Wolf 359 (Book 1)

pdmac

Oct 2015 · Trimble Hollow Press

About this ebook

pdmac has created a fully imagined universe of great scope and clarity. This series introduces us to unforgettable characters… and a mystery of interstellar proportions…. Characters are purposely flawed and meticulously drawn. Beginning with the survivor of a shipwreck in space who has enough quirks to keep you guessing, the story spins its web in which you soon find yourself caught. Ambitious, literate, and insightful, if you like your epics chock full of surprises and ever mindful of the humanity's flaws and graces, you'll find Wolf 359 to your taste. Part sf, part fantasy, part epic, this adventure is only beginning.... – Amazon Reviewer

 

The spaceship destroyed, his family murdered, Duncan finds himself stranded on a planet circling Wolf 359. Along with the only other survivor, a beautiful gladiator named Alexis, they encounter a civilization whose past reaches back only 1500 years. Their fortune stumbles from the start when Alexis is immediately forced to fight the nation’s berserker who underestimates his opponent, and pays dearly for it. Yet no sooner is she awarded his position, title, and wealth when she is called upon to lead the nation’s warriors in the first full scale battle she has ever experienced, against an enemy who take no prisoners.

 

With the very real possibility of Alexis never returning, Duncan is left alone to fend for himself. Calling himself a wizard of the universe, he is brought before the Council of Prelates to explain his obvious heresy. Deftly answering their questions, he throws caution to the wind and challenges the nation’s high priest, Vix, to a contest of divine favor. The one who calls down thunder and lightning from the sky is the chosen one of God and becomes the nation’s high priest. The loser dies.

 

Angry and nervous to be cornered into an arrangement that might reveal his own heresy, Vix quickly decides to preempt the contest by having Duncan murdered. Though he survived a destroyed spaceship, can Duncan now evade assassins? Can he really call down thunder and lightning?

About the author

pdmac is the author of the epic Science Fiction/ Fantasy series Wolf 359, which garnered 2nd place in Science Fiction in the Bookbzz.com Prize Writer of the year 2015 competition.  Additionally, he is the author of the Steampunk Western Series: Tombstone Trilogy: Fool’s Gold and An Ounce of Lead; a dystopian novel - Rebirth of Angels: A Dystopian Novel; a novella - Ctrl Z The Do Over Stone; and a book of poetry – a young man no more.  A diverse author, writer, and editor, he has also edited a Literature anthology, served as managing editor of an archaeology magazine, ghost-written an autobiography, and has had poems, short stories, articles, and editorials published in various literary journals, magazines and newspapers.  His most recent short stories appear in the Short Story America anthologies III and IV, Poets in Hell (ed., Janet Morris), The Mulberry Fork Review, and the Fantasy Anthology Chronicles of Mirstone.  He has a MA in Creative Writing and a Ph.D. in Theology, and is a member of the Steampunk Writers and Artists Guild, and the Georgia Writers Association.  He has also sung back-up for Broadway plays, provided voice for radio plays, and acted and directed theater stage productions.  In his off time, he and his wife race mountain bikes, kayak, and occasionally backpack sections of the Appalachian Trail.