April 7, 2021
Moonchild Post Three
Week 14, Day 3 – Moonchild
Genre: Speculative Fiction
Release Date: June 21, 2016
Cover Design: Kate L. Mary
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In a world fueled by greed and corruption, where airships rule the skies and coal mines have been turned into prisons, Scarlett Moon has one goal: survive. Being tough and looking out for herself is the only way to stay alive, but when her best friend, Rory, is arrested and returned to the mines, all of Scarlett’s carefully built walls threaten to crumble.
After being rescued by an airship full of pirates, led by the sexy and irresistible Asher Kimura, Scarlett finds herself surrounded by cons and fugitives, and thrust into the middle of a coal-smuggling business. When they take her to Columbus, the one place she never wanted to set foot in again, she wants nothing more than to get away. And her discomfort only grows as she becomes increasingly drawn to Asher.
But everything changes when she discovers there may be a way to rescue Rory. Enlisting the pirates’ help, Scarlett sets out on a mission to save her friend, praying that her overwhelming attraction to Asher doesn’t mean the end to her freedom – in more ways than one.
What can you tell us about the setting in Moonchild?
Like I said before, Moonchild is set in a post-apocalyptic world – specifically a post-apocalyptic Columbus, OH. It actually starts in Athens, Ohio, though. I chose this setting because it’s supposed to be after society collapsed and has been rebuilt and the country is in the midst of a second industrial revolution. Since I was focusing on coal as a source of power, I looked up where most coal mines had been located. I lucked out, actually, that Ohio was pretty much in the center of it all since I’m from Ohio. As I’ve said before, I like writing about places I’ve lived or visited so I’m familiar with them, and while it doesn’t really matter for this series since everything is so different, I was still happy that setting it in Ohio made sense.
The other thing I want to mention is that my original world was supposed to be after Y2K, which was how all the technology collapsed. My idea was that instead of all the hype over the year 2000 being for nothing, everything did actually collapse, which sent the world into chaos. Initial readers didn’t like it though because Y2K ended up being such a non-issue, and despite my argument that it’s speculative fiction (meaning I’m speculating about what would have happened had it actually been an issue) I ultimately decided to remove that part of the back story.
