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Hemispheres Paperback – August 1, 2020

by Mark Everglade (Author), Athina Paris (Editor)

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Light is currency, light is big business on Gliese 581g. Severum Rivenshear makes a living hunting those who steal it in the form of fireflies, just to have enough light to live by. He works in the icy, perpetually dark hemisphere of Evig Natt where the sun is nothing more than an absent deity. The rest of the world pursues every pleasure beneath a sun that never sleeps.

A feminist organization called O.A.K. attempts to increase planetary rotation to bring light and equality to everyone, rich and poor alike. They are led by three women calling themselves the Orchestrator, The Architect, and the Kontractor. Their actions threaten to cause hurricanes, earthquakes, and tsunamis and to topple the economy that's necessary to support the wars between the hemispheres.

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Rockhill Publishing LLC
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August 1, 2020
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5.5 x 0.75 x 8.5 inches
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1945286504
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978-1945286506
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Mark has spent his life as a sociologist, studying conflict on all levels of society. He wrote Hemispheres to sooth our ideological divisiveness, exposing each side's strengths and weaknesses, and understanding our underlying values are more similar than we think, regardless of how we look, act, or vote. An avid reader of science fiction, he takes both its warnings, and opportunities for change, to heart. His previous works have appeared in Exoplanet Magazine and Unrealpolitik. He resides in Florida with his wife and four children.

Athina Paris lives in South Africa but spent her formative years in Mozambique, where she was born and went to school. Years in convents and boarding schools prompted a deep curiosity and the need to liberate her mind, which quickly developed into an avid interest in reading and storytelling and led to a lifelong obsession with the written word and books. By fifteen she had read most of the classics, discovered ancient civilizations and became fascinated with various mythologies; a love she has kept to this day. Raised in a culture where meddling is seen as 'caring', she became a spectator of human nature. Quiet and shy, she preferred recording conduct rather than participating in what she calls familial mass hysteria, and so built a treasure-trove of relationship observations from which she eventually drew backgrounds for the characters in her romantic novels. She studied Interior Design, but soon felt the pull of her dormant talent and turned to Creative Writing, as she realised the significance of those note books packed with ideas. She soon followed it with Scriptwriting. Set in faraway and exotic places, Athina's epic romantic work takes her characters on voyages of self-discovery while dealing with catastrophic love lives and an imperfect world. Her first novel Love & Madness, layered and complex, is the story of a family tested by selfish ambition, misplaced passions and an exploration of the recesses of the human psyche. A stint as a high school English teacher polished her skills. However, she has recently vacated the position to concentrate on her professional goals of writing, editing and proofreading. Athina has joined RockHill Publishing LLC as the Editor-in-Chief and author.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Rockhill Publishing LLC (August 1, 2020)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 360 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1945286504
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1945286506
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.7 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.75 x 8.5 inches

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Mark McClelland

Rich prose metaphorically entangles place with plot in this sci-fi take on economic injustice

Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2020

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On a tidal-locked planet where human colonization didn't go as planned, a feminist group of revolutionary dissidents seek to alter the speed of planetary rotation to bring an equitable distribution of light to two hemispheres that have long been at war. Despite the catastrophic ecological and sociopolitical upheaval that's bound to follow, they move forward with their bold plan, confident in their belief that the end will justify the means.

The government of the dark hemisphere hires Severum to help subvert this secretive organization, but he finds himself conflicted: does he follow through with his mission, or turn on the corrupt officials who seek to defend the status quo that enriches them?

Everglade's prose is thick with metaphor and atmosphere, creating a cyberpunk world of darkness and struggle appropriate to the theme.

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Fernanda Brady

Exciting read with a timely topic

Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2020

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Compelling characters and heart stopping action keep you turning the page, while the complex and compelling world building enthralls your imagination. With a hopeful message on the timely struggle between the haves and the have-nots, the book brings you on a roller coaster ride from start to finish. Light, an element we so often take for granted becomes the focus of power on this tidal locked planet. To bring light to the whole world, a dedicated group led by Thalassa Latimer will stop at nothing. Hunted by Several, the struggle to make this natural resource available to all becomes a life or death race to the bitter end. Highly recommend it!

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Marlin Seigman

Cyberpunk action and solarpunk optimism

Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2020

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Hemispheres is a philosophical novel full of interesting ideas and rich prose. Set on a tide-locked planet where light is currency on the night side, the novel follows a group of revolutionaries who have a plan to increase the planet's rotation, bringing daylight to both hemispheres.
Everglade intersperses the novel's more philosophical moments with plenty of action that will keep you reading. In addition, the novel's exploration of ecological themes, as well as how society allocates resources, makes it a relevant piece of fiction for anyone interested in those issues. These themes also allow the novel to be a wonderful blend of cyberpunk action and solarpunk optimism.

Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2020

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Set in a unique world filled with relentless activity Hemispheres confronts the issue of how we distribute natural resources. Something very relevant in today's society. The hard hitting action is tempered by the authors sensitivity to the characters plight.

I think anyone who likes the works of William Gibson would like Everglade's take in cyberpunk and the characters relationship.

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Matt

Great Science Fiction

Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2020

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Great debut novel by new author.
On a planet ruled by the commoditization of resources, questions of morality and loyalty are raised. The author’s unique prose and interesting characters keep you turning the pages.

Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2021

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Exceptional read! A well thought out universe with a narrative that draws you in. Well done

Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2021

This intelligent cyberpunk sci-fi is fantastic. Hemispheres has the rare combination of action-packed plot, thoroughly developed characters and unique, well defined futuristic world. Really well done.

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Cooper-Towler

Amazing concept, fun read

Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2020

I really enjoyed reading this not-that-far-future sci-fi book. While I did feel that the plot wandered a bit, I enjoyed the characters and loved the action sequences and topical human rights discussions.

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T. Dar

Sophisticated, philosophical Cyberpunk Science Fiction

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 2, 2020

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Sophisticated, philosophical Cyberpunk Science Fiction with rich prose and a raft of complex characters.

A unique setting, a tidal-locked planet with one hemisphere in perpetual daylight and the other in perpetual darkness, hosts a conflict involving social, economic and cultural elements.

On Evig Natt, the perpetually dark hemisphere, light is currency, and is used by those in power to control society. An organisation called O. A. K. seeks to redress the balance by putting an ambitious an stupendous plan into action.

Through set-piece battles and individual conflicts, as well as journeys into Dayburn (the perpetually light hemisphere) as well as cyberspace, Mark Everglade weaves a tale that is as intricate as it is clever.

I think comparisons to Gibson are apt, but I would also cite a fusion of Star Wars and The Matrix as a good way of thinking about this original and challenging novel.

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Philosophical cyberpunk

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 7, 2020

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In my (limited) experience of cyberpunk, I’ve come across two main types of novel – the hard and fast, punchy Shadowrun-style book, and the ‘drop you in the thick of it and let you figure out what’s going on’-style book, similar to the early Gibson novels. Hemispheres definitely falls into the latter category, and requires a certain type of reader – unfortunately, that kind of reader wasn’t me, but others may like it.

On the colony Gliese 581g, humans have been forced into the dark part of a tide-locked planet (one which always faces the sun the same way) and with unnatural light banned, the only form of light comes from fireflies, which act as currency as well. Severum tracks down thieves who steal the fireflies, while Thalassa is on a mission to finally bring rotation – and therefore daylight – to the planet.

Hemispheres demands that the reader gets to grips with a lot, very quickly. As you’d expect from a cyberpunk novel, there are lots of technical terms for devices – ocular implants, brain augmentations and the like – but there’s also a lot of philosophical prose. For example “Nonconformists are complex people because they have more decisions to make. There are more ways to be deviant than there are to conform. More ways for matter to disorganised than organise. Most people rely on habits to alleviate the stress of making small choices, but not nonconformists. But soon they become as simple as anyone else because they must develop some consistency in their thoughts, if not just to give them meaning.”

Many of the characters talk to each other in fairly roundabout ways; for example, one character asks another what day it is, and the other responds “I think it's yesterday's morning of tomorrow's evening.” There are also a lot of flowery similes, often in the same paragraph. This does odd things to the pacing of the book, with parts feeling quite sparse in terms of explanation, and others feeling quite slow.

I did struggle with the character interactions in many cases – not because of the futuristic devices, but just because of how they act. For example, a complete stranger joins the main cast of characters, even though they’re in a top-secret society and they’d almost just killed her. This stranger falls in love with another character, marries them and then decides to leave them – all in the space of about 48 hours. This same secret organisation also takes in two complete strangers, only testing one of them for loyalty (and despite failing the test, is admitted). Fight scenes end with characters just agreeing to walk away and when a character decides to leave the top-secret society, a founder slaps him and he gets back to work. There were a fair few stages where the story simply felt implausible because of basic human interactions that just weren’t believable.

At the same time, some of the major plot points don’t get enough time – one character changes their mind on something significant and it’s not really explained, for example. There are a lot of different factions and political groups that could definitely use a prequel to explain – and none of the characters really stood out for me; there isn’t a huge amount of difference between them, although one of them is extremely bad at what they do, and the others are ok!

Overall, I didn’t really warm to the philosophical meanderings and just couldn’t get past the implausibility of some of the interactions and lack of character depth. It's certainly a memorable book, and to give him credit, Everglade has created a huge, intriguing world full of big bold ideas, and a story that drops you right into the depths from the get-go.

JanS

Excellent cyberpunk read!

Reviewed in Canada on December 10, 2020

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This is my first cyberpunk novel read and thanks to Mark Everglade, it won't be my last.

Light is currency as good fights evil and the good side pulls some evil over. Brilliant premise! Intergalactic divisiveness amongst life in the hemispheres metaphorizes the issues we inherent in our society on Earth. These are terrific parallels and worth exploring in this fast-paced, action-packed story.

Love, comedy, drama, high tech, near-dystopic elements all epitomize this thrilling novel. The author did a good job keeping my interest with witty dialogue, scenic prose and myriad action scenes. Highly recommended read!

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