
The Shift – Mihai Pruna
It’s prom night for Pinkersville High School senior Jimmy Zarici. A proud space nerd, until today all he wanted to do was study aerospace engineering, play video games, and get to home base with his girlfriend. Tonight, his life will change forever, but not exactly as he’d hoped. In the blink of an eye, the constellations in the night sky are replaced by unfamiliar stars.
Earth is thrust into chaos as humanity realizes the planet has been transported to another star system. But we are not alone: Seven other versions of Earth, plucked from alternate universes, orbit a star much like our Sun. On one of these planets, the Third Reich is in charge—and they have armed spaceships headed our way.
Jimmy finds himself part of a select few who will determine the future of humanity. Led by US President Fairuza Bishil—a committed leader, haunted by loss and suddenly called on to guide the world through an unprecedented interplanetary crisis—they include Tim Brown, an underemployed genius working the NASA night shift until the universe changed on his watch, and Anna Kozinski, a psychology professor finally finding her place in a world that has lost its own.
Against a backdrop of fear, anxiety, and global crisis, this brave and diverse team must navigate family drama, terrestrial conflict, and a whole bunch of complicated equations as they struggle to save Earth from the greatest enemy it has ever faced. Join them as they collaborate across nations and universes to battle the forces of evil—and find love along the way.
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Subgenres: Alternative History / Parallel Universe, First Contact, Hard SF, Military, Space Exploration
Date first published: May 25, 2020
On Kindle Unlimited: Yes
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Author Information
Twitter: @spacepilot
Website: https://www.mihaipruna-author.com/
Biography: Mihai Pruna is a Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) software developer and part-time author who was born and raised in Romania when it was still under communist rule. He immigrated to the United States and still lives there today. His alternative history novel, The Shift, and his novella, Blood in the Sandbox, have allowed Mihai to live out his childhood love of science-fiction in a way that he has always wanted to. In his free time, Mihai enjoys surfing, skateboarding and snowboarding. He also has a long interest in vintage computing technology and has gone to great lengths to ensure that this is preserved for future generations to marvel at.
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Cover artist name: Katarina
Cover artist website: https://www.fiverr.com/nskvsky
Editor/Formatter’s name: Liz Gwinn
Editor/Formatter’s website: http://lizgwinn.com