Dark Water's Embrace ($8.99 Kindle), by Stephen Leigh, is available for free, direct from the publisher, through the end of the month.Book Description
Often compared to Ursula K. Le Guin’s ground-breaking The Left Hand of Darkness, Dark Water’s Embrace is a fascinating look at issues of human (and alien) sexuality. Stephen Leigh creates a rich world with elaborate care and uses this alien backdrop to delve into issues of survival, sexuality and the meaning of life itself.
Descendents of a long marooned group of humans struggle with mutations and infertility and if a cure cannot be found they are doomed to extinction.
The colony’s doctor, Anaïs, herself suffers from a sexual deformity. However, her world is turned upside down when she discovers that the preserved corpse of a long-extinct native race carries exactly the same deformities as herself.
What is the connection? And can she find the answer to this mystery that has reached back from time to haunt both her and the colony struggling to survive against impossible odds?
Click HERE for the free book. You'll have to scroll down to find the book's listing, then click on the "Free EBook" link underneath the cover picture. On the next page, enter an email address and coupon code 9991300, then check your email for the download link (which will also have some coupons for other books at Smashwords). There isn't a Kindle format, but the epub and PDF are DRM-free, so can be easily converted.
