Humans have been on this planet for 78 years.
THE LIMINALIS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HERE.
Libet's trip to Colony Arroyo to visit a mother she's never known becomes a transformative adventure of personal growth, societal upheaval and awe-inspiring scientific discovery.
She is challenged with a brain injury that causes seizures and memory loss; must learn to travel through the giant javali trees in order to hide from the authorities; and immediately falls under the spell of the floating invertebrates her father called the "liminalis." In defiance of her powerful mother who considers the liminalis to be dangerous, Libet sides with and rallies a group of outcasts to change the status quo and protect these unique, fascinating creatures from threat of extinction by the dictatorial government.
In the process of laying bare secrets and lies about the native species, Libet gradually, and somewhat mysteriously, recovers her health while uncovering the reasons her father left the colony with her 25 years earlier and-extraordinarily-why he was never forgotten by the highly intelligent and empathic liminalis.
If you love animals, you will love this story. The Liminalis falls on the spectrum of "extremely satisfying stories featuring charming aliens" in-between Remarkably Bright Creatures and Project Hail Mary. Get to know the liminalis!
Waldman, Nancy Sm: - Nancy SM Waldman found her place in the woods of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada after growing up in Freeport and Houston, Texas, enjoying lengthy stays in Connecticut, and a short one in London, England. She lives with her husband, Barry, in a house built in 1900, which they, in a fit of newlywed enthusiasm, painted in five bright colors in the early 2000s. The paint is peeling, but their love is adhering nicely. She also claims an otherworldly outpost in the mountains of North Carolina where she communes with her predecessors and participates in fabulous family and friends reunions. There are fireflies.Nancy's short stories have been published online in AE: the Canadian Review of Science Fiction (Editor's Choice Winner), Perihelion, Fantasy Scroll, and others; in anthologies, including Tesseracts Twenty; Futuristica, Vol 1; Lazurus Rising; and all the outstanding Third Person Press books. Her two volumes of collected short stories, As Far As and Rooster's Dawn were published in 2021. Readers have described these stories as "fascinating and strange, with brilliant beauty," "layered," "funny," and "consistently excellent." Her first novel, Every Rule Undone, was published in 2024. It's been described as a "delicious revolution story," and a "page-turner," with "incredible world-building," and "great characters." A story that gives "cathartic satisfaction with the women-power," that explores "identity and power struggles through a fantasy lens," and is "a story of defiance, self-discovery, and the courage to rewrite the rules." She is a full member of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association and SF Canada.Nancy is blessed with two sons, three step-daughters, and four amazing grandkids. In addition to writing, she enjoys cooking, growing plants, all kinds of creative arts, and helping with Barry's educational charity, EPIC.
