Michael Creed
Michael Creed
Michael Creed

The Wakeful Wanderer's Guide to
New New England & Beyond


Author: Jim Infantino
Series: The Wakeful Wanderer's Guide | Book One
Genre: Speculative Fiction
Word Count: 90,654
Page Count: 283
Library of Congress Control Number: 2021933123
ISBNs
Hardcover: 978-1-64456-278-9
Paperback: 978-1-64456-279-6
Mobi: 978-1-64456-280-2
ePub: 978-1-64456-281-9
A runaway aristocrat, a Luddite tyrant, a spy, and a unicycling historian battle for the future of humanity in this post-capitalism, post-cataclysm, cyber-hippie, climate-fiction adventure.
A captivating picture of a climate-changed future viewed from two starkly different cultural perspectives, The Wakeful Wanderer’s Guide to New New England & Beyond follows the paths of a runaway aristocrat, a Luddite tyrant, a spy seeking retribution, and a wandering historian unicycling north along the crumbling Boston Post Road.
Marto Boxter is an optimistic journalist with a head full of implants. When we meet him, he is planning a ride into the interconnected tribes of the Northeast from his town of Reverside-on-Hudson. He plans to document his ride by posting his thoughts in real-time to his post-human followers. Before he can leave on his tour however, a runaway named Helen arrives with secret information that throws Marto’s placid world into turmoil.
Meanwhile, Barnabas Yoniver IV, the leader of a Luddite town to the south launches a plot to disrupt the life of all upgraded humans and bring them back to the traditional economy of markets and governments. Aware of Yoniver's plans, rival Luddite families scheme to prevent Barnabas from grabbing too much power for himself.
This darkly humorous reflection of our changing world is an exploration of what it means to be human as our relationships with technology become increasingly intimate.
"Debut author Infantino launches his sli-fi series in a post-apocalyptic U.S. The book is solid speculative fiction about transhumanist and climate issues... More volumes in the series have been completed, and one looks forward to more of this unsettlingly plausible world." - Kirkus Review