THE BATTLE OF BROKEN MOON
Book two of The Unborn Galaxy series.
I have had the good fortune to meet and talk with
Infantrymen, Artillerymen, Paratroopers, and Naval Gunners. I met Coast
Guardsmen who drove the Higgin’s boats ashore that morning, and countless other
heroes of that nightmarish day.
I have also met and talked
with German veterans, and gotten a feel for the horrors they experienced. And I
learned of their mindset from before, during, and after they survived the
hellish bombardments and the fierce battle.
War truly is all
hell, as Sherman said, and thus should be avoided.
That having been said
let us all recall the terrible sacrifice suffered by the Americans, Canadians,
and British on those blood soaked beaches, on this date those long years ago.
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People who know me are quite frankly shocked to learn that
my first published book is a work of Science Fiction. Given my own back story
and my current position as the curator of a military history museum they were,
naturally, perplexed.
“Mike,” I’m frequently asked. “A love story on the Moon,
really?”
I try to explain that it’s actually an adventure. A story of
the human condition, an examination of prejudice, and bias. A story of our
desire to survive in the face of certain death. It is a story of treachery, and
deceit, of irrational belief, and an irrepressible desire for power.
It is the story of
the human need for something that will complete us, and bring meaning to our
lives.
It is the ancient story of the struggle between good and
evil. It is a mirror on our past, a vista of the present, and a window to our
future.
Humanity has always
been its own yin and yang; struggling against itself. Good gives rise to evil,
and evil feeds off of good. One cannot exist without the other.
In fact, each thrives
on the contest. Good would never be rewarded without a victory over evil. With
no measure for it — what good is good?
And what would evil
be without its eternal foe? Indeed, were there no good in the universe who
would recognize evil for what it is?
Of course this eternal combat is at the root of all stories.
It is conflict we crave! Who among us would read a story of eternal peace and
harmony? Page after endless page of beautiful spring days, birds chirping, and
neighbors helping one another hand in hand. Perhaps as they prepare of the long
awaited wedding between two beautiful young people in an ideal utopian
community?
But — should that
spring day be shattered by the grinding cacophony of the treads of a Division
of Panzers blitzing toward that pastoral hamlet destroying the wedding and
separating the perfect young lovers — well, now we have a story that promises
adventure! A young man’s quest to rescue his beloved from the clutches of the
jack booted monsters who took her, and to ink out revenge for his village and
his people!
Of course, in most
cases, the boy gets the girl, or vice versa, the bad guys are defeated — this
time, and our heroes ride off into the setting sun. In most cases.
I hope book two of The Unborn Galaxy will keep you riveted,
I hope the twists will surprise, and the ending will please.
Book two does not
pick up where Dark Moon Rising ended. In fact, it begins two years before the
events of Dark Moon. We will follow the unfortunate experience of Sergeant
Mathew Strum, who, after escaping from being cut off and surrounded on a tiny
island in the Battle of Oceania, becomes one of his unit’s few survivors.
To escape the pain of
being one of ‘the few’ he volunteers for duty in the most remote of locations,
on the Moon as a member of the LCDD, the Lunar Civil Defense Detachment.
His troubles begin
while training for this new mission here on Earth, and finish with a tragedy of
Homeric proportions before the culmination of that training.
He returns to the land of the living an entirely new man, only to find himself on the Moon, arriving shortly before the great Moon quake that all but destroys the lunar facility.
Fighting to stabilize
the collapsing Moon base, rescuing the survivors, recovering the dead, and
organizing the evacuation would seem to be conflict enough, but his troubles
are only just starting.
Don’t miss The Battle of Broken Moon, soon to be
released by Fire Star Press.
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