Rocky Mountain Writer #149

Dacia Arnold

Dacia Arnold is back on the podcast with an update on her first novel, a science fiction entry called Apparent Power, which launches next month.

It’s the first in a trilogy and it has already received a knock-out advance review from Kirkus, which called the book’s main character, Valerie Russell, “an exceptional protagonist.”

In Apparent Power, a dormant gene awakens in a quarter of the world’s population and the effects are apocalyptic. With an even rarer gene, the life of Valerie Russell turns into a shocking race against time.

When the human body begins to require more electricity than needed to keep a heart beating, cars lose power, phones no longer function, and planes fall from the sky.

To say Dacia is an author and a mother would only be scratching the surface. She is an avid karaoke singer, master crafter and she is also a ten-year Army veteran who served two tours of combat as a medic, including fifteen months working in Baghdad Emergency room.

On the podcast, Dacia talks about what inspired the story and her plans for the next two installments.

Note: after the conversation with Dacia, we’ve got a special excerpt from the audio version of Reactance, a novella that’s connected to the main story in Apparent Power. Dacia recently wrote it—and published it—as part of her marketing push.

Dacia’s website

Intro music by Moby Gratis

Interlude music by Dan-o-Songs

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