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Post by: 🇨🇦 Helena Trooperman
Paperback Dated: November 2023
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Last updated: 4 April 2026
...It's a very cool little book that you should be warned ends on a bit of a cliffhanger.
A Clever First Novel Trooperman's introductory novel is a journey through the mind of widow, single mother and inventor Athena Cartwright... invents a free source of energy, thinking it's her ticket to financial security...
A traitor in her midst. An industry on the brink of extinction.
The vital repair Athena makes to her NETcell, reminds her of her design roots and reignites her commitment to help the environment with her technology. But it takes provocation from left field to get her inventing again. Soon, it becomes clear she’s discovered the impossible — a new power source. While she struggles to harness this energy, she’s being watched.
How far will she develop her prototype before the industry tries to snuff her invention out?

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Always On is the first novella in Tech Array, an optimistic near-future sci-fi series of short fiction. If you love tech and strong female characters who are hell-bent on changing their lives for the better, then this 120 page inspirational story is for you. Many of these standalone stories feature different characters from Helena Trooperman’s coming series’ set in the Firmament.
A Clever First Novel Trooperman's introductory novel is a journey through the mind of widow, single mother and inventor Athena Cartwright... invents a free source of energy, thinking it's her ticket to financial security. Always On reminded me of works by Ginger Booth. If you enjoy her novels, you'll love Always On by Helena Trooperman.
It feels like at least a few years since I've read a sci-fi novel where the promise is 'inventor figures out a thing, consequences ensue,' even though traditionally, that 'is' sci-fi. This novella gives that premise a very modern, compelling twist, framing Athena's struggle to get her life together after the death of her husband and the derailment of her career against the larger crisis of oil industry and the climate crisis. I enjoyed the tensions that the story raises — the oil industry is villainous but the individuals within it have compelling reasons to fear and fight green energy transition. It's a very cool little book that you should be warned ends on a bit of a cliffhanger.
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