent companion piece to Heliopause all at the same time. This kind of out of the box thinking is one of the many reasons I have come to love indie publishing. It’s a lot of weight to put on a single book. And I tell you, it accomplishes all of those things with aplomb. It thoroughly expands on what was introduced in the first book with epic scale and places it in its proper context. Imagine being in the TARDIS; the Doctor flips the switch with a wink and a grin, then tells you to open the door. And when you do, you’re in the middle of space surrounded by stars and nebulae, and looking down upon a huge galaxy, where moments before you were just in your living room at home. That’s the leap in scale Ephemeris achieves here.

How can I follow up on that introductory paragraph? Seriously this book is excellent. But more than that, it’s a lot of fun too. I think I’ve covered the general impressions I have about the worldbuilding, but just to expand a little more: we’re introduced to a rich, diverse galaxy with lots of distinct worlds and cultures, from flying castles to barren deserts to cyberpunk dystopias. It pays off a lot of the questions from the first book while still leaving a lot to mystery. It’s fully space opera, but also unashamedly straddling the line between SF and Fantasy, and leaning more towards the latter in places than something like Star Wars. Put simply, there’s magic here, and not the kind that gets explained away as “sufficiently advanced technology” but it is handled in a restrained manner. It’s another one of those books that gives me a “John Harris” vibe. Impressionistic, ethereal; some of the edges are a bit fuzzy and many of the shapes are improbable, and it all comes together in just the right way to tingle the brain and set the imagination running wild.Ephemeris unfolds at a blistering pace, with action and excitement in every one its short chapters. Similarly to how I felt with Heliopause, perhaps in places it could have done with slowing down a bit and dwelling on certain things a little more before moving on to the next thing - particularly when it came to the relationship between Galla-Deia and Aeriod, I think we could’ve gone a bit deeper with it. There’s a lot of ideas here and a lot of things happening all at once with great drama.There’s a huge amount of characters, many new and some returning. A lot of the side characters are really fun. I particularly enjoyed Sumond, who reminded me of Kamaji, the boiler-room servant from Spirited Away. The main character, Galla-Deia is great fun, too. She’s childlike, whimsical, naive and so very alive. And this is pretty much how she’s described by the other characters in the book, too. The author absolutely nailed it in that regard. Aeriod’s expansion in this book is intriguing. In Heliopause, we see a certain side of him and he gives off this mysterious impression but also like he’s a heroic figure. We see him revealed in a much more nuanced light here in Ephemeris; a window into his true motivations that may not be as selfless as they seemed. Though earnest, he’s much more morally grey character than we’re presented in the first book. It’s great to explore his and Galla’s relationship at the start, but as I said above, I would like to have gone a little deeper especially towards the two-thirds mark of the book.

The plot was enjoyable and kept my attention throughout. What we’ve got here is essentially a fantasy-style quest, and I do love me a quest. They are a great vehicle for travel, giving a compelling reason to move around and sight-see in the book’s universe. I particularly enjoyed how the first book fitted into the continuity here, and following it through to see what happened to the characters afterwards. Without getting into spoilers, If I were being really picky it could be said the fast pace gives the impression that one or two things just happen for the sake of it, to give the feeling of being out-of-control, chaotic etc… (why does my head go immediately to Farscape, here?) But based on how much this book pays off the mysteries of the first, I have no doubt these seemingly random occurrences will have a important part to play later on. It’ll be very interesting to see the pay off in Accretion and Luminiferous.

Overall, great second book in the series, even better than the first. Highly recommended.

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Mark

Read this!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on September 30, 2022

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Definitely recommend this - great science fiction

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