Look 'N Up Invasion
They came from a place with no otherwhere.
While fighting the circadian predators that decimate their population every 3 years, the green-skinned royal family of a tiny, primitive world are accidentally transported to the Look'N Up Pomegranate Ranch in California, where they are hired as immigrant farm workers by a unique family who were once penniless farm workers themselves, and who carry a hideous genetic deformity.
With tender empathy, the two families explore each other's cultures in a richly woven story of religion vs. science; theocracy vs. democracy; women's rights; racism; otherization; castigation and the shocking psychological effects of living in a world with no otherwhere.
When they find that the predators are hibernating on the ranch, waiting to attack an unsuspecting Earth, they must combine all their diverse strengths and skills to defeat them.
Praise for Look 'N Up Invasion
"...takes a modern and unique approach to the sci-fi genre as it tackles a complex array of themes, most notably the concepts of empathy amidst cultural diversity." Katie Bloomer, Book Trib
"Enthralling....A cleverly plotted mix of fantasy, family drama, and cultural debate. Highly recommended!" The Wishing Shelf
"Thought-provoking, thrilling, and entertaining... A must read genre fiction narrative that readers won't be able to put down." Christina Avina - Pacific Book Review
"A thrilling book with lots of plot twists, drama, and action. Most of the main characters have a balance between their strong sides and weaknesses, and that makes them fascinating." Aaron Washington - Hollywood Book Review
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Janice Carr was raised by liberal parents in '60s in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a short hike from Harvard Square. As a kid, she liked to read, write, and act out her stories with her stuffed animals, and sometimes her brother, Charlie, while Dad's Wurlitzer Organ buzzed the corners of the ceiling, rocking the house. Mom would be out marching for some left-wing cause or candidate.
All that ended when Janice was twelve. Cancer struck, first her mom, then her dad. By fourteen, she was orphaned and living in Florida with relatives who had a very different world view. When they decided to move farther into their rural world, Jan rebelled and returned home to finish high school, living with a dear family friend to whom her first book is lovingly dedicated.
Itching to be on her own, no longer a guest, she left campus-rich Boston for a Radio-TV-Film major at Northwestern University. The college Outing Club opened her city-born eyes to the natural world with hiking, rock-climbing and spelunking trips, and she switched to a Geology major.
After years of wandering, she married John Smith and became an Environmental Consultant, shepherding public works projects through California's rigorous environmental compliance process, first at a private engineering firm and later for a rural county public works department in Northern California.
In 2017, Janice retired in the same county with the same husband. One day, in her garden, she started hearing voices. She looked up, and the Look'N Up was born.
