THE SKY SUSPENDED, the precursor to the newly released Mercenary Calling, is now in Kindle Unlimited.
Both books can stand alone, but this one comes right before Mercenary Calling. It’s the first book I ever wrote, finished, and published. I used one of my sons as a cover model, so I feel a certain amount of affection for that cover. We went down to the Lincoln Memorial and he stood between various pillars looking heroic. I sat on the ground with my camera so he’d loom even more (I learned that trick from someone while checking out Spaceport America in New Mexico), and snapped away. Because we saw no alien planets in the sky that day, I bought one for $3.00 from a man in Turkey through Dreamstime. Several filters, lots of feedback, and Phil Smith’s eventual corrections later, I arrived at the current cover.
What’s the book about?
It’s a novel of asteroids past, crowds, lawyers, and a starship.
It is the 22nd century and a generation has passed since asteroid scares led to the creation and launch of a single interstellar starship. Calvin Tondini is a new attorney with the government, and has no intention of watching from the sidelines as the starship’s return and its discovery of an Earth-like planet sets the bureaucratic response in motion. Can someone who has no business in the matter unearth the secrets that will allow the rest of humanity to reach the stars?
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