SAMANTHA

TANO

SCIENCE-FICTION AUTHOR

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An action-packed sci-fi western tale of revenge, love, and identity.

The frontier planet Celestine, millennia from now. It was supposed to be the furthest Alix could get from the Xypha Corporation, that all-consuming entity at the heart of humanity’s interstellar expansion.

After the Xypha forward station arrives in orbit, Alix, a transgender pilot, finds herself out of work and her ship grounded. She’ll do anything to pay off her mounting debts so she can fly again—even if it means killing for the meanest crime boss in the Isidis Valley.

As Xypha’s influence grows, Alix is trapped in a web of betrayal and politics that threatens more than just her life.

Armed with a pair of Plasveld-7s, a sharp wit, and with the love of her life by her side, Alix embarks on a deadly path across the valley. Can she flee Xypha’s creeping shadow, or is it time to stop running and stand her ground?

Praise for In the Valley, A Shadow

  • Age old sci-fi themes blended with new questions we always should have asked. On the edge of my seat for the sequel!

    Amazon Review

  • A fun and imaginative debut novel! Great world building and characters, especially the plethora of characters from under-represented identities.

    Goodreads Review

  • In the Valley, A Shadow is a wickedly fun space western debut that centres a trans woman and her journey for some much-deserved vengeance against the men and mega-corporation that wronged her.

    Goodreads Review

ABOUT SAM

Samantha Tano is a science fiction author based in Rhode Island. After starting out in journalism as an award-winning reporter, she moved to Denver, Colorado, and worked as an award-winning development editor for a non-fiction press. Writing has always been central to her life through short stories, microfiction, fan-fiction, and novels. Her microfiction has appeared online in Deep South Magazine.

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