Upon This Rock: Book 1 -- First Contact (Volume 1) 1st Edition

by Mr David Marusek (Author)

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An epic new science fiction series about family, faith, and alien invasion in the wilds of Alaska.When a shooting star plunges through the atmosphere and touches down in the Alaska wilderness, only two earthlings are present to witness the event. But they perceive two utterly different realities. What park ranger Jace Kuliak sees is a UFO and the arrival of a dangerous alien species from beyond the solar system. What Poppy Prophecy sees is the star called Wormwood, as recorded in Scripture, and the arrival of an archangel of the Apocalypse.The thing is — they’re both sorta right.Poppy Prophecy is the despotic patriarch of a large End-Times prepper family that is busily converting a depleted copper mine into its own private doomsday bunker. Their copper mine is a century-old relic from territorial days when East Coast robber barons ruled Alaska and plundered its mineral wealth. Today the abandoned mine sits in the middle of the largest, wildest, most majestic national park in the United States. But Poppy isn’t impressed by mere earthly beauty, and he doesn’t mind bulldozing federal land when it suits his purposes.Backcountry Ranger Jace Kuliak does mind, and he and fellow rangers confront the fundamentalist family in an armed standoff over the construction of an illegal airstrip. It doesn’t help matters when Ranger Kuliak falls hopelessly in love with Poppy’s second daughter, the lovely, innocent, and totally clueless Deuteronomy.An uneasy truce between the Prophecys and the park service is shattered when the falling star lands in their backyard and is claimed by both sides. What is it? Who is it? Better yet, of all the pit stops on all the planets in all the galaxies, why did the Visitor choose this particular rock to screw with?

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"Alaska. Aliens. The Anti-Christ. AWESOME! Marusek is in full form with this curveball tale about ETs, extremists, snowmobile chases and the meaning of life. Upon This Rock feels like The Puppet Masters crossed with Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. It's snarky, mind-blowing, wild and fun. Thoroughly engrossing." --Jeff Carlson, international bestselling author of The Frozen Sky

". . . Marusek could be the one sci- fi writer in a million with the potential to make an increasingly indifferent audience care about the genre again . . ." --The New York Times Book Review

"David Marusek is one of the best-kept secrets of science fiction, a wild talent with a Gibson-grade imagination and marvelous prose, and a keen sense of human drama that makes it all go." --Cory Doctorow, author of Walkaway: A Novel

"Marusek's writing is ferociously smart, simultaneously horrific and funny, as he forces readers to stretch their imaginations and sympathies. Much of the fun in the story is in the telling rather than its destination . . . exciting and wonderful." --Publishers Weekly

"David Marusek is an extraordinarily gifted new writer, with unique ears and eyes . . . Brims over with imaginative extrapolations." --Seattle-Post Intelligencer

About the Author

Author David Marusek writes science fiction in a cabin in Fairbanks, Alaska. His work has appeared in Playboy, Nature, MIT Technology Review, Asimov’s, and other periodicals and anthologies and has been translated into ten languages. According to Publisher's Weekly, “Marusek's writing is ferociously smart, simultaneously horrific and funny, as he forces readers to stretch their imaginations and sympathies." His two novels and clutch of short stories have earned him numerous award nominations and have won the Theodore Sturgeon and Endeavour awards. “. . . Marusek could be the one sci-fi writer in a million with the potential to make an increasingly indifferent audience care about the genre again . . .”—New York Times Book Review. “Marusek is one of the relatively few contemporary sf writers who seems deeply responsive to the contemporary world”—Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. His current novel project, Upon This Rock, is a tale of love, faith, and alien invasion set in the Alaska bush.

Product details

Publisher : General Genius LLC; 1st edition (June 20, 2017)
Language : English
Paperback : 360 pages
ISBN-10 : 0998863327
ISBN-13 : 978-0998863320
Item Weight : 1.07 pounds
Dimensions : 6 x 0.82 x 9 inches

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- #8,785 in Alien Invasion Science Fiction

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Barry Melius

Life in the back of beyond gets weird

Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2018

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Its been almost nine years since David Marusek released his last full length work,Mind Over Ship,the two part series finish up following Counting Heads. I thought both books showed promise and kept an eye out for further work for several years but no joy. I was surprised when I spotted Upon This Rock and snapped it up. It's set in present day Alaska and focuses on life in the bush with a family of fundamental Christian survivalists, resident federal park Rangers,and various colorful locals holding center stage. The first 40% of the book basically concentrates on the ins and outs of daily life and did it so smoothly that by the time things got strange(intense lights in the middle of nowhere, snow circles,electronic failures you know the drill)I had forgotten this was a science fiction read. Marusek does such a good job of writing that I was perfectly willing to follow along wherever he went. The author's time off,if not spent doing much writing,was productive because I found his work had significantly matured with better world building, more appealing characters, better pacing-delivering an all around better read. This book is the first in a new series and could well end in a cliffhanger, be warned.

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K. A. Sherrill

Another Winner for Marusek

Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2017

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David Marusek is just simply in my opinion a brilliant writer. After being blown away by Counting Heads and its sequel, I had high expectations. I was not disappointed, yet Upon This Rock has a completely different mood. This first installment in the trilogy is a mischievous, unpredictable, and totally entertaining novel. His sneaky wry humor had me shaking my head and laughing repeatedly. I'll be back for more.

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Kay Sherrill

Creative and beautifully written

Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2017

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Fantastic book. David is a masterful, creative writer. This is quite different from his two novels Counting Heads and Mind Over Ship in the sense we spend a lot of time on regular planet earth with the radically religious prepper family--the Prophecy's. The creep factor of this family keeps building. That coupled with the gradually building tension around the alien arrival and its developing story made me spend more and more time each day reading. As in loss-of-sleep reading. Can't wait for the next book.

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Jeff Minor

An amazingly entertaining book.

Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2017

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I have loved David Marusek's writing from the first page of Counting Heads and he's only getting better with each book. This book pulled me in and didn't stop. When I came to the end I think I actually moaned because there wasn't more. I loved the setting, the characters and the mystery of it all. Great work. I think I need to buy a special signed edition for the second book in this trilogy, so I hope it's available.

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Brian Lee Houston

Great characters in an intriguing start of an arctic ET epic

Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2017

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It's a departure from Marusek's visionary futurism but this is a well crafted character story about the beginning of an ET encounter, wrapped in end time rapture themes. Really enjoyed it and looking forward to the next one.

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Aron Moran

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2018

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Love David Marusek- why isn't he more famous?!

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Marie Waddell

Very entertaining!

Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2018

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This book kept me on the edge of my seat, and was hard to put down. What a gift of story-telling this author has! Can't wait for more.

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M. Gayne

I was out of my mind with joy when reading this book...

Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2017

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Every bit as brilliant as his Counting Heads series of shorts and novels. I can't wait for Book 2...

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Mr Tekelenburg

one's brain feels buffeted by the brilliant ideas in that book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 1, 2018

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David Marusek is a gem. SF's best-kept secret, unfortunately.

I once read a review about his novel 'Counting Heads' that used the word 'buffeted' - and indeed, one's brain feels buffeted by the brilliant ideas in that book. Just like Hollywood is still using 50-60 year old Philip K. Dick stories nowadays - because humanity has evolved enough to understand PKD - Hollywood will probably be using Marusek's ideas in 20-30 years' time, he's THAT much ahead of the rest.
And like PKD, the humour interlaced in the story is brilliant. I still have to laugh when I think about the sentence in Counting Heads that describes a long line of people waiting in front of the neighborhood 3-D printing shop "because someone was printing a couch". And there's his short story about this guy whose girlfriend returns after several months away, and he has 8 hours to clean their apartment - so he pops a 'cleaning pill' with incredible effect.
I cannot begin to mention here all the things and ideas that humans now, by 2018, are slowly beginning to understand, and that were already extrapolated far, far into the future in his 2005 novel. Paparazzi drones. AI's that fight legal battles all the way to the High Court within 0.00457 seconds. Money measured in 0.000012 amounts (that one should have alerted me to Bitcoin BTC !). Certain types of clones preferring certain types of clones for marriage. Living life at your preferred age. Virtual children (you can turn them off). 'Searing' or the punishment of stripping a human's body from all electronic identifiers, so that he cannot live a normal life anymore (we may see that one coming now in China's social credit system...).

To tell you the truth, I haven't even started to read Upon This Rock: I'm waiting for a week of lonely holidays to savour it and do it justice... Oh boy, I can't wait.

pascan

Marusek - eine Klasse für sich !!!

Reviewed in Germany on March 4, 2018

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Einfach nur super Lesestoff! Habe die bisherigen Marusek Romane auch gelesen. Hier nun keine abgespacete Technik, dafür der Start einer vielversprechenden Trilogie. Durch den Untertitel "First Contact" ist eigentlich jedem sofort klar um was es gehen wird. Es wird jedoch nichts schnell offenbart. Die Charaktere werden mit liebe zum Detail und nachvollziehbar gezeichnet. Nach der Lektüre ist man froh das es diesen David Marusek gibt. Es sollte mehr wie ihn geben. Die völlig klischeefrei, schlaue und frische Ideen in gute Unterhaltung verpacken. Man darf hier keinen "Blockbuster Action SciFi" erwarten.
Das Buch ist für Leute die gerne super Bücher lesen, egal welches Genre. Zur Handlung schreibe ich nichts, dazu findet man ja viel.
Viel Spass beim lesen!!!

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