The Rising Tide

Earth is dead. Five years later, the remnants of humanity travel through the stars inside Forever: a living, ever-evolving, self-contained generation ship. When Eddy Tremaine and Andy Hammond find a hidden world-within-a-world under the mountains, the discovery triggers a chain of events that could fundamentally alter or extinguish life as they know it, culminate in the takeover of the world mind, and end free will for humankind. Eddy, Andy, and a handful of other unlikely heroes—people of every race and identity, and some who aren’t even human—must find the courage and ingenuity to stand against the rising tide. Otherwise they might be living through the end days of human history.

"Quality, innovative worldbuilding." —Dan Forrest, Library Journal

"[A]n entertaining mix of science fantasy and family drama." —Publishers Weekly

Ushered into fantasy and sci-fi at the age of nine, J. Scott Coatsworth devoured his library of Asimovs, Clarkes, and McCaffreys, but wondered where the gay people were in speculative fiction. Scott addressed the issue himself, creating traditional sci-fi and fantasy worlds into something new. He also runs Queer Sci Fi and Queer Romance Ink with his husband Mark, sites that bring LGBTIQA communities together to celebrate fiction that reflects queer life and love.