It’s a great place to find all my books listed in one hand-dandy location. Be the first on your block to collect them all! (Hey, that approach works for toy-stuffed breakfast cereals…)

It also echoes these blog posts. Which means you could be reading this post on Amazon, and discover a link to the page you’re already reading…hopefully this will not result in an endless recursive loop, collapsing down to a black hole from which you will never escape.

Someone click the link and find out for sure!

From the author of Marseguro—The BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL returns to earth

Marseguro, a water world far from Earth, is home to a colony of humans and the Selkies, a water-dwelling race created from modified human DNA. For seventy years the colony has lived in peace. Then Earth discovers Marseguro, and a strike force is sent to eradicate this “abomination.” But Marseguro has created a genetically tailored plague to use against Earth’s Holy Warriors. With the enemy defeated, the people of Marseguro feel they are safe. But Chris Keating, the traitor who signaled Marseguro’s location to the Holy Warriors, has fled to Earth, unknowingly carrying the deadly plague within him. The people of Marseguro feel they must send a ship to Earth with a life-saving vaccine. Only time will tell what awaits them when they reach their destination.

A print-out of a confirmation of your pre-order from Amazon would make a great Christmas gift!

Wouldn’t it?

Marseguro, a colonized planet inhabited by normal humans and Selkies–genetically modified by a scientist named Victor Hansen–would seem defenseless when the theocratic earth government (The Body) sends (with Hansen’s grandson Richard as part of the force) a military expedition to capture, sterilize, and enslave the Selkies–considered an “abomination” by the earth totalitarians.

Obviously, you know that the Selkies and their unmodified coinhabitants of the planet aren’t as defenseless as they seem (else there would be no book), so the suspense in this thrilling tale with multiple povs and intriguing characters comes from learning exactly how they’ll accomplish this and what will happen next. The response is swift, and then things really get interesting but never sentimental–atypical for novels that have as one of their themes “what it means to be human.”

The principal characters–Emily the Selkie (that’s her on the front cover) and Richard Hansen–are complicated enough to seem real, and you’ll probably believe in them. The supporting cast are well done, too. And the action sequences–especially a chase across the water with a killer robot in pursuit (that’s it on the back cover) should thrill you.

The novel’s complete in itself, but there’s room for a sequel.

It’s always nice to get a snapshot of new reader’s response to the book.

This book was a good science fiction read. The author develops a couple of traditional themes, what it means to be human and colonizing a new world away from the politics of the old world. It has good action scenes, smarmy villains that you love to hate and main characters that develop into decent people during the course of the story. I can’t wait to read more from the author.

He (or she) gave it five stars.

Excellent world-building and well developed characters. Very enjoyable. If you are interested in the religious implications of genetic manipulation, the political problems with a theocracy, or the question of what you would do when faced with extinction, read this book. – William Howe

He gave it four stars out of five.