Expedition (The Locus Series Book 2)
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“Yeah, okay, Etch,” Pearson snapped, glaring at the boy’s guileless face. “You’ve made your point.”
“I apologize, Ollie,” Etch replied. “But I feel it is important to reaffirm your purpose in life.”
“And what purpose is that? Huh? You think there can be any purpose for me anymore?”
“You are the only human left. That makes you, by default, the most important person who has ever lived.”
Pearson sighed and leaned back in his chair with a humorless smile. Yeah, Etch had a point. He was the most important person.
“And together,” ECHELON continued. “We have much work to prepare for humanity’s return.”
The story continues in The Locus Series Book 3: Osiris, released in early 2018.
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Thank you for reading Expedition, the second book in the Locus series. I’m hard at work on getting book three polished, and have deliberately delayed Expedition’s release as I don’t want people to wait for long after that ending.
I am immensely proud and humbled to mention a side benefit which came from the writing of these novel. It prompted Tom Edwards, the amazing cover designer for this series, some buddies and me to get together for something we called “Covers for a Cure”. It was a charity event where we auctioned off three of his pieces of art to indie writers. A highly respected editor, Ellen Campbell, learned we were doing this and so generously offered an editing package as well. The indie science fiction writing community came together for this and raised an amazing $4100 dollars on behalf of Parkinson’s Disease research.
It’s funny how things work out—and this all comes down to you, the readers. Without you buying and liking these books, this would never have happened.
Thank you.
If you want to watch this event, look here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uu2ZpAI3-4&t=1206
On another note, the real USS Paul Ignatius launched for sea trials in December 2016. I wish her and her crew all the success in the world.
So where is the Locus series going from here? Well, for people who want an early heads up, contact me on Facebook or ralphkern1980@gmail.com as I’ll soon be looking for advanced readers who would be willing to read the book early for comments and reviews.
Happy voyages, and please get in touch. I’m always happy to speak to readers.