Theocracy

The Deep Dark Well Series 2 #1

by Doug Dandridge

Thousands of Years After the Fall of the Galactic Empire, Tech is Making a Comeback, and the Barbarians Are Now on the Move. On One Terraformed Moon a Monk has Discovered Some of the Ancient Tech, and, More Importantly to Outsiders, the Ability to Access the Hidden Secrets of the Ancients

Patrick O'Hara is a young monk on the eave of his first battle. His moon, Vasus, is experiencing ever intensifying quakes as it approaches the Roche limit of the gas giant Brahma. Vasus will be gone in a decade, something the people who live on it cannot imagine. Patrick wields a sword and shield of ancient technology, taken from a room which only his touch could access. He is not prepared when demons come from the sky to wipe out the army of his nation and capture his brother, who they mistakenly identify as the key to the ancient tech. Found dying on the battlefield by a beautiful agent of the Republic which is the Theocracy's enemy, saved from certain death by her genetically engineered cat, he finds himself caught up in a war between two powers, both determined to get back to the stars to forge empires. Can he help the Republic defeat their evil enemies, and in the process discover how to save the only world he has ever known?

Set in the Universe of The Deep Dark Well, a dozen years after the novel Deeper and Darker, this story follows one of the many struggles occurring in a Galaxy of tens of thousands of intelligent species and tens of millions of inhabited planets. Cultures are struggling to rise, some to dominate their worlds, some to control their star systems, and some to forge interstellar empires. But not everyone can win, there must be losers. Which will be which can only be determined in the struggle.

The second trilogy of The Deep Dark Well begins, in a Galaxy in which courage and determination will mean as much as technology in determining the fates of civilizations. Scroll up and grab a copy today.

Genres: Science Fiction

280 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 10, 2016

About the author

Doug Dandridge was born in Venice Florida in 1957, the son of a Florida native and a Mother of French Canadian descent. An avid reader from an early age, Doug has read most of the classic novels and shorts of Science Fiction and Fantasy, as well as multiple hundreds of historical works. Doug has military experience including Marine Corps JROTC, Active Duty Army, and the Florida National Guard. He attended Florida State University, studying Biology, Geology, Physics, and Chemistry, and receiving a BS in Psychology. Doug then studied Clinical Psychology at the University of Alabama, with specific interests in Neuropsychology and Child Psychology, completing a Masters and all course work required for a PhD. He has worked in Psychiatric Hospitals, Mental Health Centers, a Prison, a Juvenile Residential Facility, and for the his last seven years in the work force for the Florida Department of Children and Families. Since March of 2013 he has worked as a full time writer. Doug has been writing on and off for fifteen years. He concentrates on intelligent science fiction and fantasy in which there is always hope, no matter how hard the situation. No area of the fantastic is outside his scope, as he has completed works in near and far future Science Fiction, Urban and High Fantasy, Horror, and Alternate History.
Doug has published 34 books on Amazon, with over 230,000 sales with 5,000 reviews averaging 4.6 stars. He will be publishing his first traditionally published book in 2018, followed by the second book of the contracted series. Also in the planning stages are post apocalyptic and alternate history series.

Reviews

[Chris · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well Doug's done it again. Another great book.