OUT NOW: Frontier by Grace Curtis
14th February 2023
A very happy book birthday to Frontier by Grace Curtis—it’s out now in North America!
A stranger must journey across the unwelcome landscape of a ravaged Earth to be reunited with the woman she loves in this sapphic sci-fi western for fans of Becky Chambers and The Mandalorian.
In the distant future most of the human race has fled a ravaged Earth to find new life on other planets. For those who stayed a lawless society remains. Technology has been renounced, and saints and sinners, lawmakers and sheriffs, travelers and gunslingers, abound.
What passes for justice is presided over by the High Sheriff, and carried out by his cruel and ruthless Deputy.
Then a ship falls from the sky, bringing the planet’s first visitor in three hundred years. This Stranger is a crewmember on the first ship in centuries to attempt a return to Earth and save what’s left. But her escape pod crashes hundreds of miles away from the rest of the wreckage.
The Stranger finds herself adrift in a ravaged, unwelcoming landscape, full of people who hate and fear her space-born existence. Scared, alone, and armed, she embarks on a journey across the wasteland to return to her ship, her mission, and the woman she loves.
Fusing the fire and brimstone of the American Old West with sprawling post-apocalyptic science fiction, Frontier is a heartfelt queer romance in a high noon standoff set against the backdrop of our planet’s uncertain future.
“Curtis oozes charm and humour in this pacey debut, which will be devoured by fans of Fallout and Firefly” — Tamsyn Muir, NY Times bestselling author of The Locked Tomb series
“A delightfully inventive sci-fi western” — Kate Dylan, author of Mindwalker
“Full of action and adventure, but never forgets its heart” –– Beth Revis, NY Times bestselling author of Across the Universe and Star Wars: The Princess and the Scoundrel
“I’m officially a member of the Grace Curtis fan club!” — Amie Kaufman, NY Times bestselling author of llluminae