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  • The Amateurs

  • By: Liz Harmer
  • Narrated by: Stacey DePass
  • Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
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"Harmer takes cues from Margaret Atwood and Cormac McCarthy in this sharp debut, a cautionary tale of tech gone astray." (Toronto Life)

In a time and place only slightly removed from now, PINA, the world’s largest tech company, has introduced society to a new product called “Port”. This irresistible space-time travel device is mysteriously powered by nostalgia and longing: Step inside a Port and find yourself transported any place your heart desires, real or imagined. Earth’s population plummets when many who pass through its portal don’t come back - either unwilling or unable to return.

In The Amateurs, Liz Harmer has crafted a subtle, many-faceted debut novel about rapture and romance - and the strange, dark, powerful alchemy that happens when technology meets desire.

Shortlisted for the 2019 Amazon Canada First Novel Award
©2018 Liz Harmer (P)2019 Penguin Random House Canada
Fiction Literary Fiction Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Time Travel Urban City Heartfelt
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 AMAZON CANADA FIRST NOVEL AWARD

“Like all good science fiction, The Amateurs ably carries the weight of analogy: the grand themes of technology and what we’ve done to our planet and ourselves.” —Toronto Star

“Harmer’s description of the effects of the changed world, and how these characters perceive it, resonates deeply. . . . It’s a metaphorically rich concept, and Harmer keeps a solid balance between the ambiguity and the world-building. . . . This novel weds a high concept to an abundance of heart; like the mysterious passages in it, it’s hard to shake.” —TOR.com

“Harmer takes cues from Margaret Atwood and Cormac McCarthy in this sharp debut, a cautionary tale of tech gone astray.” —Toronto Life

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