The Unfrozen Few — Book One
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Thank you for your interest in The Unfrozen Few, a speculative mystery series by five-time Lambda Literary Award finalist Randy Boyd. This press kit is designed for quick, one-click access to all materials needed for reviews, interviews, features, event programming, and academic or cultural coverage. All assets are organized by category and clearly labeled for ease of use.
About the Book
The Unfrozen Few, Book One: Welcome to the Future
Published by West Beach Books · Release: February 2026
In the 1980s, eleven AIDS patients were frozen in hopes of a cure — but a cryogenic catastrophe led the world to presume they died.
They didn’t.
Decades later, they awaken in present-day America — hidden in a secret facility operated by the same firm that froze them.
At the center is Dr. Nathan Black, a 30-year-old Black gay man and the estranged son of the notorious family of Black mad scientists behind the firm. As Nathan searches for the truth about the so-called catastrophe, he clashes with the new head of the family’s biotech empire — his stepmother, Dr. Brenda Black, a villainess in heels with her own secrets and agenda.
Now comes the fallout.
About the Author
Randy Boyd is a novelist and essayist whose work centers on race, sexuality, survival, and the cultural legacy of the AIDS crisis. He is a five-time Lambda Literary Award finalist and the author of four novels, including Uprising, The Devil Inside, Bridge Across the Ocean, and Walt Loves the Bearcat.
The Unfrozen Few is his most ambitious project to date — a multi-book speculative saga about time, memory, institutional power, and what it means to survive history.
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Randy Boyd is a novelist and essayist whose work centers on race, sexuality, survival, and the cultural legacy of the AIDS crisis. He is a five-time Lambda Literary Award finalist and the author of four novels, including Uprising, The Devil Inside, Bridge Across the Ocean, and Walt Loves the Bearcat.
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The Unfrozen Few is a multi-book speculative saga about time, memory, institutional power, and what it means to survive history.
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