II. The Webs of Varok category listing. ­ The Archives of Varok

Silver medalist, teen/YA fiction—Nautilus Book Awards 2013
Finalist, science fiction—ForeWord Book of the Year Awards 2012

Available in paperback, hardcover and e-book editions from Penscript Publishing House.

Tandra Grey has left Earth for the ancient sustainable culture of Varok, with its promise of stability for her young daughter. But a genius with a hidden talent sets her eye on Varok's wealth—and Tandra's soul mates. Tandra, the elll Conn, and the varok Orram must untangle a web of deceit to restore balance for Varok and their fragile new family.

Webs of Varok at ALA 2013

What a great time! Archives of Varok author Cary Neeper signed and gave away almost 50 copies of book II, The Webs of Varok, at the American Library Association meeting in Chicago on Sunday, June 30. Thanks to everyone who stopped by — and see you next year!

. . . its core themes about human efforts to achieve sustainability will resonate with readers of all ages and backgrounds. . . . Highly recommended, as is author Cary Neeper's first book in the series, A Place Beyond Man.

—Midwest Book Review: Children's Bookwatch, June 2013,
on the Fantasy/SciFi Shelf

We are honored to announce that The Webs of Varok has received a silver medal in the 2013 Nautilus Book Awards. Following the motto “Better Books for a Better World,” the Nautilus awards recognize print books that inspire positive change, whether personal, social or global.

When Cary Neeper first published excerpts of her novel The Webs of Varok on Resilience.org, one commenter dismissed the work as being “merely a polemic pretending to be a novel.” Only the first charge is correct. The book clearly is an impassioned polemic against the extravagance and destructiveness of industrial society. . . it is an involving, well-plotted story that does justice to both the hard science underpinning its interplanetary settings and the long evolutionary perspectives typical of the old scientific romances (those of H.G. Wells, Jules Verne and Arthur C. Clarke).

—Frank Kaminski,
book reviewer for Energy Bulletin and Resilience.org

Hurrah! It's a pleasure to announce that Cary Neeper's novel The Webs of Varok has been selected as a science fiction finalist in the ForeWord Reviews 2012 Book of the Year Awards. The awards recognize outstanding books from independent and academic presses.

Read more in the full announcement on penscript-publishing.com.