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Lunar Rift
Book 1 of the exciting Solar Dawn Series
Logan Reynolds enjoys his life on the moon as Asgard's chief engineer. But when the managing director puts Logan in charge while she travels to Earth, and the nations on Earth detonate their nuclear weapons without warning, he suddenly finds himself in charge of a terrified population searching for leadership.
To make matters worse, a Chinese base next door believes Asgard is responsible.
When the US president turns up and wants to take over, Logan realises he must step up and protect Asgard for the president's lust for power and the Chinese intent on revenge.
But then an even greater menace threatens to wipe out the colony entirely.
Can they survive and keep the last remnant of humanity alive?
Logan Reynolds enjoys his life on the moon as Asgard's chief engineer. But when the managing director puts Logan in charge while she travels to Earth, and the nations on Earth detonate their nuclear weapons without warning, he suddenly finds himself in charge of a terrified population searching for leadership.
To make matters worse, a Chinese base next door believes Asgard is responsible.
When the US president turns up and wants to take over, Logan realises he must step up and protect Asgard for the president's lust for power and the Chinese intent on revenge.
But then an even greater menace threatens to wipe out the colony entirely.
Can they survive and keep the last remnant of humanity alive?
322 pages, Paperback
Published August 16, 2024
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About the author
John Wegener
26 books1 followerI'm a dreamer…always have been.
I have dreamed of flying to the stars since I was a child, looking up at the Milky Way on a moonless and cloudless winter’s night, wondering what’s out there.
I started writing in 2016 and now write full time. Ten published books later, I’m still writing strong with many more stories in my head for others to enjoy. My stories revolve around science fiction, primarily space based stories with as strong an element of hard science as I can place into the stories. This means they usually occur in the near future (next one to two hundred years). But I do delve into the fantastic sci fi for stories of intrigue and adventure other than hard science based ones.
Before taking up writing, I undertook chemical engineering in the steel industry for 35 years.
So I now write, drawing on my many experiences in exotic places throughout my working life. These were incredible at times! I also draw on many other experiences. Some are funny and interesting.
Being an avid reader, I read almost anything. It is common for me to read three or four books at the same time on completely differing topics, both fiction and non-fiction. I mainly enjoy reading science fiction and fantasy books, my favorite authors being Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke and J.R.R. Tolkien. I also enjoy crime mysteries. Ancient and medieval history in Europe fascinate me and I use extrapolated facts from this history in my stories at times.
Cosmology, general relativity and quantum physics intrigue me. New concepts and understanding continually develop in these fields. This is exciting to me and is the way of the future. Humanity is finally escaping the shackles of Earth and seriously reaching out into space.
I rarely use aliens in my stories as the aliens I encounter in the stories I read are usually humans dressed up as aliens. So why not use humans. I do delve into genetic engineering. That is a realistic scientific development worth exploring in science fiction.
You can get to know me better by viewing my website and subscribing to my emails, where I provide more information on my activities and explore interesting topics. Or follow me on facebook.
I live in Wollongong, Australia with my wife and family.
I have dreamed of flying to the stars since I was a child, looking up at the Milky Way on a moonless and cloudless winter’s night, wondering what’s out there.
I started writing in 2016 and now write full time. Ten published books later, I’m still writing strong with many more stories in my head for others to enjoy. My stories revolve around science fiction, primarily space based stories with as strong an element of hard science as I can place into the stories. This means they usually occur in the near future (next one to two hundred years). But I do delve into the fantastic sci fi for stories of intrigue and adventure other than hard science based ones.
Before taking up writing, I undertook chemical engineering in the steel industry for 35 years.
So I now write, drawing on my many experiences in exotic places throughout my working life. These were incredible at times! I also draw on many other experiences. Some are funny and interesting.
Being an avid reader, I read almost anything. It is common for me to read three or four books at the same time on completely differing topics, both fiction and non-fiction. I mainly enjoy reading science fiction and fantasy books, my favorite authors being Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke and J.R.R. Tolkien. I also enjoy crime mysteries. Ancient and medieval history in Europe fascinate me and I use extrapolated facts from this history in my stories at times.
Cosmology, general relativity and quantum physics intrigue me. New concepts and understanding continually develop in these fields. This is exciting to me and is the way of the future. Humanity is finally escaping the shackles of Earth and seriously reaching out into space.
I rarely use aliens in my stories as the aliens I encounter in the stories I read are usually humans dressed up as aliens. So why not use humans. I do delve into genetic engineering. That is a realistic scientific development worth exploring in science fiction.
You can get to know me better by viewing my website and subscribing to my emails, where I provide more information on my activities and explore interesting topics. Or follow me on facebook.
I live in Wollongong, Australia with my wife and family.
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December 14, 2024
Tedious and unfinished
At about the 70% point, I finally gave up on the tepid characters (not a single “hero” in the batch), the transparent plot, and (most of all) the long-winded writing. I turned to the end and, as I had suspected, THE STORY DID NOT END. Come on, author! A novel has a beginning, a middle, AND AN END. Cliff-hanger endings are for chapters and old Saturday morning cartoons. When you write a series, each book should stand alone.
At about the 70% point, I finally gave up on the tepid characters (not a single “hero” in the batch), the transparent plot, and (most of all) the long-winded writing. I turned to the end and, as I had suspected, THE STORY DID NOT END. Come on, author! A novel has a beginning, a middle, AND AN END. Cliff-hanger endings are for chapters and old Saturday morning cartoons. When you write a series, each book should stand alone.
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