Millennium Bug: Some Stories Refuse to Follow Code by Yvonne Knop Releases Sept. 15th. PreOrder Blitz with Author Interview & Giveaway
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Book Title: Millennium Bug
Author and Publisher: Yvonne Knop
Cover Artist: Ursula Roslon
Release Date: September 15, 2025
Tense/POV: third person, past tense, alternating POV
Genres: MM Romance, Fantasy/Sci-Fi
Tropes: Enemies to lovers, forced proximity, found family, chosen one
Themes: forgiveness, fate, grief, love, friendship, hope
Heat Rating: 2 flames
Length: 297 pages, Kindle Edition
It is a standalone book
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The book tells his life. The truth rewrites reality. His choice might end it all.
Blurb
David Smith’s life is thrown into chaos when a mysterious book crashes through his window, telling the story of a life he doesn’t remember. A stranger, claiming to be a hidden scribe who weaves reality, demands the book back, warning that keeping it will unravel the world, but returning it will erase David from existence.
As the ancient order of storytellers is threatened to be overthrown by AI, David must reclaim his past and rewrite destiny itself to prevent the erasure of all reality. But if he succeeds, the cost may be too great—unlocking the truth of his fate gives him the power to destroy everything, including the only man he's ever loved.
If the world was never meant to be real, does it deserve to exist?
Excerpt
Books are only meant to hit you emotionally – but there he was, sprawled on the floor, surrounded by shards of glittering glass. The projectile was a leather-bound book.
David Smith’s typical morning was reliably dull, a ritual of lukewarm coffee in a chipped Doctor Who mug and the comforting scent of gently mouldering board games wafting through his dusty little shop in Barnes. But this was no typical morning.
The book had hurtled out of nowhere, crashing through the shop window and knocking him unconscious before his first sip. The universe, it seemed, had grown impatient waiting for David to pick on up its clues. It was time to literally, and literarily, hit him over the head.
From the outside, David looked like the definition of ordinary: a middle-aged white man with greying curls, an overambitious beard, and a body that bore the telltale marks of a lifelong romance with comfort food. If you had to sum him up in one word, it would be ‘forgettable’. His round, unremarkable face was a passport to anonymity, blending seamlessly into any crowd. Nothing about his life screamed ‘you are the key to one of the universe’s biggest secrets’, but he was in fact a ticking time bomb. Not that he had any idea the fate of the world – and more than the world – was in his hands.
But someone else knew. Someone who had been searching for David tirelessly. They didn’t know his current name or location, which was proving to be an increasingly catastrophic inconvenience. So the universe had decided these characters needed a nudge. David and his pursuer must meet, and they had to meet soon.
The book had hit David with such force that it not only knocked him off his feet but also sent him careening into one of the shop’s rickety shelves. Unbeknownst to him, a loose screw had gradually weakened the integrity of the shelf past the point of no return, and the whole thing was ready to relinquish its hold on the wall as soon as his body touched it. David looked up, his eyes widening just as the shelf broke free. ‘Oh no,’ he whispered as the world around him retreated. He tried roll to the side, to dodge out of the way, but there was no going back. Time, which had seemed so sluggish, suddenly accelerated in a rush of adrenaline. The shelf fell. And with it, David’s life as he knew it.
His instinctual attempt to shield himself was futile; the shelf struck him with a brutal force, burying him beneath a chaotic pile of stationery supplies and board games.
The shop lapsed into eerie silence. The dust danced in the muted sunlight filtering through the window, casting a surreal glow on the glass, the envelopes, the spilled ink, the game pieces, the destruction and disarray. The once orderly space was a jumbled mess.
‘David!’ Hope screamed. His shop assistant sprinted toward him, the soles of her black Martens squeaking slightly on the old wooden floor. Her cropped curly hair, unevenly dyed in different shades of teal like she’d done it herself in a rush, framed her face like a rebellious halo. Around her neck hung a collection of necklaces, each one a unique, mismatched piece – some silver, some leather, one with a tiny hourglass charm that swayed as she knelt beside him. ‘David, wake up!’ Her black skin blushed and her voice trembled with fear as she shook him gently, her necklaces sounding like tiny bells clinking against each other.
Author Interview:
Tell us a little about yourself.
I’m Yvonne, a bi and nonbinary author currently living in Germany and working as a teacher.
What would people be most surprised to know about you?
I have also written academic texts.
How long have you been writing and what made you fall in love with writing?
I started with little stories I would draw pictures for and make them a gift for my mom. She encouraged me to continue. She also read me a lot of bedtime stories.
What’s your favorite part of writing?
Diving into different worlds and being someone else.
When/where is your favorite time/place to write?
I love to write on my couch in the evening.
Why did you choose to write LGBT romance/fiction?
Because I am part of the community.
Give the readers a brief summary of your latest book or WIP. What genre does it fall in?
The story follows a man called David who finds out he might not be human after all and that all our life’s stories are written down in books and stored in a giant library.
Is this book part of a series?
I always plan to write sequels to my books, but so far, I haven’t found the time.
Have you held any interesting jobs while you worked on your books?
I am a teacher. I love my job, although it can be exhausting.
Thank you for your time and for letting us get to know you.
About the Author
I’m a bi and nonbinary author, secondary-school teacher, and author who believes queer joy deserves the spotlight. I write character-driven queer fiction that makes people laugh and cry — with a twist and a love for the unexpected.
When I’m not writing or teaching English and Politics, I’m rewatching Doctor Who, exploring nature, and cooking comfort food. I find joy in the quiet chaos of creating stories that reflect the beautifully messy lives of queer folks.
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Great interview!
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