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Liepman Literary Agency
Marc Koralnik
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CROSSHAIRS

Catherine Hernandez

From the beloved author of Scarborough, a terrifying dystopian future world!
Set in a frighteningly familiar near future, with massive floods leading to rampant homelessness and devastation, a government-sanctioned regime called the Boots seizes on its power to force communities of colour, the disabled, and the LGBTQ2S into labour camps in Toronto. In the shadows, a hero emerges. After his livelihood and the love of his life are taken away from him, Kay joins the Resistance, alongside Bahadur, a transmasculine refugee and Firuzeh, a headstrong social worker. Guiding them in the ways of combat is Beck, a rogue army offer, who helps them plan an uprising.

A cautionary tale filled with fierce and vibrant characters, CROSSHAIRS explores the universal desire to love and be loved as your true self.

Catherine Hernandez is a proud queer woman of colour, a radical mother, a theatre
practitioner, and an award-winning author. Her first novel, Scarborough, soon to be a motion picture, won the JIm Wong-Chu Award for unpublished manuscript; was a finalist for the Toronto Book Award, the Evergreen Forest of Reading Award, the Edmund White Award, and the Trillium Book Award; and was longlisted for Canada Reads.

Scarborough will be adapted into film and produced by Compy Films, Telefilm Canada, and Reel Asian Canadian Film Festival, with Catherine writing the screenplay. For more information about Catherine, have a look at her website at: https://www.catherinehernandezcreates.com
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Published by Harper Collins Canada

Comments

“Crosshairs leaves readers with two promises. The first is that change is possible. If people with privilege can be movtivated to take action against systemic oppression, sould can be saved and lives can be spared. The second promise is that without change, we are hurtling towards disaster. Consider this book a call to action. A demand for change before it's too late.” - Quill and Quire

“Hernandez is unrelenting in her portrayal of the regular violence, assault and abuses faced by these Otherized people in “civil societies.” She excels in her ability to show the ease of even the most brazen fascism and the pervasiveness of the feelings and scenarios that elicit its subsequent rise.” - USA Today

“Every character has a moment to tell their story. Hernandez delivers beautiful and heartbreaking scenes in a story that is hard especially because of how close it feels to our present.” - Booklist

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“ Catherine Hernandez's sharp-eyed, queer dystopian fantasy is no gentle wake-up call. It is a blaring fire alarm and a call to arms against authoritarianism, white supremacy, and transphobia.” - BookPage

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