Overview

To find yourself, first you must recognize what isn't yours to carry. December Valence writes for the only newspaper in Pluto City-a digital refuge hidden from the raging civil war above. When mysterious power outages begin plaguing the city and her paper remains conspicuously silent, December's carefully constructed reality begins to fracture. With each blackout, memories return-fragments of her forgotten role in bringing people to this sanctuary. When her attempt to report the truth is blocked, December initiates a covert exploration of what Pluto City really is, and what that makes her: savior or accomplice? As the boundaries between simulation and reality blur, December must unravel the city's secrets while confronting her own complicity in building this dubious paradise. With haunting prose and startling vision, INTO THE QUIET BARREN examines the stories we tell ourselves to survive and the courage it takes to seek truth in a world built on gilded fictions.

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""I was moved by Jon H. Eddy's storyline-this is the kind of book that stays with me like a half-remembered dream I can't easily forget. The characters were well-developed and flowed well with the book's fantastical nature. I recommend Into the Quiet Barren to readers who enjoy thought-provoking and character-driven fiction that covers themes of identity and the power of memory."" -Mary Clarke, Readers' Favorite ★★★★★ ""I've read a lot of science fiction... this was one of the more original books I've read in the genre in a while."" -Goodreads Review ★★★★★ ""Author Jon H. Eddy has a real talent for atmospheric writing... The haunting prose is vividly atmospheric... with a sophisticated level of theming under the surface."" -K.C. Finn, Readers' Favorite ★★★★★

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Jon H. Eddy was born in Sacramento, California and grew up in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. His short fiction has appeared in the Hoxie Gorge Review and Spectrum Literary Journal, and has been performed at Lit Crawl Los Angeles and as part of the New Short Fiction Series. INTO THE QUIET BARREN is his first novel.

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