Press & ARC

At a glance

• Title: Elonia: The Hand That Opened the Sky
• Author: C. R. Halden
• Imprint: Halden Books · haldenbooks.com
• Genre: Literary / cult systems science fiction
• Comps: Station Eleven · Ancillary Justice · Never Let Me Go
• eBook: Live on Kindle — ASIN B0HKD7LJ5R · $6.99 / £5.99 / €6.99
  Amazon.com · Amazon.co.uk · Amazon.ca · Amazon.com.au
• Apple Books: id6814212162 · $6.99 · DRM No
  Paperback: Forthcoming · $18.99 / £15.99
• ISBN: ebook 978-1-0654178-1-1 · paperback 978-1-0654178-0-4

Literary systems-SF: an Integrity auditor on late-2040s Mars discovers the city that keeps her brother alive is editing the truth before she can sign it.

In recovered Elonia, Mara Voss clears integrity packets so the dome stays breathable and her brother’s care stays green. Helix recommends. Continuity prefers prettier numbers. When a door will not open, she faces a held lever—and the cost of refusing the story the city wants told. Denser and colder than comfort SF; anti-cathartic integrity rather than thriller scaffolding.

The city recommends. She has to sign.

Press contact: press@haldenbooks.com

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Assets

• Cover: cover.jpg · cover.webp (also site cover)
• Excerpt: First three chapters
• ISBN: EB 978-1-0654178-1-1 · PB 978-1-0654178-0-4 (when PB live)