Leigh M. Lane writes dark speculative fiction that often contains strong social and political commentary. Her novels Myths of Gods and World-Mart span billions of years of science fantasy past to just decades into a dystopian future, her imagination as vast as her books are fast-paced and unique.
World-Mart placed among the top ten finalists in the 2011 Predators and Editors Readers' Choice Poll for science fiction and fantasy novels and also received a 5-star rating from the Kindle Book Review: "I strongly suggest you read this novel that hits close to home."
You can read more 5-star reviews here.
World-Mart placed among the top ten finalists in the 2011 Predators and Editors Readers' Choice Poll for science fiction and fantasy novels and also received a 5-star rating from the Kindle Book Review: "I strongly suggest you read this novel that hits close to home."
You can read more 5-star reviews here.
October 2011 Release:
Government and corporate business have merged in an attempt to keep the country from going bankrupt, the effects of global warming and antibiotic-resistant disease having caused a full collapse in infrastructure. The class divide has become profound, leaving most people trapped in an impoverished, working class world with little room for improvement. Complacency and corporate hierarchy control and confound the masses, run by the elite few, collectively referred to as "Corporate."
George Irwin remembers a time before the Big Climate Change, back when the airlines were still in business and people still drove their own cars. Sadly, his children have only known an indoor world of endless reconstruction, public shuttles, recycled water, and limited energy. The world has changed much over his lifetime, but he still believes in the American Dream. When an alleged terrorist act lands his wife in the hospital, however, George stumbles upon a Corporate secret that could mean the end of all civilization. |
May 2011 Release:
In a time long before ours, in a place distant yet familiar, an infant God attempts to intervene against humanity's destructive path by making a personal visit. Despite efforts of the people's Elders, who are willing to do anything to hide the truth and safeguard their wealth and power, God comes to the people in the form of five prophets, each the embodiment of one of God's five attributes: life, time, matter, mind, and death.
Vara, raised by a religious Elder, is in denial over her uncanny connection with all living things. Ched, Vara's husband and the town's clockmaker, is unaware that his relationship with time is similarly unique. Len, alchemist and provider of the town's trading currency, knows he is capable of more than merely turning lead into gold. Adtom, the carpenter's son and apprentice, leaves a wake of death and destruction wherever he goes. Jeza is the only one who remembers who they are and why they came. Unfortunately, not even possessing the embodied mind of God is enough to help her fully understand human nature, and when she and others challenge the Elders' divine interpretations, they find themselves in line for more than just death at the sacrificial stakes. Myths of Gods takes a critical look at religion through God's eyes, in a story about good, faithful people and the leaders who would use their collective faith to their own ends. When religion controls the masses, might even God Incarnate be powerless to stop its people's religious leaders from going too far? |
Three Short Stories:
A countdown of three speculative short stories that offer aliens with a twist:
3. Buying Peace: When radio telescopes detect intergalactic communications, everything everyone believes to be true must change. 2. Of Mind and Matter: A young woman gets more than she bargained for when she signs up for a very unique research project. 1. The Search for Intelligent Life: Astronauts have found intelligent life ... but is that what they really want? Contact. |
