On December 10th, Epic Publishing will release a new post-apocalyptic sci-fi novel by critically-acclaimed author Fiona Moore, a British Science Fiction Award finalist and author of Management Lessons from Game of Thrones. Her new novel, Rabbit in the Moon, is set in the near future and leans into themes of climate change, the horrors of war, and Mesoamerican mythology, as a war correspondent and a scientist try to save their world.
Ken Usagi, a daring young journalist from the icy wilderness of Nunavut, is thrust into a perilous journey through the war-ravaged remnants of the former United States. Haunted by a chilling encounter with a mysterious biotechnical machine—a relic from his troubled childhood—he becomes convinced it holds the key to ending the devastating conflict tearing the world apart.
Far to the south, Totchli, a brilliant young biotechnician from a Mesoamerican society pummeled by catastrophic climate change, receives a desperate order. He must venture north to uncover the fate of a critical colonial expedition, a mission that once carried the last hopes of his people’s survival. Communication channels with the expedition have fallen eerily silent.
As Ken and Totchli embark on their separate quests, the very fabric of reality begins to unravel. Their paths converge, leading to a fateful encounter where the boundaries of their worlds blur and shatter.
In a race against time, with the fate of two worlds hanging in the balance, Ken and Totchli must navigate a web of secrets, dangers, and cosmic forces that threaten to consume everything they hold dear.
Fiona Moore is a BSFA Award and World Fantasy Award finalist, writer and academic whose work has appeared in Clarkesworld, Asimov’s, Interzone, and five consecutive editions of The Best of British SF.
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Updated 9/26 – An earlier version of this post stated that the cover reveal would take place on 10/8. This was changed to 10/15.
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