Award-winning author releases debut novel, The Discovery of Socket Greeny

July 25, 2010 - PRLog -- Tony Bertauski has authored college textbooks and an award-winning short story as well as serving as a newspaper columnist for several years. Now comes his long anticipated novel of a young man that seeks meaning in life and discovers there is so much we don't know about the world and ourselves.

Work has always come first for 16-year old Socket Greeny's mother, especially since his father died. But when she shows him the inner workings of the Paladin Agency, he discovers why it's so important. It's an underground world of technological wonder including bat-like grimmets, spherical servy-mechs and humanoid butlers with brightly lit faceplates. They traverse the planet through wormholes to keep the world safe, but from what, they won't say. Although his mother is not actually a Paladin, and neither was his father, both have worked for them for most their lives. Socket, however, is different than his parents. He somehow is a Paladin and soon finds himself in the center of controversy and betrayal when he's anointed the agency's prodigy. He didn't ask for the "blessing" of psychic powers and the ability to timeslice and he doesn't want to be responsible for the world. He just wants to go home and back to school and be normal again. But, sometimes, life doesn't give us that privilege, his mother tells him. And when the world is soon threatened and the Paladins are forced into the public eye, Socket discovers what his mother means. If he doesn't embrace his true nature, life as we know it will change forever.

The Discovery of Socket Greeny is the first book in a young-adult scifi trilogy that explores love, angst and our true nature in kick ass fashion. Reluctant readers, especially boys, will find this story compelling, enlightening, entertaining, and, yes, even emotional.

Find the print version on Amazon or at http://www.createspace.com/3464814
Find the ebook version at http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/19069
For more information about the author, go to http://bertauski.com

See the book trailer on Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20Qjt04is5M