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Overview: I am a former software engineer writing science fiction and fantasy novels. I am attempting to write what starts as hard science fiction (but with elements like FTL). I am also trying to develop alien characters who are different from the usual generic pulp ones. Most of my stories include some humorous elements.
I write in a style that intentionally violates Anton Chekov’s story rules. I intentionally include false threads, and people make mistakes and wrong decisions. A gun set on a table may not be used, it may be jammed, or it may not play a part in the story until book five in a series. That way, when you read something, you may go, "Oh, a hint, the story will do this later." It may or may not.
My stories also usually include some romantic elements but with an odd twist or strange hurdle that must be crossed. I create aliens that are hopefully unique and different. That said, a romance between a human and a "real" alien may have some physical or cultural differences that need to be dealt with.
Due to some adult humor, the recommended reading age is High School and up.
Genre: Fiction > Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The Artifact (#1)
Benjamin, Mark, and Chloe were all set to graduate college in a few weeks.
Ben had ordered a strange object from eBay to use as cover art for a book he was writing.
It looked really cool, like a slightly charred old military artifact from 70 years ago. It was possibly part of an engine. After cleaning it up (it was found in a cow field), he placed the strange device on his dorm room desk directly over the wireless charging port. That woke it up.
Unknown to him, the disabled starship hiding on the moon could now communicate with the missing part.
The ship needed two things:
1) The missing part.
2) A crew to pass itself off as a manned ship (AIs were not supposed to control ships autonomously).
Now, after finishing college, they need to find a way to get the ship to land somewhere safe, supply it, and return the missing component, the artifact.
They suspect the most challenging part will be getting into space. They soon find that the real problem is what awaits them when they reach the alien trading center.
The Second Artifact (#2)
In the first book, Ben had ordered a strange object from eBay. It turned out to be the missing part from an alien spacecraft. One with an AI that needed a crew so it could pass itself off as a non-AI ship.
Having survived their first adventure in space, they now had a new, larger, and much faster ship. Returning to Earth should have been the easy part.
They also had a wedding to plan.
Unfortunately, nothing goes as planned.
They are sent to a new destination in space to meet with a new alien species, with whom the other aliens’ first contact didn’t go very smoothly.
Along the way, they stumble across a new artifact, something ancient and possibly more dangerous than anything they have encountered.
What do you do with a piece of technology that can upset the balance of power in the galaxy?
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