“The main characters are distinctive, Greene’s dialogue lively and the prose vivid.”

“The toll difficult moral choices take on families is the core conflict of this clever far-future debut from Greene… Sophisticated worldbuilding and diverse, emotionally-resonant characters make Greene an author to watch.” Ambrose, author of The Dark Apostle series. “ The Light Years is a thought-provoking debut from a skilled writer.” – Kelly Stone Gamble USA Today best-selling author of They Call Me Crazy “Laced with politics, science, history, poetry, music, greed, hope, and a little Johnny Cash, this character-rich space opera has a well-developed and believable plot that kept me reading from the opening line to the surprising and satisfying end.” – Dan Moren, author of The Bayern Agenda Greene paints a picture of the social complexities of the lightspeed era, with realistic characters navigating interstellar intrigue.” – James Patrick Kelly, winner of the Hugo, Nebula and Locus awards. This is what science fiction was invented for!” “ The Light Years is one of best novels about the psychological challenges of relativity I’ve ever read.

Greene’s not-too-distant dystopian future really hits home.” – Chris Panatier, author of The Phlebotomist Twenty-Five to Life is a story of found friendship between the unlikeliest of characters and the rediscovery of humanity in the face of doom.” In a world with spaceships, we follow the tramps in the custom van. In a future where a lucky few are able to flee a dying earth, Greene focuses on the people left behind, and among them, those who buck the norm of VR living within pristine cubes. “You always get a different angle when it comes to the work of R.W.W. – Ginger Smith, author of The Rush’s Edge Sure to connect with anyone who has searched for their purpose in life and a place to belong.” I thoroughly enjoyed not only Greene’s well-drawn characters, but the journey of the protagonists across a future America that is at once reimagined, yet recognizable. “Twenty Five to Life skillfully blends dystopian and post-apocalyptic literature with a moving coming-of-age story. – Reese Hogan, author of Shrouded Loyalties “Following a timeless search for individuality and meaning amid a stark and relatable future, Twenty-Five to Life explores the fine line that separates segments of society living a dystopian reality from those living a post-apocalyptic one. Hough, New York Times bestselling author of Instinct “Our collective fear of being left behind, brilliantly captured.

Twenty Five to Life by R W W Greene is a coming-of-age story about found families, road trips, and finding meaning in life at the end of the world, from the author of The Light Years. She runs, illegally, hoping to find and hide with the Volksgeist, a loose-knit culture of tramps, hoboes, senior citizens, artists, and never-do-wells who have elected to ride out the end of the world in their campers and converted vans, constantly on the move over the back roads of America. When Julie’s mother decides it’s time to let go of the family home in a failing suburb and move to the city to be closer to work and her new beau, Julie decides to take matters into her own hands. Her best friend, who she’s mostly been interacting with via virtual reality for the past decade, is part of the colony mission to Proxima Centauri. Julie Riley is two years too young to get out from under her mother’s thumb, and what does it matter? She’s over-educated, under-employed, and kept mostly numb by her pharma emplant. – Gerald Brandt, international bestselling author of Threader Originsįile Under: Science Fiction Twenty Five to Life is the thought-provoking new novel from R W W Greene. A tale of growing up and what it means to be an adult, this is one not to be missed.” “Greene creates an all too realistic world filled with very real people. Life goes on for the billions left behind after the humanity-saving colony mission to Proxima Centauri leaves Earth orbit… but what’s the point?

Angry bots vr