WRITER: Daughter of Time, Book 2
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From hatred, Love. From many, One. Book 2 in the Daughter of Time trilogy: A love story and sci-fi epic about the beautiful and terrible destiny of profoundly star-crossed lovers with a galaxy's fate in their hands.
"A work of literary fiction that transcends its genre. Read this novel. Immediately." -Portland Book Review
"Stebbins's trilogy remains both fascinating and unpredictable. WRITER possesses all of the style, elegance, and tension that made READER gripping. Those who loved the first book will find themselves enraptured by the second, which secures a ready audience for what will surely be a stunning conclusion." -ForeWord Reviews
"Deeply thoughtful and exciting, warping the expectations of the genre. It stays fun while plumbing unexpected depths, and reminds me of Dan Simmons' Hyperion and Endymion, though more approachable. This is the second book, but if you missed Reader, don't worry about being left behind with WRITER; it is immersive in the way of the best scifi, sucking you in and pulling you along. If you enjoy science fiction at all, take a look at WRITER: it's worth the read." -San Francisco Book Review
"Anticipate trips through time and space, wrenching separations and confrontations that will test the lovers' bond to each other and to their world...be prepared for another epic story that turns on a dime and leaves its ending open for yet more added attractions later." -Midwest Book Review
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From the Author
WRITER is the second book of the DAUGHTER OF TIME Trilogy.
When I began this series (then only conceived as a single novel), I wanted to write a "superheroine" book for my (then) middle school-aged daughters--the story of a "girl that saves the universe". What began as something with a strong YA flavor in the initial drafts, quickly turned darker. In addition, the ideas percolating in the first novel, READER, cried out for a follow-up. Hence, WRITER was conceived (as well as the final novel, MAKER).
With this trilogy, I was interested in exploring certain themes and ideas from a variety of science fiction authors and modern cosmology, trying to find my own "mythology" to harmonize some of the disparate conceptions of reality. Ideas of the subjectivity and limitations of human perception and understanding played important roles, as did ideas of causality, time, superstructure, divinity, and infinity.
Whereas READER was written very organically (and metamorphosed from a YA novel to something quite different), WRITER was more carefully plotted, involving several arcs of plot and character and complexities between many personalities that required more organization.
It was a huge "risk" to change the first person voice from Ambra Dawn in READER to her lover, Nitin Ratava, in WRITER. Indeed, both this change in perspective and the very different structure to the novel and character interactions, put a number of readers off. However, it also has been some readers' favorite novel of the three. Beyond subjectivity, there was a practical consideration of Ambra's powers and painting myself into an artistic corner with that, as well as a key element of the plot that called for a different perspective.
Finally, the ending challenges readers who have invested in Ambra's story. While difficult, it opens the door to something far more transcendent, wrestling with many deep questions for which no one has any solid answers. But the questions are as illuminating, or more so, than simplistic dogma about the universe that poisons so much intellectual exploration. That ending then leads to the third book, MAKER, where things get truly odd, indeed.
About the Author
Erec Stebbins is a biomedical researcher who writes novels in a variety of genres, focusing on thrillers and science fiction. His work has consistently been praised for its action and thrills alongside a deeper, often philosophical angle.
His novels have been called "unique" and "pulse-pounding" (THE RAGNARÖK CONSPIRACY), "altogether profound, reminiscent of Bradbury and Dan Simmons' Hyperion" (DAUGHTER OF TIME TRILOGY), and "startlingly dark" (EXTRAORDINARY RETRIBUTION) with five star ratings in Foreword Reviews, San Francisco Book Reviews, Portland Book Review, and others.
