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ATDrake · 03-02-2017, 03:13 AM

Duende Meadow by Paul Cook (ISFDB, Wikipedia, SFE) is his standalone far-future science fiction novel, which is a sort of post-post-apocalyptic rediscovery tale, wherein a war-stricken humanity which hid underground for centuries and changed greatly within that time now re-emerges into the world above, not knowing what they will find, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Phoenix Pick Press, who are e-printing it from its 1985 edition originally out from Bantam's Spectra imprint.

This is their featured Free Book of the Month for March.

Currently free throughout March @ the publisher's dedicated promo page (DRM-free ePub & Mobi bundle available worldwide; follow the instructions on the page to reset the suggested price in the cart to $0.00 during checkout)

There are two tie-in offers this month. One provides the rest of PPP's Cook catalogue of 7 additional backlist novels (8 total including the freebie) for just $7. I've read and enjoyed his novel Fortress on the Sun, which was a previous giveaway and good enough that I jumped on this exact tie-in offer the first time it made the rounds at a price of $10, many years ago.

The other tie-in includes all the Cook titles, and for the combined minimum price of $8.50 adds 2 of Canadian author Terence M. Green's Mitch Helwig science fiction police procedurals previously published by St. Martin's Press in the 1980s, which I've also read/bought the sequel due to a previous PPP giveaway. These are okay stories set in near-futuristic (for circa 1980s values of projected developments) Toronto with a slightly reactionary somewhat anti-hero.

IMHO, either option is really good value for money if you like Cook's writing and/or are interested in retro-80s future Toronto policing.

Description
When the last great war came, a small group of survivors hid themselves below the fields of Kansas, living in a place of eternal twilight.

Over time the energy surrounding the descendants of these survivors turned them into Duendes, ghost-like beings, never having seen real light or knowing anything of the conditions of the world beyond their underground enclosure.

Six hundred years have passed since the war and now some Duendes want to leave the safety of their habitat and finally go “above.” But what will they discover once they have emerged into the sunlight?

03-02-2017, 03:13 AM	#1
ATDrake Wizzard Posts: 11,517 Karma: 33048258 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Roundworld Device: Kindle 2 International, Sony PRS-T1, BlackBerry PlayBook, Acer Iconia	Free (DRM-free) Duende Meadow by Paul Cook [Sci-Fi Future Altered Human Rediscovery] Duende Meadow by Paul Cook (ISFDB, Wikipedia, SFE) is his standalone far-future science fiction novel, which is a sort of post-post-apocalyptic rediscovery tale, wherein a war-stricken humanity which hid underground for centuries and changed greatly within that time now re-emerges into the world above, not knowing what they will find, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Phoenix Pick Press, who are e-printing it from its 1985 edition originally out from Bantam's Spectra imprint. This is their featured Free Book of the Month for March. Currently free throughout March @ the publisher's dedicated promo page (DRM-free ePub & Mobi bundle available worldwide; follow the instructions on the page to reset the suggested price in the cart to $0.00 during checkout) There are two tie-in offers this month. One provides the rest of PPP's Cook catalogue of 7 additional backlist novels (8 total including the freebie) for just $7. I've read and enjoyed his novel Fortress on the Sun, which was a previous giveaway and good enough that I jumped on this exact tie-in offer the first time it made the rounds at a price of $10, many years ago. The other tie-in includes all the Cook titles, and for the combined minimum price of $8.50 adds 2 of Canadian author Terence M. Green's Mitch Helwig science fiction police procedurals previously published by St. Martin's Press in the 1980s, which I've also read/bought the sequel due to a previous PPP giveaway. These are okay stories set in near-futuristic (for circa 1980s values of projected developments) Toronto with a slightly reactionary somewhat anti-hero. IMHO, either option is really good value for money if you like Cook's writing and/or are interested in retro-80s future Toronto policing. Description When the last great war came, a small group of survivors hid themselves below the fields of Kansas, living in a place of eternal twilight. Over time the energy surrounding the descendants of these survivors turned them into Duendes, ghost-like beings, never having seen real light or knowing anything of the conditions of the world beyond their underground enclosure. Six hundred years have passed since the war and now some Duendes want to leave the safety of their habitat and finally go “above.” But what will they discover once they have emerged into the sunlight?