The Empty Eggs of Burning Light

Lucian Randolph

Apr 2012 · Sky Fire Book 3 · McDonald Press Publishing

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In 32 hours, the world as we know it will end!

The magnetic field of the earth is about to fail because of a series of gigantic solar storms, which come in a 26,000 year cycle. When that happens, solar radiation will cause widespread infertility among all land animals, including us. As the storms begin causing dramatic destruction that could lead to the downfall of our technological civilization, a mysterious clue about the danger appears on an ancient artifact. While the countdown continues, major characters start coming together for the first time, building dark intrigue, ancient prophesy and cutting-edge high-technology into a series of connected events leading to the end of the world – unless it can be stopped. A mysterious consciousness and presence inside the only clue about what is happening may be the only means of preventing the coming disaster. But time is running out and the chaos has already begun.

THE EMPTY EGGS OF BURNING LIGHT continues the exciting saga from THE HOLE IN THE MAGIC SHIELD. A hard science fiction tale so real some readers can’t tell it’s fiction, the third fast-paced thriller picks up the minute the last one stopped. The next 8.25 hours, out of only 32 hours left in the world, begin to add new characters and plots as events trigger a cascade of cause and effect. The hour-by-hour style of the modern timeline combines with larger than life characters and historical fact in a story you can’t put down. The twisted mystery continues to dig deeper until a cliff-hanger ending guaranteed to make readers scream in anticipation for the next installment. But the story is only half over…


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About the Author Lucian is hard to describe. We're pretty sure he escaped from some government lab when he was young. These days he's a practicing roboticist, biophysicist and biomechanical engineer. He's also a research fellow and senior strategic analyst for a private science think tank. His primary specialty is high-technology and bleeding-edge science, which really just means he likes cool toys. He has also been called a polymath and a futurist, but he says that just means he's hopeful. In addition to several companies founded on his technology, Lucian has also been independently contracted to invent and develop some of the most advanced robotic equipment on the planet. He has a thing for robots - preferably the female kind (because all complex machines are females - and vice versa). He says he's only met a few male robots, and they were all heavily armed and quite mean looking. He has consulted for projects under the direction of numerous government and private groups around the world. In addition to robotics, he has a portfolio of advanced technology he was directly responsible for developing or inventing. His designs and inventions cover a broad range of industries including biomedical, construction, telecommunications, military, and aerospace. Virtually all of his technology is Restricted or Classified (mostly as a result of who actually has enough money to build the things he thinks up). Outside his Entrepreneur and Science work, Lucian is a prolific writer. Professionally, he produces more than one million written words per year. He's also been producing multimedia for public internet distribution since the beginning of the broadband era. He's a recognized pioneer in the podcasting field and was the host of the Planet TV Show, which was one of the original non-commercial science and technology TV shows on the web and one of the first video podcasts in the world. The show was seen in 124 countries worldwide, and at the peak of its popularity, the videos were being downloaded millions of times each month. Lucian has authored numerous technical tomes that are not available to the public, in addition to this series of science fiction novels, The Ancients of Earth. He says he has to write fiction because he needs to get all the crazy things he's seen and been through in his professional life out of his head; otherwise he'd go insane. But he admits, that might only be a matter of semantics.