The Data Gardeners, (Paperback)

<p>Meet Chanito - traveler, drummer, smartass philosopher, and accidental hero.</p><p>He's on assignment to collect 10,000 human stories for a mysterious organization known as the TDG.<br>Simple job.</p><p>Except time sometimes slows when danger strikes.<br>A purple-eyed woman keeps appearing at the edges of his journey.<br>And his handler, Boo-boo, might know more than he's saying.</p><p>From Mumbai's slums to Manila's back-alley clubs, every story Chanito gathers leaves a ripple. Every connection alters something unseen. And with each chapter, he edges closer to a truth about grief, legacy, and the quiet ways ordinary people change the world.</p><p>A soulful, speculative adventure about brothers who never say "I love you," about fathers and sons, about Latinidad, and about the magic hiding inside human connection.</p><p>For readers who want science fiction with heart - and a Puerto Rican hero at the center of the universe. </p><p>Review: <i>"To build a speculative fiction novel like "The Data Gardeners", take 2 cups of "The Midnight Library" by Matt Heig (similar protaganists in a life funk offered chances to explore a "repository of human experiences, 1 cup of "Cloud Atlas" by David Mitchell (similar themes of interconnected humans stories across time and space that show individual narratives contribute to a larger cosmic flow), 3 tablespoons of the philosophical tone of "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho (similar "quests" and ideas of "energy shifts", 1 teaspoon of "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams (similar bureaucratic yet cosmic nature, both evoking sci-fi satire vibes), and a pinch of "A Man Called One" by Frederik Backman (similar renewed purpose and "ordinary people doing extraordinary things" alignment)."</i></p>

• The Data Gardeners, (Paperback)
• Author: Independently Published
• ISBN: 9798270830175
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2025-11-09
• Page Count: 408