Perrin Pring
Raven & Pines Bookstore in Oakhurst will host author and park ranger Perrin Pring on Saturday, June 27 as she signs her new sci-fi western novel, “Cash and Gravity.”
The signing will take place from 1-3 p.m. The book was released on May 26. Copies will be available for purchase at the bookstore.
The author is a Yosemite National Park Ranger and former white water kayaker who competed on the World Cup circuit.
Before landing in Yosemite, Pring worked and lived across the United States, riding horses in the Rocky Mountains, driving Jeeps in the wilds of the desert, greeting the sunshine in Hawaii and running chainsaws in the Sierra.
She holds an MFA in creative writing and screenwriting from UC Riverside Palm Desert and a BA from Tufts University. Her writing has appeared in Backcountry Journal, the Coachella Review and Kelp Literary.
“Cash and Gravity” is Pring’s debut novel. Visit her Substack @perrinpringauthor for flash essays on the inanity of everyday life.
Shown is the cover of the book.
Cash and Gravity
Pring’s novel is described as a thrilling sci-fi western and the first in a genre-and-mind bending series bearing shades of Old Man’s War, The Murderbot Diaries and The Monkey Wrench Gang. The tome’s jacket hails the tale as, “a thrill ride from start to finish.”
The book tells the story of a high-stakes chase across the American West, a device that could change the world and three unlikely allies thrown together by fate.
In the not so distant future, six mega corporations and their privatized armies have supplanted the American government. They compete for resources, market position, and the ultimate long game prize of colonizing the stars.”
Chevy Cole left her conservative family behind for life as a Launch Tech marine and never looked back, proud of her role as a first-into-the-fire grunt, even if she were well below the revered female super soldiers known as Aces. When rumors spread that one of the Big Six has created a fusion device that would put the stars within reach, all-out war looms.
After the catastrophic failed siege of a Nevada mine leaves most of her comrades dead, Chevy encounters a dying Ace in possession of a mysterious package and a surprise: this Ace is a man. Joined by Dolon, an aging mercenary “phantom” sent by Launch Tech to transport the package to an Idaho safehouse, the three form an uneasy alliance.
As they try to outrun a rival corporation’s ruthless agents across the desert in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse, Chevy realizes that their survival may also determine who controls the future. But when greed is the only rule of law, who can she trust?
Raven & Pines Bookstore is located at 40044 Highway 49 in the Old Mill Village (near Vons). For more information phone (559) 658-2665.
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