Blurb of my novel, Quilandria

(A blurb is a mini-outline without spoilers)

Liane Gabora

November 12, 2024

Stella, a physics graduate student specializing in optics, discovers that her best friend, Alyzia, can enter a realm she calls Quilandria, in which people’s inner worlds appear as hyperspherical vessels of light prone to contamination and fragmentation. If someone has a flash of insight, Alyzia sees the flash. If someone bends the truth, she sees light bend, or refract. And when someone reflects on an idea, she sees light reflect off the curved surfaces of their vessel. With the help of their housemates—a musician, a computer scientist, and an origin of life researcher—Stella and Alyzia develop a show called The Glory of Groove in which they apply principles of optics to explore Alyzia’s mystical visions. When the show goes viral, they are stalked by opportunists hoping to exploit their abilities. Stella learns that Quilandria truly exists, and contains light depictions of the inner worlds of, not just humans, but conscious lifeforms across the universe, some malevolent. She finds herself in a battle to protect both her mind and her world. The novel explores friendship, grief, legacy, meaning in life, and how knowledge and worldviews evolve as we interpret and reimagine each other’s ideas.

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