Shivering World

*2019 Christy Award Winner, Visionary* A planet on the edge of life. A woman on the edge of hope. Microbiologist Graysha Brady-Phillips accepts a hazardous position assisting in terraforming the planet Goddard, partly to get out of debt and partly in desperate hope. There's a chance that the colonists are conducting illegal genetic research, which could provide a cure for the genetic disorder slowly killing her. But genetic engineering is banned by the powerful Eugenics Board, and Graysha is the daughter of the board's high commissioner. When the colonists discover her connection, she is ostracized-the possible penalties for conducting their radical research include death. Graysha tries to pursue her profession and befriend the colonists, but soon she is dodging attempts on her life. When her new world is pushed to the brink, Graysha must decide what she will cling to.

Kathy Tyers sold her first novel, Firebird, to Bantam Spectra in 1986. Since its initial 1987 publication, it has been rereleased by Bethany House Publishers and more recently by Marcher Lord Press, which published a three-in-one annotated version of Firebird, Fusion Fire, and Crown of Fire, finishing the Firebird series in 2011 and 2012 with Wind and Shadow and the messiah tale Daystar. Best known for her Star Wars Expanded Universe novels — The Truce at Bakura, and New Jedi Order: Balance Point — Kathy Tyers recently finished a graduate degree at Regent College in Vancouver, B.C. She supports her writing habit by giving flute lessons, mentoring hopeful writers through the Christian Writers Guild, and freelance editing. Kathy lives in Montana and has one grown son. Kathys website is kathytyers.com