2020 Yuletide Fandom Promo Post

[crantz]

Welcome to the Fandom Promo post, everyone!

Here's where you get those eyes on your fandoms for sign ups!

Share what makes your Yuletide fandoms the shiniest and why you love them. A big part of Yuletide is how small our fandoms can be, and this is a good way to make sure other people know what gems there are out there!

Suggested form to use:

<b>FANDOM NAME</b>:
<b>WHAT MAKES IT GREAT</b>:
<b>WHERE CAN I FIND IT?(optional)</b>:


For reference, last year's promo post!


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[reflectedeve]

FANDOM NAME: Gamechanger Series - L.X. Beckett
WHAT MAKES IT GREAT: Gamechanger (2019) is a wild ride (with a sequel due out in January). It’s a post-post-apocalyptic novel, set in a future when humanity is trying REALLY HARD to learn from their mistakes, with plenty of pitfalls and bad actors in the mix. There’s a global social network that governs what opportunities you have in life, based on values around service/volunteerism, environmentalism/social welfare and good old popularity. Semi-sentient apps help you manage all of that, and most other aspects of life.

Rubi Whiting was a huge star in massively multiplayer virtual reality games like that for awhile, but she’s trying to settle down into a quieter role as a public defender, helping the low-rated and anti-social climb out of their circumstances and improve. Unfortunately, her new client drags her into a mess of international law enforcement, mysterious deaths, the secret rise of artificial intelligence, and a long-running quiet epidemic of child disappearances linked to an urban legend.

In the process, she winds up entangled with her former rival, Gimlet Barnes, flashy non-binary VR villain-player extraordinaire… who is struggling with the imminent collapse of their group marriage, and their understandably sad and frustrated preteen daughter. Sparks fly between them, but there’s a lot of baggage to contend with, too.

Worth checking out if you enjoy rivals-to-lovers queer romance, conspiracies, virtual/cyber reality, Artificial Intelligence, post-apocalyptic fiction, elaborate worldbuilding, and so on!



WHERE CAN I FIND IT?: Bookstores, libraries, audio and e-book sellers!

[(Anonymous)]

This sounds great and I'm going to check it out. Thanks for writing it up!