- Runner-Up - Science Fiction, Beach Book Festival (2026)
- Honorable Mention - Science Fiction, San Francisco Book Festival (2026)
- Runner-Up - Alternative Future, Halloween Book Festival (2025)
- Honorable Mention - Unusual Romance, Halloween Book Festival (2025)
"Alternately satirical and heartfelt, amusing and sorrowful [...] An offbeat and sometimes-powerful tale that holds out hope that love without prejudice will save us all." - Kirkus Reviews
"A provocative exploration of love, power, and the dangerous seductions of engineered human evolution." - Independent Book Review
"Rebellious! Joyful! Refreshing! Breniman's a three body solution serves up an oxytocin cocktail, a much-needed hormonal balance for our stressed-out world. This is eco-political, erotic sci-fi at its finest, delivering thought-provoking whimsy that gives humanity permission to roar with laughter. Chip, Tâm, and Tadoo reveal the secrets to an intimacy that can revolutionize how people live, love, and rest. Can we imagine a world run by Qubits, MMMurphyBeds, and queerer, more loving world leaders?" - Rebecca Jane, author of She Bleeds Sestinas
"5 stars! [...] Intelligently witty and flush with tongue in-er, throat?-laughs, readers who enjoy speculative fiction that finds its soul in queer futurism, altered consciousness, and emotionally centered political thought will just adore this novel. Very highly recommended." - Readers' Favorite (5 stars)
"A strange, loud, hopeful work of queer speculative fiction that argues love might be humanity's best chance for survival." - Literary Titan, Gold Award Winner 2026
Welcome to the world of a three body solution-a daringly subversive and juicy tale that reimagines what it means to save humanity.
At its heart is Chip, Tâm, and TaDoo-a queer thruple-turned-global leaders united by love and an uncanny knack for tackling the impossible. In a world teetering on the edge of collapse, these unlikely heroes rise to power as the self-proclaimed MMMperors: Men of Mind and Magic. With humor as sharp as their strategies and compassion as boundless as their dreams, they embark on humanity's most daunting challenge yet: saving Earth herself.
Chip, the globe-trotting empathic healer, struggles to reconcile kin's enlightened wisdom with the absurdities of leadership. Tâm, the silver fox scientist and reluctant leader, balances their razor-sharp mind with an unexpected flair for drag, channeling their alter-ego, Dr. Phở-nomenal, to inspire a world hungry for hope. And then there's TaDoo, the dreamer and cosmic envoy who believes salvation might just arrive aboard a celestial mothership. Together, they weave through a chaotic mosaic of love, resilience, and otherworldly ambition.
This is a story of resilience, connection, and the beauty of trying-even when the outcome seems uncertain. A wild ride that will make you laugh, cry, and reconsider the very fabric of what it means to be human.
