In New Sci-Fi Novel, Bug-Embattled Earth Badly Needs an Exterminator

Action, adventure and satire collide in "Hands Across the Galaxy," the must-read first entry in a new sci-fi series from Outskirts Press author Pam Lyn Patterson.

Denver and Riverside, CA (PRWEB) April 25, 2008 -- In the great tradition of legendary sci-fi writer Douglas Adams comes Hands Across the Galaxy, the new must-read novel from author Pam Lyn Patterson that takes readers on an action-packed--and hilarious--journey through an average pinwheel galaxy. In other words, the Milky Way.

Just released by Outskirts Press and now available through the author's Web site (www.outskirtspress.com/handsacrossthegalaxy), the book is the first in a planned series that tells the story of Val Radner, the superhuman product of an alien experiment. She's leading the life of an ordinary actress--ordinary, that is, until giant, power-mad alien insects show up, start taking hostages and issuing ultimatums to the human race.

It's not long before hope arrives in the form of a handsome extraterrestrial named Jivann Vikrivo. A charming rogue with a warp-drive spacecraft, Jivann recruits Val to help quash the bugs before they do some serious damage involving a doomsday device. Soon, Val, her hubby Brant and a couple of friends are jet setting through the galaxy. Mission: Make it to the bugs' home planet to disrupt their destructive plans. Along the way, they'll dodge bizarre perils, meet fantastic space-creatures and wrestle with their primal urges in an interspecies love affair. Does this ragtag team have what it takes to play the role of intergalactic exterminator?

A sprawling, richly detailed and self-aware novel, Hands Across the Galaxy is filled with all the trappings of satirical sci-fi greatness, from irresistible planetary back-story to deep-space melodrama. But Patterson expertly stirs in plenty of action and gripping plot-twists to create a satire that's more than just a gag-a-minute.

Hands Across the Galaxy is now available through Ingram, Baker & Taylor, Amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com, and the online bookstore of Outskirts Press, at outskirtspress.com/store.php.

About the Author: Pam Lyn Patterson has always been fascinated by the alien point of view, imagining this universe as it may be perceived by other minds and senses. The problem of limited perspective particularly concerns her in an age where the priorities of one tend to crush the tender boughs of the other cruelly underfoot. Science in its quest often objectifies and victimizes its subjects, even harming irreparably those it intends to benefit. Unable to reconcile reason and sentiment, Patterson chooses to present both in an arena where they can duke it out, creatively, to their hearts' content.

ISBN: 978-1-4327-1743-8 Format: 5 x 8 paperback Pages: 472

SRP: US$14.95/CAN$15.95 Genre: Fiction/Science Fiction

Author Contact: Visit her on the Web at www.outskirtspress.com/handsacrossthegalaxy

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