Blog Tour Spotlight: Mercury’s Shadow by PJ Garcin

Today I have a tour spotlight for you! In this post I’ll take you through the blurb and about the author. If you’d like to follow along with the tour, you can find the full tour schedule here.

Mercury’s Shadow placed 14th in the Book Bloggers’ Novel of the Year (BBNYA) 2022 competition out of over 200 entries! If you’d like to know more about this competition for indie/self-published books, check out the BBNYA website. I’ve also included a bit of information down below. Entries are currently open for the 2023 round, so if you’re an indie author interested in entering your book or a book reviewer interested in being a panelist, sign up before it’s too late!

Premise

One man’s lust for power threatens the future of humanity—can a young girl from the outer system stop it all?

Imogen “Chim” Esper is thrust into the center of an interplanetary conflict when her family is torn apart by the cruel and indifferent Kardashev Corporation. Forced to run, along with her robotic best friend, Chim struggles to find her place in a society that is poised for revolutionary transformation.

The Kardashev Corporation dominates all commerce and politics in the solar system. Its megalomaniac CEO, Alton Neal, is hell-bent on transforming society by capturing the full energy output of the sun through the creation of a Dyson Swarm.

Citizens of Earth and the stations throughout the system must band together to protect access to the lifeblood of the system or risk becoming permanently enslaved to the Kardashev Corporation.

Mercury’s Shadow is a thrilling adventure that blends real science, big ideas, grand adventure and high stakes to introduce a new heroine and a deep universe that will leave readers asking for more.

About the Author

PJ Garcin has been writing stories, music and games for most of his life. He writes from the beautiful east coast of Canada where he has worked extensively in video games and technology for the past 20 years. Picking up a long running writing thread, he recently completed the first book in the Kardashev Cycle — Mercury’s Shadow.

The Kardashev Cycle follows the rise and expansion of the dominant Kardashev Corporation and its near universal control over the solar system. The first book in the series, Mercury’s Shadow, introduces the young Imogen Esper — a resourceful young girl from a mining station in the asteroid belt who finds herself caught up in an interplanetary conflict when her father is injured during a routine maintenance mission. The second book, Chimera’s Prism, continued the adventure in 2021.

PJ is a regular speaker at technology conferences on topics ranging from interactive narrative to machine learning. He has an undergrad degree in English, Rhetoric and Professional Writing as well as a Master’s degree in Communication.

He worked as Executive Producer in games on titles that sold more than 27 million units in total. He worked on large franchises such as FIFA, Madden, and Guitar Hero while helping to launch successful indie franchises like The Golf Club (now PGA Tour) and Infinite Air. He currently works as Director of Product Management for an open-source-focused SaaS company.

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About BBNYA

BBNYA is a yearly competition where book bloggers from all over the world read and score books written by indie/self-published authors, ending with 15 finalists and one overall winner.

If you are an author and wish to learn more about the BBNYA competition, or if you are a reviewer interested in being a panelist, you can visit the official website http://www.bbnya.com or Twitter @bbnya_official.

BBNYA is brought to you in association with the @Foliosociety (if you love beautiful books, you NEED to check out their website!) and the book blogger support group @The_WriteReads.