Upon This Rock

What especially makes Marusek's book so absorbing is that big questions of galactic import are being faced by a cast of engaging, complex characters who live in, work near, retreat to, or descend upon a quirky village in Alaska. 

- Boing Boing 

Alaska. Aliens. The Anti- Christ. AWESOME! Marusek is in full form with this curve- ball tale about ETs, extrem- ists, snowmobile chases and the meaning of life. Upon This Rock feels like The Puppet Masters crossed with Hitch- hiker's Guide To The Galaxy. It's snarky, mind-blowing, wild and fun. Thoroughly engrossing. 

-Jeff Carlson, bestselling author of The Frozen Sky 

Marusek could be the one sci- fi writer in a million with the potential to make an increas- ingly indifferent audience care about the genre again 

-The New York Times Book Review 

Warmly embrace your dear ones and say goodbye to

the intellectual comfort of your existence. Welcome to McHardy, Alaska, December 2012. . . Upon This Rock: Book 1 - First Contact is a stroke of genius! 

- L'©paule d'Orion 

David Marusek is one of the best-kept secrets of science fiction, a wild talent with a Gibson-grade imagination and marvelous prose, and a keen sense of human drama that makes it all go. 

-Cory Doctorow 

Marusek's writing is fero- ciously smart, simultaneously horrific and funny, as he forces readers to stretch their imaginations and sympa- thies. Much of the fun in the story is in the telling rather than its destination . . . excit- ing and wonderful. 

-Publishers Weekly 

"David Marusek is an extraor- dinarily gifted new writer, with unique ears and eyes . . . Brims over with imaginative extrapolations." 

-Seattle-Post Intelligencer