Meg Pechenick's Blog

This has been an unbelievably exciting few days for me and for the Vardeshi Saga! Late last week I was notified that Sherwood Smith, author of my favorite book of all time, had reviewed ASCENDING on NetGalley and Goodreads. She went on to immediately review BRIGHT SHARDS as well. That an established, traditionally published author would take the time to read and review work by a mostly unknown indie author is amazing to me, and I am so grateful that she found my work worthy of attention.

I have posted her full reviews in the “Reviews” section of my website. To see them on Goodreads, click here for the ASCENDING review and here for the BRIGHT SHARDS review. I am stunned and so deeply humbled that a writer of her caliber found something about my work to appreciate!

I’m looking for readers willing to post honest, unbiased reviews of BRIGHT SHARDS on Amazon and Goodreads close to its official launch date of August 1st. If you’d like to receive an Advance Reader Copy of BRIGHT SHARDS (ebook only), please use the “Contact” page to let me know! I will be sending out ebooks on July 1st.

BRIGHT SHARDS, the sequel to ASCENDING, is available now for pre-order on Amazon! It will be released on August 1st. The paperback edition will also be available August 1st, but isn’t eligible for pre-order.

A linguist finds herself playing diplomat on a ship crewed by enigmatic aliens in this character-driven science fiction debut. “Thoroughly enthralling, thanks to humanity’s representative—a perceptive, tireless protagonist” (Kirkus Reviews). Recommended for “readers who appreciate deep cultural worldbuilding akin to C.J. Cherryh’s Foreigner books” (Publishers Weekly).
Click here to buy ASCENDING on Amazon in ebook and paperback!

They recommend it for “readers who appreciate deep cultural worldbuilding akin to C.J. Cherryh’s Foreigner books.”

Check out the review here or read the full text on the “Reviews” page.

Check out their full review here or read the full text on the “Reviews” page.

From 9.23 thru 9.30, get the ebook edition of ASCENDING for a special promotional price of $0.99 on Amazon!

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