Adrian thought his time as a human experiment was over, that he was done suffering and had finally died. Never did he expect to wake up somewhere new, somewhere alien and far different than he could’ve ever imagined.
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Author Guest Post
What is your favorite line from the book?
I have many lines from the book that I love, each with their own significance and special moment. However, if I truly had to pick just one of them to be my favorite, it would be the following:
“He immediately regretted ever being alive.”
In one instant, my protagonist’s entire worldview is redefined. Nothing could have prepared Adrian for what happened, for he had no way of knowing something could ever truly be that bad. And by that point, he is well accustomed to the pain human experimentation inflicts.
Throughout the early chapters of the novel, readers get a glimpse into what exactly that life entailed for Adrian. Some moments were worse than others and none of them good. There is one experiment in particular after which he would never be the same.
His captors created a crime against the living, and he was its test subject.
And in that moment he truly, from the bottom of his soul, regretted having ever existed to experience anguish so terrible that even monsters paused at it. No being should have undergone the unspeakable pain inflicted upon him.
But for him it was fate.
Adrian’s mental and emotional fortitude forged throughout his time as a captive gave him just enough strength to survive the ordeal. Alone in the wake of what happened, the aftermath was something he had to overcome himself.
The significance of my favorite line on the protagonist’s psyche during such a grim period of his life is something I love reading over and over as I fall back into the scene where it happened. I feel it sets the tone well for how horrific some of the experimentation performed on him was. It only serves to reinforce the ever-present question of that part of the story: why?
About the Book
A Planet to Nowhere
by Nicholas Dufresne
Published 21 July 2023
Tellwell Talent
Genre: Science Fiction
Page Count: 449
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Adrian thought his time as a human experiment was over, that he was done suffering and had finally died. Never did he expect to wake up somewhere new, somewhere alien and far different than he could’ve ever imagined.
Has he found salvation, or is a test subject all he’s destined to be?
When a scouting mission brings Reya and her team to a star sector that doesn’t support life, they stumble into far more than they first bargained for. The planet they thought was deserted contains secrets with far-reaching consequences.
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Excerpt
Intrusive thoughts tumbled around in his mind incessantly. He replayed the experiments that had already been performed on him prior to waking up in the strange room. Memories of long hours spent curled up in pain on an uncomfortable cot alongside his cellmates came and went as time crawled by. Recollections of the constant stream of injections full of unidentifiable substances flashed by. He knew not what they did nor why he’d been given them, save that they were highly lethal. He’d survived, but he wondered at what cost.
His final moments before being shoved in the pod fought for dominance in his mind. Adrian tried in vain to push away the memory of liquid entering his lungs and drowning him as he gasped for air that wasn’t there. His breath came in short, shallow gasps as he forced himself to calm down.
Closing his eyes, he tapped his fingers nervously against the floor. His ears pricked and his eyes snapped open. There it was. That sound again. That suctioning, melting, bubbling sound. Adrian’s heart beat frantically in his chest as he expected to finally encounter his captors. He got ready to get up and run. He’d spent enough time as a lab rat.
About the Author
Nicholas Dufresne is a Canadian writer from Montreal. An avid reader and lover of stories, delving into the worlds created by others is a passion of his that inspired him to write one of his own to share with the world. Fantasy and science fiction are his preferred genres, both to read and write. When not reading or writing, he’s probably dreaming up new worlds to explore.
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What inspired you to write in the first place?
Hello Tracie,
I was reading a sci-fi book one day and thought that it was very well done. However, there were elements and aspects that were never explored in the story. The base concept of human experimentation drew me in and I wondered what a story would look like if it encapsulated all the elements I wanted to read.
So I went looking for a book to buy with what I wanted, only to be unable to find one. And so I thought to myself: what if I wrote the story instead? After that I began to think and plot and the end result was A Planet to Nowhere.
Of course, the story is nowhere near done, as there are more books in the series (already written, just not yet published). I look forward to the day when I can hold them all in my hands.
Thank you so much for hosting my book!
Good evening, which aspect of your story, if any, required the most research on your part? Do you enjoy doing research?
Hello Bea, there was very little research done for writing the book. Almost all of the research I did pertained to how to actually publish it. I do enjoy doing research, as I get to learn new things from it. I’ve learned quite a bit about the publishing industry compared to when I first started writing.