Summer Crash (Zerralon 1.1)

Zerralon

Book 1
Star Catcher Publishing
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 Summer comes to a crashing end…

Ten-year-old Kevin Taggert prefers to stay home with his video games, but his parents insist he join a summer sports program. Exactly on the day the Vordac raid Earth. With his little sister depending on him for protection, Kevin must find the strength and wisdom to keep them both safe.

Before they both end up dead, or even worse: as life-long slaves of the Vordac.

A science fiction adventure novella.


Keywords: Science Fiction Adventure, YA Science Fiction, Robots, Alien Invasion, Space Opera, Aliens, Boys Adventure, Young Adult, Human Wave Science Fiction

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 It's said I was launched into space from birth and I haven't been back to Earth since.

There might be some truth in that.

As a reader I love science fiction with great plots, interesting characters, exotic locales, all accompanied by a sense of wonder with optimistic endings. As a writer, I love the same.
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Star Catcher Publishing
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Published on
Mar 8, 2014
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Pages
110
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ISBN
9781937042455
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Flowing text, Original pages
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English
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Fiction / Science Fiction / Action & Adventure
Fiction / Science Fiction / General
Fiction / Science Fiction / Space Opera
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Mind of a Child (Zerralon 1.2)
Book 2

A day of fun descends into a day of fear.


Liam Taggert hopes a trip to one of the big amusement parks on the planet of Mydore will take his children's minds off their mother's situation. It worked… until Kevin disappeared, kidnapped by unknown abductors.


While his father and the Galactic Patrol race to find him, Kevin awakes in a strange place, unsure how he got there...


...With his life hanging on the very desires hidden in his heart.




A science fiction adventure novella.



Zerralon Titles:


Summer Crash


Mind of a Child

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