 New YA sci-fi yarn proves that boys don't always get the best adventuresWhen reading, as she was growing up, Steve Harrison's daughter complained about the lack of good adventure stories for girls. Having an author for a dad meant that a remedy was only a matter of time.
By: Elsewhen Press The heroine of Steve's latest book is Polly Hart, a schoolgirl who enjoys a normal life, in a normal school, with her friends somewhere in southern England. Her dad is a mathematician and her mum is an astrophysicist with the North Atlantic Space Research Centre and both are working long hours investigating a series of mysterious attacks on satellites which are baffling the space agencies. Polly decides to pursue her own research into the incidents and hacks the maintenance camera feed from the satellite that her model predicts will be the next target. What she sees is a shock: a blurry alien spacecraft vandalising the satellite. Even more of a shock is an alien from that spacecraft tapping on her bedroom window that evening. After that, her life will never be normal again… Steve Harrison was inspired to tell the story of Polly Hart and her friends after his daughter complained that "boys always seem to have the best adventures". He says that his intention was to write "a modern, sci-fi take on the no-nonsense Famous Five and Secret Seven adventure novels I enjoyed as a child. It was a lot of fun to write." Peter Buck, Editorial Director at Elsewhen Press says, "Steve is a consummate story-teller, spinning adventures that grab you from the outset and propel you through thrilling action towards an unknown conclusion. Blurred Vision is a very entertaining story, with the sort of adventure that we all grew up devouring, but with modern protagonists in a very 21st century setting. What young sci-fi fan doesn't dream of being the one to make first contact? Although the heroine is a teenager, this is very definitely a story that will be enjoyed by sci-fi fans of all ages, regardless of gender." For many years the science fiction fan community has been very diverse, but it is only recently that many authors have started to realise that not all of their readers are male. Every reader, especially a younger reader, should be able to recognise themselves in the heroes and heroines of the stories they read. Elsewhen Press is proud to have published science fiction and fantasy stories from a wide range of authors with an equally diverse range of protagonists. Blurred Vision will be available to buy on all popular eBook platforms from 16th August 2019 and is already available to pre-order. The paperback edition will be available on 18th November 2019. Notes for Editors About Steve Harrison Steve Harrison was born in Yorkshire, England, grew up in Lancashire, migrated to New Zealand and eventually settled in Sydney, Australia, where he lives with his wife. As he juggled careers in shipping, insurance, online gardening and the postal service, Steve wrote short stories, sports articles and a long running newspaper humour column called HARRISCOPE: a mix of ancient wisdom and modern nonsense. His first novel TimeStorm, published by Elsewhen Press, was Highly Commended in the Fellowship of Australian Writers (FAW) National Literary Awards, Jim Hamilton Award in the fantasy/science fiction category, for an unpublished novel of sustained quality and distinction by an Australian author. Visit bit.ly/BlurredVision- About the book Title: Blurred Vision First contact? "Take it easy," said Kylie, still with a hint of amusement. "You're perfectly safe. Think of me as a tourist." Polly squinted back at her. She couldn't help herself. "Are you invading earth?" "Are you kidding? Do you know how much that would cost?" "Then what are you doing here?" "We found you after you activated the camera on the satellite and were impressed by the other stuff you did to hide your tracks. Easy for us, but we all thought it was very cool. For an Earth human, anyway." "You don't talk like an alien." "How many do you know?" asked Kylie. Polly couldn't argue with that. "Good point." When Polly Hart agrees to swap places with a girl from another planet, she has no idea that this makes her a fugitive in the fabulous universe revealed by her new friend, and now she must outwit the school bully, a weird teacher and an interstellar hit squad to survive. So annoying! Young Adult Fiction / Science Fiction / Alien Contact; Young Adult Fiction / Science Fiction / Humorous Print edition: ISBN 978-1-911409- Electronic edition: ISBN 978-1-911409- About the cover The cover artwork of Polly and Kylie taking a selfie in space above Earth, uses an iconic photograph of the Earth courtesy of the NASA Earth Observatory, and a photograph of Polly & Kylie by Dean Drobot / shutterstock.com. About Elsewhen Press Elsewhen Press is an independent publisher of Speculative Fiction. Based in the UK, in the South East of England, Elsewhen Press publishes titles in English, in digital and print editions, adopting a digital-first policy for most titles. Elsewhen Press is an imprint of Alnpete Limited. Contact details: Elsewhen Press contact: Al Murray Information about Elsewhen Press, authors and titles can be obtained online from https://elsewhen.press Interviews with authors can be arranged through Elsewhen Press, contact Al Murray. Elsewhen Press titles are available from good retailers, for more details visit our website, as above. This and other press releases from Elsewhen Press can be obtained as pdf files from our website or can be viewed in our PRLog Pressroom Contact Al Murray ***@elsewhen.co.uk Photos: https://www.prlog.org/ https://www.prlog.org/ End
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