A Measure of Serenity

by Bryan Prosek

Overview

A million thoughts, but only one right thing to do.

Eighteen-year-old Serenity Ashdown has a brilliant mind: she counts, calculates, and analyzes everything, all the time. Awkward. When her father suddenly disappears, Serenity follows his trail to a parallel dimension. The feds on the other side claim to want to help her go home, if she helps them reconstruct the right codes for the portal between worlds. But it’s soon clear they want something more: a gateway for invasion, because this version of Earth is dying.

When Serenity learns that her alter-ego was killed in battle, she assumes “the other Serenity’s” identity and uses her unique abilities to lead the resistance in a mortal fight against the tyrannical super-government that is poised to invade her universe. Serenity has no idea how to be someone she’s not, but she has to try—or she may not have a home to return to.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780744303896
Publisher:	CamCat Publishing
Publication date:	11/01/2022
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.80(d)
Age Range:	13 - 18 Years

About the Author

Bryan Prosek is a science fiction writer and business attorney. Along with his first three novels, The Brighter the Stars and The Darker the Skies of his Earth United trilogy, and A Measure of Serenity, he has published books and articles in legal trade journals and magazines. When he isn’t writing or practicing law, you can probably find him watching science fiction movies or television shows. He loves the big screen and the small screen. There’s a good chance that he’ll be watching one of the numerous Star Trek movies or series, but he could be watching anything from Guardians of the Galaxy to The Conjuring. You can find more about Bryan at his website, www.bryankprosek.com, taking you to new worlds.

Editorial Reviews

"Readers will enjoy following Serenity as she learns to become a leader . . . in this dystopian thriller showcasing a strong young woman in STEM." -Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

2021-09-15
The world’s only hope is 18-year-old Serenity Ashdown.

Serenity is just your typical teen genius finishing up her senior year at Harvard and majoring in nuclear medical technology and chemical engineering. Her life has been a simple balance of studying and fencing (her father’s suggestion), but she’s invited to work on a project for her father’s boss. When her father goes missing, she will do anything to find him, even breaking into the lab. Serenity accidentally stumbles her way into the top-secret project, finding herself in an alternate New Hampshire: The small town of Hancock is a city, the vegetation is dying, and her doppelgänger is trying to crush the government. There are some familiar people in this alternate Hancock, but that’s where the comfort ends, as even her best friend, Shawn, is completely different in this world. The story is told in the first person, allowing readers to understand how Serenity is processing all this new information, making astute deductions, and dealing with her feelings. Serenity sees her intelligence as a curse, but it may be the only thing that can save a dying world. This novel is weakened by occasionally stilted writing, but readers will enjoy following Serenity as she learns to become a leader. Serenity is cued as White; the supporting cast is international.

A dystopian thriller showcasing a strong young woman in STEM. (Science fiction. 13-18)

Kirkus Reviews