NEW YORK - s4story -- Award-winning playwright, screenwriter, and founder of the New York Madness Theater Company, Cecilia Copeland debuts Sci-Fi novel, Taltrix Book One Surviving the Gauntlet.

"The backstory for my debut novel is that our hero, RT, short for Redder Torch, was kidnapped by her father. This portion of the story is taken directly from my life. I wrote about the history-making kidnapping in a screenplay called, The Copeland Case, which won 'Best Dramatic Screenplay' at the International Female Eye Film Festival in Toronto, and it was listed as one of the 'Top Ten Best Scripts' by Writer's Digest," said Copeland.

For fans of Sci-Fi hero journeys like Star Wars, Dune, and X-Men the world Copeland imagines is one where what we would call magic, her characters call science. Taltrix Book One Surviving the Gauntlet tells the story of RT during her first year aboard the dark biodynamic university spacecruiser, Taltrix.

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Conspiracies and psychic attacks swirl around RT as she attempts to master the skills and powers needed to run the gauntlet on planet Keplar Neptune. When her imprisoned father rigs the gauntlet against her, RT must make it out alive. If she survives, she risks restarting a war that tore apart the known galaxy, or can she forge a new path for herself and the universe?

Taltrix Book One Surviving the Gauntlet is based on Copeland's award-winning TV pilot script, Taltrix. Accolades for Taltrix include Winner of the prestigious LA Femme International Film Festival and NYWIFT New Works Lab, where it was presented in an industry reading directed by (NBC's The Blacklist) Amir Arison and starred Golden Globe Winner Regina Taylor.

For more information: https://www.nymadproductions.com/taltrix-book-1-surviving-the-gauntlet.html