A Dark of Endless Days: 2 (Star Trails Tetralogy) - Softcover

Fox, Marcha

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0998078972 ISBN 13: 9780998078977

Publisher: Kalliope Rising Press, 2012

Synopsis

Things are never so bad they can't get worse. For the Brightstars they just did.

Laren Brightstar knows his family's in serious trouble. If he doesn't finish building the heat exchanger before Opposition's heat sets in they'll all perish. Then what little money they have is confiscated and he's hauled off to territorial prison in a midnight raid, leaving his teenaged son, Dirck, responsible for the family's welfare.

Above everything else, Dirck is acutely aware that none of this would have happened if his missing sister, Creena, had followed the rules.

Unaware of the chaos left in her wake, Creena only wants to get back home. The planet where she hopes to find assistance complicates her situation even further, stranding her on a backward world where evil forces follow her wherever she goes.

Will each of them survive long enough to ever be together again?

About this title

Review

A worthy addition to the sci-fi genre and certainly one for readers who enjoy following serial compilations. --John Reinhard Dizon, Author In the vein of old science fiction literature this story could end up as another classic. It's original, with all the components, technology, other world and races, and a contact with Earth. It also has tension and conflict, though mostly emotional and interpersonal, not ray guns. --Amazon Reviewer Written in a technically proficient yet engaging style this book is sure to captivate science fiction lovers of all ages! --Donna McGarry, Author the "Zodiacts" series The descriptions of Earthlings and our society sent me into fits of laughter. A couple new characters drop in on this volume, a bnolar and Win, a friend of Dirck's, to make this story an ever increasingly interesting read. Fox once again does an exceptional job building character and making her created universe a reality. --Elle Klass, Author of "Eilida's Tragedy" and the "Baby Girl" series

About the Author

Marcha Fox has loved science fiction since she was a child with the stars always holding a strong sense of mystery and fascination. Her love of astronomy resulted in a bachelor of science degree in physics from Utah State University followed by a 21 year career at NASA where she held a variety of positions including technical writer, engineer and eventually a manager. Her NASA experiences included trips to Cape Canaveral in Florida, visiting other NASA centers in Mississippi, Alabama and Maryland as well as trips to the European Space Agency in The Netherlands but the most memorable was the sad task of helping to recover space shuttle debris in East Texas following the tragic Columbia accident in 2003. She writes the kind of stories she enjoys herself which in the Star Trails series include the various exploits of an entire family along with a variety of alien and mechanical personalities trying to survive in a hostile world of scientific and political intrigue. Beyond the Hidden Sky is the first volume with the second, A Dark of Endless Days, and third, A Psilent Place Below, also available. The final volume entitled "Refractions of Frozen Time" is expected sometime in 2014. Never at a loss for something to do, her study of the heavens continues in yet another realm, that of astrology. “Just because the scientists can’t explain how it works doesn’t mean it doesn’t. What they fail to tell you in astronomy class is that Kepler, Galileo, Copernicus and Newton were all astrologers on a quest to obtain more accurate data.” She sees no conflict with modern science other than the fact that technology has not yet advanced far enough to determine how it works. Her astrology clients span the globe, accessing her through her website at www.valkyrieastrology.com. She is the mother of six grown children, 17 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren and currently makes her home in Texas.

Edition details

• Publisher: Kalliope Rising Press
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0998078972
• ISBN 13: 9780998078977
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368