Blog Tour: The Variant Conspiracy trilogy by Christine Hart

 

THE VARIANT CONSPIRACY TRILOGY

Christine Hart

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GENRE:  SciFi romance

 

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BLURBS:

 

Series

 

What if the men destroying our world were doing it on purpose? The Variant Conspiracy trilogy follows 19-year-old Irina Proffer as she connects the dots between her cryptic employer's work and an international plot to transform Earth. All while she navigates love and grief, both for the first time.

 

As Irina comes of age within a subculture of human mutation, she and her friends hunt a group of corporate eco-saboteurs. They discover a singular ancient evil that wants nothing more than to wipe out all life and remake our planet. As Irina pieces together visions of the future, she must figure out a way to change an outcome that seems ‌inevitable

 

Book 1: In Irina's Cards

 

Irina Proffer leaves mundane small-town life behind when she experiences visions inspired by a strange deck of tarot cards. To get answers, she travels from her northern British Columbia home to the province’s coastal capital. She quickly discovers a world of fringe genetic science and supernatural mystery.

 

Working for Innoviro Industries, Irina is drawn in by a powerful first love and compelling, yet dangerous questions about the nature of the company’s business. Meeting other ‘variants’ brings Irina closer and closer to the dark truth about her origins. She finds herself at the heart of two overlapping love triangles as she scrambles to escape her employer’s grip.

 

Before she leaves the city, Irina realizes she has merely scratched the surface of a frightening conspiracy on a global scale.

 

Book 2: The Compendium

 

Irina and her renegade variant friends are scrambling to pick up the trail of their former employer, Ivan, and his globally catastrophic scheme. After strategically sharing their story with the media, the group heads south from Vancouver to Seattle hoping to recruit more experienced - and lethal - variants to their cause.

 

Their attention develops a laser focus on an engineered disaster mere days ahead of them. Ivan is using what staff and resources remain of Innoviro Industries to set off a violent earthquake in San Francisco. While they fight to stop the earthquake, Irina pushes the love of her life Jonah as far away as she can, trying to keep his unstable genetic degradation in check.

 

Irina's friends think they've seen the worst that Innoviro could bring forth by the time they reach a secret facility in the Mojave Desert. As they near the property, the group uncovers a horror none of them had ever imagined.

 

Book 3: Terra Nova

 

The end of humanity and an unrecognizable future Earth are now days away. After their first glimpse of the Terra Nova virus, Irina and her variant friends know their former employer’s plans are almost at hand. Their failed attempt to publicize Ivan and Innoviro Industries’ horrific activities has left them utterly reliant on their own wits and weapons.

 

After surviving a catastrophic earthquake in San Francisco and destroying a secret viral testing facility, Irina’s crew has traveled by a variant portal to London. On the other side of the world, they begin tracking when and where Terra Nova will be unleashed on the world. They know stopping Terra Nova is only the beginning of unraveling Ivan’s plans to reinvent the planet, but if they can’t stop this virus, there will be no one left to save.

 

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Excerpt  from Terra Nova:

 

I surveyed the dark London alley, its air heavy with odors of fat and fuel. Go-go boys gyrated in the window of a dance club across the adjacent street. Club music reverberated off the buildings around me while I pulled my boyfriend Jonah through an interspatial portal.

 

“Welcome to Soho,” I said.

 

Our former co-worker Melissa gave him a half smile. Jonah rubbed his arctic blue eyes. In the dark alley, his black hair glistened like wet ink. He stood tall beside me, gripping my shoulders protectively as though he didn’t trust our surroundings. I still smelled the dust of the Mojave Desert and the soot from the trailer fire on his damp T-shirt.

 

“Wild. We’re really in London.” He smiled down at me. “What is Soho?”

 

“It used to be the red-light district.” Melissa unzipped and stepped out of her dusty dirt-biking pants. She discarded them in the back corner of the alley. Her remaining clothes were a simple white waffle shirt and denim shorts. She unraveled her disheveled hair and re-wound her bun carefully.

 

“That’s why Evonatura chose it. You can have an interesting cast of characters like variants and all their weird and wonderful talents in this neighborhood without standing out too much.”

 

My friend Faith stepped through the portal and nearly bumped into Jonah. She stumbled forward. Her purple dreadlocks picked up a shaft of electric blue from a black light across the street.

 

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Topic: In your opinion, what are the 3 main components that make up a good story?

 

A great story needs an engaging plot, relatable characters, and a satisfying conclusion. And of course, that's easier said than done.

An intriguing premise, a compelling inciting incident, and stakes being raised again and again is a difficult feat. Why is your protagonist called to action? Why can’t they turn back when an opportunity arises? Those circumstances need to happen in a way that is both realistic and unique. If you’ve done the work of establishing why your protagonist does what they do, answers to those ‘why’ questions come naturally.

Creating characters the reader cares about is every bit as important as an unstoppable plot. Is your protagonist likeable enough for readers to root for them? Do they have strengths and flaws that endear and humanize them? (Because nobody wants to read about perfect people.) Characters can make silly mistakes and let friends down. But protagonists need readers cheering them on to keep those pages turning.

Ending your story in a way that feels plausible, earned, and deeply satisfying for the reader is possibly the most difficult stage of writing any book. As writers, we fall prey to plot armor and because-that's-what-happened conclusions that can fall flat for readers. Directing the flow of action and character decisions in a way that allows for progress and growth is a carefully choreographed dance.

But above all, knowing that no story is for everyone is the first step in crafting a book that resonates with the right readers.

 

AUTHOR Bio and Links:

 

Christine Hart is a writer of speculative fiction for youth and adults. She also runs an online metalsmithing shop, Hart Fabrications. 

 

Christine’s backlist includes YA, NA, and MG titles. Her first collection of adult fiction, Weird Stories of Strange Women, is coming in 2026.

 

When not writing, she creates wearable art from recycled metals, vintage glass, and unusual gemstones. She shares her eclectic home with her husband and two children.

 

Learn more about Christine and her work at hart-fabrications.com and christine-hart.ca.

 

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