Dan Melson: April 2016 Archives

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Preparing the Ground

This is the first in what is planned to be a series covering the developing conflict between the Empire and the fractal demons.

Back cover teaser

It started innocently enough. I was the engineer on one of Earth's first explorations beyond the Solar System, using borrowed Imperial technology. Captured on a hostile planet, I have to make a plan to escape. And then I discovered my real mistake

It takes place starting a few months after the end of "Empire and Earth" but the major characters are completely different.

I should also mention that there are three human but not Earth-human cultures which we see in varying degrees, all of which treat certain potentially sensitive subjects in ways entirely different than we do. For this reason, I would not recommend this book to anyone of less than high school age. There's nothing explicit, but it might shock some. The main character grows considerably over the course of the story.

That said, I do believe that those who liked the Rediscovery trilogy will also like this one. Please consider buying, and if you do, please review it! Thank you to all who do!