Bøger af Scott C. Anderson

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This is a story of loneliness and fulfillment. A young man will leave the paradise of his blue-water world and start a journey to find and save his people. An occupation could be called slavery, depending on your viewpoint. Dhan Sokin will fight for his people, so they in turn can fight for their own freedom. A young woman will discover that the leaders of her people place a finite price on personal value. During a negotiation, a battleship captain will underestimate the value of Jasmine Jones, freeing her from the bonds of one man's appraisal. Jasmine will thrive, but not without hard work, persistence, and the help of a few friends.

Includes: One Way Out, Two Is Company, Three Days of Discovery. One Way Out starts as a series of adventures with Larrytam and Aron. Two Colar men were left behind and abandoned on planet Earth. Finding work on a Florek merchant freighter, they will find safety and hardship with the Florek captain. Brave and free, Captain Rollio Surlatan will take the Colar boys to places they've never seen, and confront the ideals that freedom is never free. Two Is Company continues the story as the Colar are entangled in a struggle of allies and deception. The Colar will allow brother to fight brother for the sheer need for power and exploitation. Three Days of Discovery continues with a new ally in Myra Song. Larrytam fights his personal demons and Aron continues to grow as an independent man. Treachery and deceit are always onboard when dealing with the Colar, but new and even more powerful allies await the two men as they work through the obstacles of living free.

Volume Two includes The Colar Boys adventures of The Four Prophets, Five Alive, and The Men from Palla. Continued from Volume One, Larrytam and Aron aid and rescue enslaved Colar and earth humans from the mining planet known as Habronsan. Myra Song, the Florek inter trader, once again enters the picture and works with the two free Colar, as Larrytam and Aron work to free their people. Aron's kidnapping in Five Alive results in a dangerous mission run by operatives working with the Colar government. Myra Song is a strong woman working with the support of honorable men. Life isn't easy, it never is, but Myra has the ability to overcome obstacles. This is story of struggle and hope. The Colar Boys, and the people they encounter, only try to better their situation when confronted with a challenge. These men and women may seem familiar, though the settings are new.

Written for all age groups. The Beginning is the story of what should have been a simple mining operation. Tel of the Taman had no intention of exposing his crew to the daily challenges associated with the people of earth. But an attack on the family of a veteran of the Civil War leads to an involvement that Tel is unable to ignore. Spanning a hundred years, the crew of this Taman saucer will become involved with a newspaper reporter, her photographer, and the American military to defend earth from a warring race known as the Colar. Two members of the Taman mining crew will find a friend and ally with a journalist. This woman, who would be young in the 1950's, but seasoned in the 1990's, will visit the Taman homeworld with her fiancé. She will learn as much about herself as she will from her hosts, and will unknowingly help protect not only her family, but the people of earth.

Written for all age groups. Celia Reyes already had a difficult job working with people and their problems with the law. She never envisioned that one day she could be called to save her home planet. On a clear sunny day, on a sandy beach, Celia would make her first offworld contact with the Qell Protectorate. This personal first contact would forever change her life. The earth woman will assist with the prevention of a planned asteroid strike aimed at two different worlds. Celia's involvement would change the plans of a distant race to "clear the way" for strip mining the earth planet by permanently removing all life. Her efforts, her work, will forever change the destiny of two races, and the people she loves.