The US Review of Books (USRB) commended Tambi Harwood’s “I Am Not the Moon Lake Camp Killer” because the story is “is compact, and the pacing is quick and engaging.” 

Tambi Harwood’s “I Am Not the Moon Lake Camp Killer” is highly praised by Mark Heisey of the US Review of Books, recognizing that “Harwood creates an interesting science fiction story centered around her teenage protagonists. Excusing a few grammatical errors, the writing is compact, and the pacing is quick and engaging.”

Tambi Harwood is a science fiction author for young adults. She earned an MFA in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University, where she also finished her first psionic time-travel book, “I Am Not the Moon Lake Camp Killer”. Her spouse and two teenage sons live in the San Francisco Bay Area. She attends ComicCons on a regular basis and enjoys cosplaying as long as she can paint her entire body a different color.

“I Am Not the Moon Lake Camp Killer” chronicles the story of two high schoolers and best friends, Liam and Drew, who are at the mall playing the latest video game. However, as they leave, their typical day becomes anything but. Drew teleports the newest video game console into his lap. He says it isn’t technically stealing in response to Liam’s disbelief and protests. 

Trying to return the item, Liam is then recognized and arrested for murdering multiple kids at summer camp. Liam insists it wasn’t him, as he and Drew were in Mexico at the time. But there is a picture of him, and his fingerprints are at the scene. Things get even stranger from there, as the boys discover that a mysterious object that crashed into the earth is developing humans with powers labeled Quantics. Soon, they will encounter a future version of Liam and a murderous madman able to absorb the powers of Quantics, killing them in the act.

Here’s an excerpt from the US Review of Books that highlights:

“Much of the story revolves around time travel, a difficult concept to write well. Harwood handles the subject adequately, although some ideas and events could have been developed more for depth of clarity. The powers the author gives to the different characters are fun and help maintain the reader’s interest, and the interactions and motivations guiding the characters are enough to keep them from being flat. Fans of teen fiction looking for light and entertaining science fiction will find it within Harwood’s pages.”