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Monday, April 1, 2024

Blog Tour- THE ARCHITECT OF GRAYLAND by Evelyn Arvey With An Excerpt & #Giveaway!

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the THE ARCHITECT OF GRAYLAND by Evelyn Arvey Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!

 

About The Book:

Title: THE ARCHITECT OF GRAYLAND

Author: Evelyn Arvey

Pub. Date: February 16, 2024

Publisher: Evelyn Arvey

Formats: Paperback, eBook

Pages: 498

Find it: Goodreadshttps://books2read.com/THE-ARCHITECT-OF-GRAYLAND

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SCIENTISTS FROM THE FAR FUTURE KIDNAPPED HER.
THREW HER INTO A HORRIFIC EXPERIMENT.
SHE REFUSED TO DIE.

Elaine, a modern-day woman, is abducted by elite Historical Anthropologists of the far-distant future. Spirited forward through time to their university laboratory, she is locked into a vast, empty, gray habitat built for the study of “primitive” humans.

Elaine awakens in this appalling place, alone, naked, and terrified. She has no idea that a hidden audience of university students is studying her every move. Forced to create food, clothing, and shelter using nothing but her ingenuity and her bare hands, she fights a constant battle to maintain her sanity.

Desperately lonely, Elaine searches for other people. After a journey across the featureless gray landscape, she locates two fellow captives: Marc, who might be her soulmate; and Adam, a brilliant but troubled fifteen-year-old. Together, they form a precarious yet vibrant and supportive community of three.

But now Elaine is about to lose it all. The Historical Anthropologist in charge of the experiment, Professor Mirri Daaha, is methodically destroying Elaine's carefully constructed world to study how her “primitive” test subjects will react to escalating threats to their existence. Elaine must confront the Professor and ultimately bring herself, Marc, and Adam safely home.

“GRAYLAND has left a big impression in my mind and heart. It’s truly an original, fascinating, and inspiring piece of work.” —Alan Rinzler, former Associate Editor of Rolling Stone Magazine

“So vibrant and full of life. This made me believe in the power of creativity to overcome the impossible.”—Susan Whiting Kemp, author of “The Climate Machine

 

Book Trailer:


An Excerpt from “The Architect of Grayland”

Opening Chapter

 

It was common knowledge: primitive humans were horrible, revolting creatures.

The males had a stomach-turning stench. The females popped out little ones with no thought as to whether they were needed, leading to rampant overpopulation. Immature primitives carried on like wild things, running and screeching, kicking at balls, even injuring each other. Most perplexing of all was that, even though human beings were repulsive, they had nevertheless managed to produce works of great beauty. Works that stood the test of time.

Architecture. Music. Art. Literature. Film.

How was it possible that ancient humans did what modern people could not?

It was up to Historical Anthropologists to figure it out. Was the brutal fight for existence responsible for such feats of creativity? Was it their inborn aggression? Or was it some other, as-yet-unknown quality? Historical Anthropologists began reaching back through time to study primitive humans, bringing their human captives to their own universities and imprisoning them in tightly controlled enclosures. They aimed cameras. They watched. They took notes. They experimented. They learned.

It was distasteful, but necessary. Who could disagree with knowledge?

Professor Mirri Daaha, Assistant Professor of the Toor-Macta Institute of Historical Anthropology, longed to make significant discoveries of benefit to modern humankind. Her research topic, The Effects of Severe Stress on the Primitive Human, might lead to lucrative lines of study if all went well. A single remarkable human Subject could do it; Professor Mirri had seen it happen for other researchers. Hopefully, it would happen for her.

Professor Mirri checked the time; it would all begin in only fifteen minutes. She eyed the Domain—the habitat where her eight captured primitive humans would be held for study—and saw that it waited, sleek and ready. Then she glanced at the bios of the eight human Subjects who would soon be placed in the Domain, and reassured herself that all would be well.

Those Subjects. Why did they have to be so ugly?

Ugly or not, Professor Mirri had to admit that this batch of primitives was unusually fit. They'd survived being brought forward through time, and the standard miniaturization process also. None of them had tested positive for parasites. None was missing a limb. Even so, her Subjects weren't perfect; they never were. Each Subject had chunks of metal rammed deep into his or her teeth. Two of them had crude plastic lenses inserted directly into their eyes. One had a poorly repaired spinal injury. The youngest Subject, a male of approximately fifteen years, had shown evidence of recurring migraine headaches.

 

 

 

About Evelyn Arvey:

Evelyn Arvey is the author of five novels and many short stories. She works in several different genres: fiction, science fiction, and memoir, and is also the editor of two anthologies.

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Giveaway Details:

1 winner will receive a finished copy of THE ARCHITECT OF GRAYLAND, US Only.

Ends April 16th, midnight EST.

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Tour Schedule:

Week One:

4/1/2024

@darkfantasyreviews

Guest Post/IG Post

4/1/2024

Two Chicks on Books

Excerpt/IG Post

4/2/2024

#BRVL Book Review Virginia Lee Blog

Blog Spotlight/IG Post

4/2/2024

A Dream Within A Dream

Interview

4/3/2024

Fire and Ice Reads

Guest Post/IG Post

4/3/2024

Comic Book Yeti

Guest Post/IG Post

4/4/2024

nerdophiles

Guest Post

4/4/2024

Writer of Wrongs

Guest Post

4/5/2024

Ilovebooksandstuffblog

Excerpt/IG Post

4/5/2024

Country Mamas With Kids

Excerpt/IG Post

Week Two:

4/8/2024

Rajiv's Reviews

Review/IG Post

4/8/2024

GryffindorBookishnerd

IG Review

4/9/2024

MoonShineArtSpot

Review/IG Post

4/9/2024

@stargirls.magical.tale

IG Review

4/10/2024

Fiction Fuss

Review/IG Post

4/10/2024

@evergirl200

IG Review

4/11/2024

Books and Zebras

IG Review

4/11/2024

@callistoscalling

IG Review

4/12/2024

The Momma Spot

Excerpt

4/12/2024

Kim's Book Reviews and Writing Aha's

Review/IG Post


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