eradicate his mutation and deliver their family to safety. Only those who contribute a healthy offspring to the population will
be granted entrance into the dome.
“The way to salvation is through the
self-sustained bio-dome, free of the ills
that have nipped at the heels of
mankind throughout history. The
artificial environment under the dome
will offer all that we consider good –
fresh water, fertile land, minerals for
mining– without the disease and rot
that has plagued us until now. The new
society will exist not in sickness but in
health …”
In the distant future, planets in the
explored galaxies have been plundered
and left uninhabitable. The search for
alternatives is now exhausted, leaving
the only option for colonization on a
planet whose twin suns are moving
rapidly towards extinction. To ensure
the long-term survival of mankind, a
massive bio-dome is being constructed
to house the population after
permanent midnight – but not
everybody is welcome. All known
genetic diseases have been banned to
protect the delicate ecosystem inside the
artificial environment. All Stanford
needs to do to book his family’s ticket
to the dome is bear a healthy offspring
with Sarah. But fertility is never
guaranteed, not even for a perfect
couplet, and with civil strife trumped
only by the impending threat of
perpetual darkness, Stanford must defy
his own moral compass as he searches
for truth along Idyllic Avenue.
Now let’s shine the spotlight on Chad!
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MAER: Chad, thanks for joining us to
tell us about your new book.
CHAD: Hi, Maer, thanks for having
me.
MAER: So, what is the funniest or
oddest thing that has happened to you
as an author?
CHAD: To answer your question, the
entire experience of being an author has
been a bit odd. It’s odd to look at my
bookshelf and see Idyllic Avenue
squished in amongst all the authors I’ve
admired over the years. I purposely put
Idyllic next to the works of Hemingway
and F. Scott Fitzgerald, hoping they will
rub off on me. I’m feeling a little
inferior, but it’s a neat experience.
Seeing Idyllic in bookstores is surreal. I
guess it’s probably like that for most
authors. Maybe the luster will wear off