Containment (Children of Occam, Book 1)

Containment (2010) is the debut novel by Christian Cantrell, self-published through Lulu.com's print-on-demand service under his own Cantrell Media Company imprint. A hard science fiction novel with dystopian underpinnings, it follows Arik Ockley, a member of the first generation born on a Venusian colony established after Earth's environmental collapse. When his wife becomes unexpectedly pregnant, threatening a colony already stretched to its life-support limits, Arik pursues a solution in artificial photosynthesis, and in doing so begins to uncover the constructed reality the colony's founders have maintained. The novel draws on environmental dystopia and false reality as its central mechanisms. This paperback original does not display a print history on the copyright page. This copy lacks the barcode and date printed on the last page common to later POD printings, suggesting it may be from the initial run.

Signed copy. Signed by Cantrell on the title page.

Softcover. First Edition. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. Cantrell Media Company, 2010. ISBN: 9780984550517. #10796.
Corner creased on front cover, else near fine with slight wear to extremities.