Resembling Lepus

"Amanda Kool asks difficult questions here, about life and consciousness and about rights and privilege..." - Alan Baxter, multiple Australian Shadows Award-winning author of The Fall, The Gulp, The Roo and the Eli Carver Supernatural Thriller series

"Kool's Resembling Lepus is a self-contained novella that intermingles identity, human nature, and a reverence for all life in a murder mystery that says more about the systems humans put into place to define what "life" or "murder" is. Cool, deeply imagined speculative fiction." - John FD Taff, multiple Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of The Fearing and The End in All Beginnings

"With every pass through...I saw something new. What always asserted itself was the hard reality that there's no such thing as a perfect world that works for every inhabitant equally." - Brian Lewis, Damaged Skull Reviews

"Resembling Lepus is a disturbing dystopian noir that takes us into a future we should hope never comes to pass. With climate change having wrought havoc on the planet, what remains of humanity faces a reckoning: What kind of value do we place on life, and what kinds of lives do we actually value? Amanda Kool sketches a complex, confronting world within this tightly plotted novella. If we're lucky, we'll see more stories from her that explore its dark and ethically tangled depths." - Kirstyn McDermott, author of Perfections and the Never Afters series

"Resembling Lepus is a timely futuristic crime noir tale, set in a very different place-a world like no other-and deals with the complex lives of the creatures upon it. Hauntingly realistic, Kool masterfully tackles the issues and outcomes of our world of today, and provides a frightening glimpse into the very real possibilities of our future." - Steve Gerlach, author of Love Lies Dying and Lake Mountainï»ï»ï»

"Resembling Lepus [is] brimming with clever ideas and the ending was totally off-the-wall. In some ways the mystery was a distraction to the unique setting and the way in which man interacted with animals, real or otherwise." - Tony Jones, Ginger Nuts of Horror

"A detective story for animal lovers, keenly aware of the sacredness of life. Alternately gentle and empathetic, creepy and tense, with a dark climax to savor. A futuristic novella for our times." - Rjurik Davidson, author of The Stars Askew