Look to the Sun

Paperback | 28 October 2021

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This dystopian masterpiece by Emmie Mears gives a "message of hope, acceptance and courage during the worst of times [and] will entrance the reader with its artistic flair, complexity and delivery of raw emotion." (InD'Tale Magazine).

For fifteen years, the National People's Voice has ruled in relative peace, quietly snuffing out dissent wherever it's found. Silently enforcing their views and doctrine upon the people of Sanmarian as citizens disappear overnight and businesses mysteriously close.

Rose Abernethy and Beo Mataya are two strangers drawn together by one thing alone: Red Sunrise. A mysterious book no one else seems to have read. A book only two types of people ever ask about-collectors and the National People's Voice. A book both Rose and Beo feel was written just for them and that strangely seems to echo what is currently going on in their beloved city.

As the facade of calm seethes into violent protests, Rose and Beo are caught in the middle. Drawn into the center of a forgotten tragedy, they discover the book may not only hold the key to the secret of the city's past but also the key to its future.

Industry Reviews

"The terrifying timeliness of Look to the Sun's oppressive regime puts this book on par with the best of dystopian novels." -Foreword Reviews Magazine (starred review)

"chock-full of twists, turns, and inspiring moments that make for satisfying reading. The majority queer cast...is a breath of fresh air. Readers looking for dystopian fiction foregrounding LGBTQ relationships will find this well worth checking out." -Publishers Weekly

"A heart-wrenchingly soulful reminder that love is love, even when queer safety is threatened by the torment of growing fascism. Mears gives us hope that compassion can flourish even as fear clamps down on our hearts." -R J Theodore, author of The Peridot Shift series

"LOOK TO THE SUN fixes an unflinching gaze on a city boiling under the fascist boot, and uplifted by the brighteness and joy of ordinary people who refuse to knuckle under. It's a terrific demonstration of how stories matter, that resistance is a choice, and that if we persevere we might pull through after all. LOOK TO THE SUN pointed at poisons bubbling in our own world and refused to let me look away." -Phoebe Barton, author of The Luminous Underground

"Emmie Mears's Look to the Sun was timely and unsettling. More than anything else it is a novel about how freedom slips away, how fascism grows and festers just out of sight-unless you turn your eyes to see it-and how suddenly the world lurches into a new, awful equilibrium. Speculative political fiction has a great power to cut to the heart of things without getting hung up on the ephemera of the moment, and Emmie Mears uses that power in this book..." -Maya Deane, author of Wrath Goddess Sing

"...[the] message of hope, acceptance and courage during the worst of times will entrance the reader with its artistic flair, complexity and delivery of raw emotion." -InD'Tale Magazine

"Wonderfully written, captivating... Kept me at the edge of my seat the entire time...a masterpiece." -LibraryThing Early Reviewers

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