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My next book is imminent. While the blurb could probably use some doctoring and I welcome any advice on that, what I really need most is some category advice. I'm not sure how to place it when I put it up on KDP. Observe the blurb:
So I feel like I'm left with generic sci-fi. I'm wondering if anyone has any insight that can point me in a better direction or confirm this is the right choice, and if thriller or action thriller is really appropriate. (I haven't brushed up on KDP's actual subcategories for thrillers so I don't know what's there to choose from.)
When I wrote the book, I considered it a sci-fi, but it actually has few to no sci-fi elements, except in the Twilight Zone sense where something really odd is going on. For this reason I'm still largely inclined to call it a sci-fi. It's not paranormal fantasy; there are no actual ghosts or anything that a reader of that genre would expect to find. It's definitely not generic fantasy. There are action thriller elements, but I don't consider it a true thriller; it might barely qualify enough to fit there as a second category, though I'm not sure what the genre's "requirements" are.Matt Kellogg has a few problems standing between him and his long weekend. His ex-girlfriend is still stalking him. His best friend's recent ex has been spooked by a break-in and needs a place to stay. And the laws of probability are falling apart all around him, thanks to the arrival of a strange gem that glows in the dark and cannot be thrown away.
The jewel, known to paranormal folklore only as the Affix, has adopted Matt as its new keeper and in the process put his friends in danger. Protecting them means contending with a ghost-chasing website curator, hard-bargaining crows, a ruthless collector of supernatural artifacts, an erratic drug lord, a charming but dangerous senior citizen, an all-too-chummy freelance art dealer with a vile reputation, and a gun-toting supermodel.
Keeping all of his friends and most of his sanity intact may be an impossible task-or at least wildly implausible. Matt's one advantage: Implausible is what the stone does best. His only hope is to learn how to handle it, or get rid of it, before it tears his life apart-and everyone he cares about along with it.
So I feel like I'm left with generic sci-fi. I'm wondering if anyone has any insight that can point me in a better direction or confirm this is the right choice, and if thriller or action thriller is really appropriate. (I haven't brushed up on KDP's actual subcategories for thrillers so I don't know what's there to choose from.)