Life-Line: Origins

by Grant Edward Miller

Overview

Over a million years in the future, a desperate stowaway lies concealed in a space freighter's cargo hold. Tam Amergan is bound for the prison world Corustloth, where his partner Brogan has been abducted. Ever since the Senate took over the planetary system decades earlier, gay men like Tam and Brogan-degens, as they are labeled under Senate-rule have been forced to live in secrecy. But Brogan is Tam's life-line, bound to his soul in a ritual performed by a secret sisterhood of women with ancient, unknown designs. Tam has no choice but to follow Brogan wherever he goes. What Brogan sees, Tam sees; what Tam feels, Brogan feels. Neither can live without the other.

Thousands of lightyears away, an ancient brotherhood of mentalists works at uncovering the mystery of humanity's long-forgotten origins. Their leader, Father, enlists the help of Bennett, who is able to connect with the mind of a space freighter stowaway on the other side of the galaxy. Is Bennett the key to humanity's origins? Could Tam's quest to find Brogan have a wider purpose?

Both a soaring love story and sweeping sci-fi epic, Life-Line: Origins is a thrilling gay romance and science fiction novel. Ambitious, gripping, and full of heart, it is a must-read for anyone hungry for adventure and intrigue.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781039146983
Publisher:	FriesenPress
Publication date:	02/21/2023
Series:	Life-Line
Pages:	376
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.78(d)

About the Author

Grant has authored many unpublished short stories and plays since he was a young boy, when he first realized he was different from those around him. The realization of his gay identity, experiences of alienation and bullying led him to immerse himself in his writing and science fiction in all its forms. Later in his adult life, Grant became aware of the lack of representation for gay men in science fiction resulting in his writing a short story in 2009 about a gay man hiding on a spaceship. This short story sat untouched until 2017 when it blossomed into Life-Line: Origins. Grant hopes his book will reach LGBTQ+ readers keen to see themselves reflected in the literary world of science fiction. He is hard at work on the next two entries in the Life-Line series.

Grant lives in the small community of Fox Point, Nova Scotia, in "Otter Cottage" - named for the river animal with which he strongly identifies. A French immersion teacher by trade, he also loves to camp, hike, garden, cook, watch sci-fi, and traveling. You can reach him via his Facebook and Instagram pages as well as his website at www.grantedwardmiller.ca.