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Book Title: Taming the Perilous Skies by Phil Marshall
Category: Adult Fiction (18 +), 450 pages
Genre: Hard Sci Fi, Thriller, Political Thriller, Sci Fi Adventure
Publisher: Phil Marshall
Release date: Sep 12, 2025
Content Rating: PG-13: There is one suicide (distantly witnessed), and there are F words, and 47 million people die, but very little gore and no graphic violence.
Everyone said the sky could never fall. They were wrong.
In the year 2076, anti-gravity has ushered in a new era of peace, prosperity, and worldwide collaboration. Powered by the scientific marvel known as Persistence, aerial vehicles now replace roads, energy comes from ambient particles, and the world’s nations are connected by open skies and their reverence for The Fabric — the timeless, interconnected thread of all particles, past and future, that not only powers anti-gravity but redefines humanity’s understanding of the presence of God.
But on an ordinary October morning, the impossible happens: passenger aerials start dropping/falling from the sky.
For Jack Woods, a national security official and devoted father, this tragedy is more than a historic anomaly. His son Erik was airborne when the world stopped. As aerials freeze mid-air across the globe like ticking timebombs and chaos erupts below/the death toll rises by the millions, Jack races to uncover what went wrong… and who may be responsible.
Meanwhile, Brian Medlock, the scientist who discovered anti gravity, prepares to leave this world only to be pulled into a political and spiritual firestorm threatening to unravel everything he built.
Blending science, political intrigue, and the primal human emotions that keep us grounded/connect us, Taming the Perilous Skies is a haunting look at a future world/ riveting journey through a world reliant/dependent on technology, and the people who must fight to save it/will stop at nothing to save it when it begins to unravel/falls apart. And how easily it can all fall apart.
Phil Marshall is a physician, scientist, and AI technology entrepreneur. Taming the Perilous Skies is his debut novel centered on his theory of persistence and a passion for how technology can transform our lives, and how it can go terribly wrong.
connect with the author: website
Interview
1. What literary
pilgrimages have you gone on?
If you mean for
research on locations:
Milan: The Milan
Duomo, Parco Sempione, Sforza Castle, Via Dante
The White House
The National Building,
DC
The Law Enforcement
Officer Memorial, DC
2.
What is the first book that made you cry?
Charlottes
Web
3.
Does writing energize or exhaust you?
Energize,
for sure.
4.
What is your writing Kryptonite?
Unnecessary
details that matter SO MUCH to me (but not to readers)
5.
Did you ever consider writing under a pseudonym?
Nope.
I’m transparent and honest to a fault with my own name and likeness, although I
did consider the drag name Shalita Footlong.
6.
What other authors are you friends with, and how do they help
you become a better writer?
TK
Rex, Russ Nickel, Nancy Kress, Walter Jon Williams, Shen Tao, Jas Kirkbride.
7.
Do you want each book to stand on its own, or are you trying to
build a body of work with connections between each book?
Each
book will stand on its own, but based upon the Theory of Persistence, they tie
together in unique ways.
8.
What authors did you dislike at first but grew into?
Philip
K Dick
9.
What’s your favorite under-appreciated novel?
Origin
(Dan Brown) which should be celebrated as a sci fi triumph
10. As a writer, what
would you choose as your mascot/avatar/spirit animal?
My
character Brian Medlock.
11. How many unpublished
and half-finished books do you have?
Only
one.
12. What did you
edit out of this book?
OMG.
So much. 137,000 words is the MINI version! I got rid of several unnecessary
characters. I have several chapters I spun out as their own short stories. I also got rid of my main character having a
rare brain ailment. Yeah.
13. If you didn’t write,
what would you do for work?
I
run technology companies, currently Spoken, the AI Audiobook company.
14. Do you hide any
secrets in your books that only a few people will find?
Oh
goodness yes, hundreds.
“Look
at that thing. It’s rotating.”
15.
What is your favorite childhood book?
I’m 57, and I don’t
have kids, so while I remember something like a witch on a cover of a book I
liked as a child, that’s about as far as I can say on that one.
This looks like an awesome read. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteFantastic interview
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