
THE VARIANT CONSPIRACY TRILOGY
by
Christine Hart
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SYNOPSES:
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.
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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.
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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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ENJOY AN EXCERPT:
from In Irina's Cards:
We walked a bit
farther in silence. I had assumed Jonah would find something, at least a
mention of the drug, within the files at Innoviro. How could something either
guarded or fresh out of the lab, be a trustworthy substance I should let them
inject into my veins? Even if Ivan showed me charts and research findings, what
insight could I gain from them?
Jonah and I
rounded a corner. The path diverged around a ring of shrubs and a large arbutus
tree. On the one side, the path jutted out to a viewpoint looking over to the
Inner Harbour. On the other, a bench sat tucked into a semicircle of overgrown
juniper bushes. The sun had nearly dropped behind the hills in Esquimalt,
casting vivid yellow-orange light onto downtown. Bright pink clouds floated
like cotton candy in the sky. If we kept going the Harbour would greet us in
its gown of twinkling lights. My sunroom balcony had that view at every sunset.
I turned towards the bench. I suddenly felt like I needed a break.
Jonah sat down
next to me. He touched the side of my mouth and I jumped.
“Sorry; you had
some ice cream …” he said sheepishly.
I wished I was
the kind of girl who carried a mirror in my purse, but I knew better than to
bother searching. I looked out at the ocean and the pink pieces of light
floating on the water.
“You look
tense.”
His arm slipped
behind my back as I kept staring ahead. I turned to answer and found myself
nose-to-nose with him.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

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.
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ReplyDeleteThe book sounds very intriguing. Love the cover!
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ReplyDeletequestion for author-What personal experiences or observations influenced your writing?
ReplyDeleteI think the speculative elements are just my taste in fiction. But for the corporate world, I did have jobs like Irina's and readers can probably tell it wasn't a good fit for me. I know a lot of office workers who had similar feelings, so hopefully that part is relatable too.
DeleteThis looks like a great read. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteHow has your writing evolved over time?
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely! I started as a YA author with a speculative twist. I expected to keep writing for youth and children, including picture books (all unpublished) and MG novels. But next year, I'm doing my first collection of short stories, all for adults.
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