Time is Heartless

Sarah Lahey

Published: 15 February 2024

  • ISBN: 978-0645835823

  • Language: English

  • Paperback: 346 pages

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ SparkPoint/SheWrites Press

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"Richly emotional and inventive near-future SF drama . . . the novel pulses with ideas, humanity, and adventure." BookLife Editor's Pick Review

This standalone book from the multi-award-winning Heartless Series will delight lovers of romance and sci-fi adventures. A thrilling work of speculative fiction, set in the not-too-distant future, it will keep you on your toes until the final pages.

Earth, 2053. Climate scientist Quinn Buyers discovers motherhood is not the joy-filled experience she thought it would be. There is the lack of sleep, the boundless love, and the ceaseless worry, combined with the fact that her cyborg husband is never home. Her AI meerkat has also run away, and her best friend has mysteriously vanished from CyberSleep, life onboard her boat is anything but smooth sailing.

When she is offered the chance to visit the world's most advanced technology show, Quinn doesn’t hesitate. This might be the place to jump-start her flagging career. But she didn’t expect to bump into a mortal enemy, come face to face with the HOTROD killing machines, or run into her wayward husband.

Join Quinn as she embarks on another riveting adventure in a high-tech world where she discovers how consciousness in a cognitive machine can quickly go wrong. Where she wonders, did they put the off button? Unfortunately, time is not on her side.

This is science fiction at its best, grounded in actual science and soaring in imagination, it envisages the best and the worst of human actions and creations.

Awards for Gravity Is Heartless

2021 American Fiction Awards Winner in Science Fiction: General / 2021 IPPY Awards Gold Winner in Science Fiction / 2021 International Book Awards Finalist in Fiction: LGBTQ and Science Fiction/ 2021 Readers' Favorite Book Awards Finalist in Fiction: Adventure / 2020 Best Book Awards Finalist Fiction: LGBTQ

Praise for Gravity is Heartless

  • Readers Favorite 5-Star Review

    ★★★★★

    I highly recommend Gravity Is Heartless to readers who are looking for intellectual stimulation and, at the same time, an entertaining adventure in the not too distant future.

  • Peter FitzSimons

    Loved it. An adventure romp set in a not too distant future and played for high stakes. Gravity Is Heartless is packed with insightful and oft heart-warming observation about what makes us human in the first place. It’s fun, witty and endlessly inventive . . . Bravo.

  • Kirkus Reviews

    In this novel, Lahey's prose is lush but surprising, describing a deeply imaginative world. . . The author's Earth of the not-too-distant future is an intriguing, alien place, and readers will delight in watching Quinn move through it. An engaging adventure set in a deftly illustrated future.

  • Readers Favorite 5-Star Review

    ★★★★★

    This is an impressive first novel . . . highly entertaining, thought-provoking, intriguing, and meticulously researched.

  • Midwest Book Review

    An inherently fascinating and fully entertaining read that showcases author Sarah Lahey's impressive flair for originality and the kind of narrative storytelling style that keeps the reader's attention fully focused from cover to cover.

  • Online Book Club

    The author's creativity shines through in her ability to narrate and create precise imagery. . . . I recommend this book to all lovers of futuristic sci-fic narratives.

About the author

Sarah Lahey

Sarah Lahey is a designer, lecturer, and award-winning author. She holds degrees in Interior Design and Communication/Visual Culture. She works as a lecturer teaching classes on sustainable design, technology, and creative thinking for a university in Sydney, Australia.