Sean Kestrel Debuts With THE SKYVIEW OF ASTRONAUTS

RIVERSIDE, Calif., Aug. 21, 2015 /PRNewswire-iReach/ 'The Skyview of Astronauts' is Sean Kestrel's debut novel. The novel is a strange blend of the narcotic, the bizarre, the satiric, the metaphoric and the darkness that haunts our reality. The darkness of a society falling into a politically correct environment, where those who are offended in real or implied numbers raise their voices and drown out dissent.

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"A growing offended class of people is the primary step in creating a hierarchy in which an individual must exercise restraint in word and action over fear of repercussion," Kestrel says.

The protagonist Monica is a well thought out, strong, caring, stand till the end mother, who tries desperately to save her traditional family in an ever-changing forest. She endures attack publicly while trying her best to maintain composure as she stands by her convictions and the worsening flu-like symptoms of her husband Tadders. Opposed to her there has not been an antagonist like Celeste since Stephen King's Leland Gaunt in 'Needful Things.' Celeste does what Leland never could have dreamed of through the media in the Western Forest Space Colony.

The novel is a fable juxtaposed with science fiction and when asked why he would write a fairytale with adult themes, Kestrel replied that "there is certainly a misconception today of what fairytales are. In keeping with the topic of thought control through speech, the very word fairytale has changed in meaning in the minds of many. Fairytales are dark truths too many of us avoid in our daily lives. The death, darkness and decay we pretend not to see in the world around us or even worse in the reality of our minds. The death of thought constructs is the worst kind of death if the end result is control with merely a pretense of enlightenment. One of the greatest fairy stories is George Orwell's 'Animal Farm.' What made Orwell's novels so fantastic is that they were windows into many parts of our reality rather than just narratives. And that's what I hope 'The Skyview of Astronauts' does with readers, especially in today's world that struggles with embracing dissent, and resistance on going forward into the future unless all of us think the same rather than building a future on our differences."

Kestrel's novel is a window like the influences who wrote before him. The provocative novel speaks about who and what we humans are in this era. It is the reality of losing something many of us know we are in danger of losing and it's right in front of us. Kestrel's novel begs the question, what happens when it's not funny anymore?

'The Skyview of Astronauts' is available online at Amazon, Barnes and Noble and other online retailers, currently at the promotional price of $0.99, 83% off the retail price $5.99 until September 1, 2015.

Media Contact: Kestrel Court, Kestrel Court, 9519657129, kestrelcourt@seankestrel.com

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