The I've Given Up Before I've Even Started Award

for Outstanding Lack of Ambition goes to:

In Cognito is a 75,000 word love letter to storytelling and the natural world. I’m a little embarrassed that I can’t provide a whiz-bang, high-concept hook to persuade you to read it, but once I wrote down “The Seven Seals meets Where the Wild Things Are” I was just too appalled to keep trying. It's a good book. Thank you for your time.

Sigh. You can have your pitch back; can I have my time back?