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What We Have Tamed is out today! My journey from querying to agented #writer to published #indieauthor has spanned several years. This is just a small part of it for one of the 7 books I've written.
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 https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1971275018/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0

"A richly imagined sci-fi adventure, perfect for animal lovers!" — New York Times bestselling author Melissa Landers

The only place sixteen-year-old Alaina can breathe is at work, caring for the animals in the ARK Program as they wait for their upcoming journey to Mars. She knows what it’s like to feel caged, tamed by her mother’s emotionally abusive boyfriend.

Her refuge unravels with a security breach, a rescue, and a knee-jerk reaction, in which she’s caught on camera calling the animals she loves dangerous. Now, protesters are threatening the future of the program while Alaina is suspended from work and trapped at home. So when her boss offers her a chance to redeem the program’s reputation by joining the mission herself, she jumps at the one-way ticket. Four months in space with only the animals and small crew is a welcome relief from the noise of Earth.

But everyone on board has a secret, and an animal rights extremist threatening the mission appears to have inside help. When false orders send the ship on a collision course, animals escape, lives are lost, and Alaina must decide where she stands with the program—and humans’ responsibility to preserve animals that would kill us.

Equal parts heart, tension, and nerd, G.S. Harrington's genre-bending YA sci-fi debut explores our complicated relationship with animals—past, present, and one possible future. by @gs_harrington
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Book Reading with ASL Interpretation: What We Have Tamed, first 2 pages of Chapter 8, performed at Books on the Bosque in Albuquerque, NM on May 23rd, 2026.

Read by the author, G.S. Harrington; ASL Interpretation by Jess Eubank.

To view a larger version (horizontal) with optional captions, watch it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/R6sft7mX-nI?si=uT4eK6A1GbSff5hm

What We Have Tamed is a YA Hard Sci-fi Animal Ark in Space. I chose a quiet, lighthearted passage that's all about the animals but is spoiler-free and would translate well to ASL. The book features a hearing main character who knows some ASL, and a signing Deaf secondary character, who is the veterinarian in the story.
To learn more about What We Have Tamed, read the description on Bookshop: What We Have Tamed a book by G S Harrington - Bookshop.org US https://share.google/FmCFGaymG46iiG4CO

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I love editing and analyzing writing craft. All of my resources for fiction writers are FREE. These are in-depth tools that I use for my own books. I spent a lot of time developing them, focusing on quality over quantity. This doesn't work well for algorithms, but I hope other writers will find them useful.

Find them all at my website: https://gsharrington.com/resources/
Or subscribe to my free Substack newsletter here: https://substack.com/@gsharrington

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Ebook now included with Kindle Unlimited!
Print copies available through all major retailers.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GN4NVNC3

"A richly imagined sci-fi adventure, perfect for animal lovers!" — New York Times bestselling author Melissa Landers

The only place sixteen-year-old Alaina can breathe is at work, caring for the animals in the ARK Program as they wait for their upcoming journey to Mars. She knows what it’s like to feel caged, tamed by her mother’s emotionally abusive boyfriend.

Her refuge unravels with a security breach, a rescue, and a knee-jerk reaction, in which she’s caught on camera calling the animals she loves dangerous. Now, protesters are threatening the future of the program while Alaina is suspended from work and trapped at home. So when her boss offers her a chance to redeem the program’s reputation by joining the mission herself, she jumps at the one-way ticket. Four months in space with only the animals and small crew is a welcome relief from the noise of Earth.

But everyone on board has a secret, and an animal rights extremist threatening the mission appears to have inside help. When false orders send the ship on a collision course, animals escape, lives are lost, and Alaina must decide where she stands with the program—and humans’ responsibility to preserve animals that would kill us.

Equal parts heart, tension, and nerd, G.S. Harrington's YA sci-fi debut blends near-future climate fiction, STEM, thriller, and a sweet, slow-burn teen romance, exploring our complicated relationship with animals—past, present, and one possible future. Perfect for readers ages 12 to 99 who love animals and unique, thought-provoking books that refuse to fit neatly into one genre.

#yabooks #bookstagram #booktok #yadystopian #climatefiction by @gs_harrington
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New included with Kindle Unlimited! Print options available through all major retailers.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GN4NVNC3

"A richly imagined sci-fi adventure, perfect for animal lovers!" — New York Times bestselling author Melissa Landers

The only place sixteen-year-old Alaina can breathe is at work, caring for the animals in the ARK Program as they wait for their upcoming journey to Mars. She knows what it’s like to feel caged, tamed by her mother’s emotionally abusive boyfriend.

Her refuge unravels with a security breach, a rescue, and a knee-jerk reaction, in which she’s caught on camera calling the animals she loves dangerous. Now, protesters are threatening the future of the program while Alaina is suspended from work and trapped at home. So when her boss offers her a chance to redeem the program’s reputation by joining the mission herself, she jumps at the one-way ticket. Four months in space with only the animals and small crew is a welcome relief from the noise of Earth.

But everyone on board has a secret, and an animal rights extremist threatening the mission appears to have inside help. When false orders send the ship on a collision course, animals escape, lives are lost, and Alaina must decide where she stands with the program—and humans’ responsibility to preserve animals that would kill us.

Equal parts heart, tension, and nerd, G.S. Harrington's YA sci-fi debut blends near-future climate fiction, STEM, thriller, and a sweet, slow-burn teen romance, exploring our complicated relationship with animals—past, present, and one possible future. Perfect for readers ages 12 to 99 who love animals and unique, thought-provoking books that refuse to fit neatly into one genre. 

#bookstagram #sciencefiction #youngadultbooks by @gs_harrington
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NEW on Kindle Unlimited! Free with KU!

What We Have Tamed is a YA Hard Sci-Fi Animal Ark in Space that follows a team’s troubled attempt at relocating animals to Mars, blending climate fiction, STEM, thriller, and a sweet, slow-burn teen romance with themes of animal welfare, conservation, and environmentalism.

Available to order from all major retailers: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GN4NVNC3

"A richly imagined sci-fi adventure, perfect for animal lovers!" — New York Times bestselling author Melissa Landers

The only place sixteen-year-old Alaina can breathe is at work, caring for the animals in the ARK Program as they wait for their upcoming journey to Mars. She knows what it’s like to feel caged, tamed by her mother’s emotionally abusive boyfriend.

Her refuge unravels with a security breach, a rescue, and a knee-jerk reaction, in which she’s caught on camera calling the animals she loves dangerous. Now, protesters are threatening the future of the program while Alaina is suspended from work and trapped at home. So when her boss offers her a chance to redeem the program’s reputation by joining the mission herself, she jumps at the one-way ticket. Four months in space with only the animals and small crew is a welcome relief from the noise of Earth.

But everyone on board has a secret, and an animal rights extremist threatening the mission appears to have inside help. When false orders send the ship on a collision course, animals escape, lives are lost, and Alaina must decide where she stands with the program—and humans’ responsibility to preserve animals that would kill us.

Equal parts heart, tension, and nerd, G.S. Harrington's genre-bending YA sci-fi debut explores our complicated relationship with animals—past, present, and one possible future.

"A true masterpiece that combines the suspense of a classic space movie with the heart of any animal movie, then adds in a sweet romance, real animal science, AND large, existential questions about morality and life … pure joy for a biologist nerd like myself." — Dr. Allison Lau, primatologist

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Book Fest 2026 @theabqcollective was a blast!

Thanks so much for your excellent organizing, hosting, and promotion!

I loved seeing familiar authors @khadijahvanbrakle @alexandradiazauthor , meeting IG connections IRL @lteffeau , and meeting new authors @authorsophiaminetos @alfredosprintingpress @hastewrite1415 and connecting with @intentionally_spicy_abq @wildflowerwords_abq and @clubcocoa_books

If you missed it and are interested in my YA sci-fi for animal lovers, you can get a signed copy from local bookstores: @booksonthebosque @page1books @titlewavebooksabq or @enchantedbooksnm

"A richly imagined sci-fi adventure, perfect for animal lovers!" — New York Times bestselling author Melissa Landers

The only place sixteen-year-old Alaina can breathe is at work, caring for the animals in the ARK Program as they wait for their upcoming journey to Mars. She knows what it’s like to feel caged, tamed by her mother’s emotionally abusive boyfriend.

Her refuge unravels with a security breach, a rescue, and a knee-jerk reaction, in which she’s caught on camera calling the animals she loves dangerous. Now, protesters are threatening the future of the program while Alaina is suspended from work and trapped at home. So when her boss offers her a chance to redeem the program’s reputation by joining the mission herself, she jumps at the one-way ticket. Four months in space with only the animals and small crew is a welcome relief from the noise of Earth.

But everyone on board has a secret, and an animal rights extremist threatening the mission appears to have inside help. When false orders send the ship on a collision course, animals escape, lives are lost, and Alaina must decide where she stands with the program—and humans’ responsibility to preserve animals that would kill us.

Equal parts heart, tension, and nerd, G.S. Harrington's genre-bending YA sci-fi debut explores our complicated relationship with animals—past, present, and one possible future.

#bookstagram #youngadultbooks #climatefiction #yadystopian #scifibooks
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Albuquerque, come on out to Book Fest this Weekend, July 11th and 12 at @theabqcollective on Eubank to get signed copies by local authors and hang out with other booklovers!

Stop by my table to enter a free raffle for this cute little fox suncatcher and check out my YA sci-fi for animal lovers, What We Have Tamed.

Why a fox? The title for What We Have Tamed is a partial quote from The Little Prince that goes, "you become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed," said by the fox.

In my YA sci-fi take on Noah's Ark in Space, I applied this quote to our relationship with animals, past, present, and future. If you love books and animals, I hope you'll check it out :)

#bookstagram #albuquerque #booktok #shoplocal #booksbooksbooks 
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Disclaimer: Only the last review is fake.

If you love animals, science, and weird, genre-bending, thought-provoking books that don't fit neatly into any one category, please check out What We Have Tamed!

https://www.amazon.com/What-We-Have-Tamed-Sci-Fi-ebook/dp/B0GN4NVNC3/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

"A richly imagined sci-fi adventure, perfect for animal lovers!" — New York Times bestselling author Melissa Landers

The only place sixteen-year-old Alaina can breathe is at work, caring for the animals in the ARK Program as they wait for their upcoming journey to Mars. She knows what it’s like to feel caged, tamed by her mother’s emotionally abusive boyfriend.

Her refuge unravels with a security breach, a rescue, and a knee-jerk reaction, in which she’s caught on camera calling the animals she loves dangerous. Now, protesters are threatening the future of the program while Alaina is suspended from work and trapped at home. So when her boss offers her a chance to redeem the program’s reputation by joining the mission herself, she jumps at the one-way ticket. Four months in space with only the animals and small crew is a welcome relief from the noise of Earth.

But everyone on board has a secret, and an animal rights extremist threatening the mission appears to have inside help. When false orders send the ship on a collision course, animals escape, lives are lost, and Alaina must decide where she stands with the program—and humans’ responsibility to preserve animals that would kill us.

Equal parts heart, tension, and nerd, G.S. Harrington's genre-bending YA sci-fi debut explores our complicated relationship with animals—past, present, and one possible future.

#yabookstagram #booktok #sciencefiction #animalwelfare #bookstagram by @gs_harrington
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Pets: Sign the petition for more snuggle time in the comments!

XOXO, Laika

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