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One Level Down by Mary G. Thompson

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19 Mar 2025 - 18 Apr 2025

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Prizes: Print (1 copy), Digital (3 copies) — Available in 178 countries

fiction science fiction
adventurous dark fast-paced

196 pages | first published 2025

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Tachyon Publications is giving away 1 physical copy (US only) and 3 digital copies (worldwide) of  the acclaimed Mary G. Thompson's debut novella for adults, ONE LEVEL DOWN.

“Brilliant and beautiful! One Level Down is a perfectly executed gem of a book. Deeply satisfying and completely mesmerizing, it’s full of depth, heart, and thought. A remarkable achievement!”
—Sarah Beth Durst, New York Times bestselling author of The Spellshop

“A simulation scenario that digs deeper than the Matrix movies ever did; a stark portrayal of the unmitigated evil that is the parental impulse; a rapture-of-the-nerds drive-by.”
—Peter Watts, author of The Freeze Frame Revolution

“When flawed humans attempt to create a pocket paradise, they create gut-wrenching moral choices instead. Once you start reading, it is impossible to look away from Mary Thompson’s provocative story of simulations, power imbalance, and whether kindness can overcome cruelty in the end.”
—Carolyn Ives Gilman, author of Dark Orbit

“Mary Thompson shows us what kind of perfect jail software and servers can make, and how even there an inmate can dream of, and attempt, escape.”
—Jack Campbell, author of The Lost Fleet and In Our Stars

Book description

Trapped in a child's body, a resourceful woman risks death by deletion from a simulated world. With her debut novella for adults, Mary G. Thompson (Wuftoom) has crafted a taut, ultimately hopeful story that deftly explores identity and autonomy. E...

Prizes

Format: Print

Number of copies: 1

Delivery: USPS

Eligible countries: United States

2.24k entries


Format: Digital

Number of copies: 3

Delivery: In-app download ( file)

Eligible countries (178)
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2.69k entries