The conclusion to a medical crisis on Earth in a trilogy that introduces a new universe of adventures. Specialists from spaceship Chiron are working with alien scientists while furtively aiding a secret science society on the planet. However, that shortcut to solving Earth’s problem could endanger their relationship with planetary officials. Meanwhile, Chiron deals with aliens on nearby planets to gain more information and goodwill as they solve some of the neighbourhood’s problems. Armed with new information, they meet back at their new home base, but soon find their relationship with the planet’s government strained. Desperate to gain back the trust and aid of the innovative aliens, the crew of Chiron find themselves involved in interplanetary conflict as they strive to produce a vaccine to send home to Earth.
My fiction writing brings together years of science studies, work in heath care, and training and assistant teaching as a black belt in karate. After reading stacks of science fiction in my youth, I was inspired by space adventures such as Star Trek and medical thrillers by Dr. Robin Cook. Before publishing Earth and Beyond, I had articles on art and science fiction published in print and on-line magazines and served as editor for a newsletter/magazine for several years. Selling fantasy art and approved paintings and products related to the Canadian Musical Ride prepared me for doing some graphic design for fellow visual artists and for my own novel cover and ads.
In my town in New Brunswick, Canada, I run a writing group, am a literacy volunteer at school, and enjoys gardening, creative cooking, yoga, photography, kicking back to good movies and shows, and, of course, my family.
You’re striving to survive, alone in the jungle, then suddenly things get worse. Scary for anyone, I think. In this scenario, scientist Scott D’Amour is working on an alien planet called Fabar, having been banned from spaceship Chiron for illegal experiments. Now he has to use all his ingenuity and reservist training to ward off an apparent attack .
Enjoy this tiny excerpt from the trilogy finale that opens a universe of further adventures.
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Book Excerpt
Shoot for Earth: MedSci Missions 3
Nearby leaves looked like they could make a hat of some kind, so he headed to the tree to start with that. On closer examination, he realized they looked like the leaves he’d eaten at Cenva’s. He tried placing his tongue on the leaf to check for burning or bitterness. Nothing. He dug in a little deeper, careful not to swallow any juices. The flavour was clearly the same as his recent dinner. It was very tough though. There must have been a slow cook or something to make it edible. After forming a hat, he stowed a few extra leaves and spat out the juices well, just in case. Sometimes nature made look-alikes. Sometimes things were toxic unless prepared the right way. He’d wait until he was really hungry to do more cautious edibility tests. After all, he was only six hours from the city. Probably. He’d often hiked that many hours in a day. He’d be fine. Suddenly something whizzed across his face, burning and stinging. He reached up to find a streak of blood.
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