The Ragpicker

Joel Dane

Jul 2024 · Meerkat Press

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A haunting journey through a post-digital world where memory and connection are precious commodities.

The Ragpicker, bonded into a mysterious 'secondskin' that has prolonged his life after the digital apocalypse, wanders the lush, deserted Earth, haunted by failing avatars and fragmented texts. He's searching for traces of his long-dead husband but his journey is interrupted by a girl, Ysmany, fleeing her remote village in order to save a baby orphaned by a military grade secondskin, 'The Server,' the fanatical ruler of their town.

Together they cross the flourishing, treacherous landscape towards sanctuary. Yet the signals and static of the previous age echo in the Ragpicker's mind and whisper in the girl's dreams, drawing them toward the gap between map and territory—while offering precious hope.

For readers of literary science fiction, character-driven narratives, and philosophical explorations of humanity's future.

A haunting journey through a post-digital world where memory and connection are precious commodities. The Ragpicker, bonded into a mysterious 'secondskin' that has prolonged his life after the digital apocalypse, wanders the lush, deserted Earth, haunted by failing avatars and fragmented texts. ...

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About the author

Joel Dane is the author of twenty-four novels across several genres--and pseudonyms. He's written for TV and podcasts, including a dozen episodes of a Netflix Original Series and an audio drama starring Jameela Jamil and Manny Jacinto. As Joel Dane, he wrote the Cry Pilot trilogy for Ace Books, and Marigold Breach for Realm. Joel Dane is the author of twenty-four novels across several genres--and pseudonyms. He's written for TV and podcasts, including a dozen episodes of a Netflix Original Series and an audio drama starring Jameela Jamil and Manny Jacinto. As Joel Dane, he wrote the Cry Pilot trilogy for Ace Books, and Marigold Breach for Realm.

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