Rebecca M. Zornow discusses It's Over or It's Eden

About It's Over or It's Eden:

The war against aliens is over. Earth lost—and humans are nearly extinct…

Arwen Cruz watched her parents, brother, and sister die in an endless war. As the last surviving soldier in her battalion, she staggers out of a bombed-out military base and heads north. Arwen’s ready to leave the alien strongholds—and the lost cause of fighting them—far behind.

She makes it to the deadly wilderness of the Rocky Mountains only to battle starvation instead of invaders. Marah Bennett finds Arwen and suggests she join her small, secluded group—a cult that split from society long before aliens arrived. Arwen accepts, but quickly realizes she doesn’t belong—and escaping during the harsh winter is impossible. While living amongst the cult, Arwen discovers a dark secret—a key to reviving her planet—if she can survive long enough to uncover it.

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Rebecca is the 2020 Winner of the Hal Prize, a 2016 Peace Corps storytelling finalist, and has written for numerous print and digital publications. Her debut novel, It’s Over or It’s Eden, is a first contact novel set in the Rocky Mountains. Rebecca is at work on her next project, a science fiction duology.

Rebecca M. Zornow is an alumna of Lawrence University. After graduation, she served in the Peace Corps where she started school libraries and an art club in rural eSwatini. Rebecca is a former magazine editor-in-chief and runs the book coaching business Conquer Books with her sister, the writer Nicole Van Den Eng. Together with their brother, they founded Conquer Con, Appleton’s science fiction and fantasy convention. Rebecca is also a board member of the Caneille Regional Development Fund.

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