AMERICA ONE - NextGen II (Book 6)
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Compared to SB-III, the first shuttle to have a laser, America Two had 24 times the firepower and double the speed of rapid bursts. She was a mighty battleship, and ready for protecting herself. Each of the twelve sections, the two struts, and center area had doors that could close in seconds, sealing off each area if there was a breech to outer space.
It was now time for the excited crew to fly to DX2017. The asteroid was 220,000 miles away, the flight would take twelve hours once they left their orbit of Earth in the mighty ship, and Commander Mars Noble was in command of the bridge when the ship moved away from its build station.
There wasn’t such an excited and scared bunch of kids in all the universe.
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Lunar Richmond told this exact story to her father when he and the others awoke on DX2017, 190,000 miles from Earth.
Ryan was still groggy. To him, he had been asleep for only minutes, and he realized that this mature-looking woman was his little daughter, Lunar. She and several others had returned to awaken the travelers, and every cabinet had opened to reveal a fit and healthy human who hadn’t aged a day in fourteen years.
“How are you? Where is Pluto Katherine?” Ryan asked once what his daughter had told him sunk in.
“Pluto is down on our island looking after my two boys, your grandchildren, Mark and James. She is also married and gave birth to her son Titan two months ago. We are both married, happily to two Australian guys, pilots, and you are the grandfather of three beautiful boys, Granddad!” said his smiling 32-year-old daughter as the IV fluid flowed through his body. He looked up to see his wife slowly approaching. She had awoken twelve hours earlier and could already walk in the soft gravity.
“How’s the fishing?” Jonesy asked Saturn as she rubbed his stiff legs and then hugged her mother, Maggie. He didn’t recognize the beautiful lady in front of him, and his legs felt weird, as if they had been stuck behind his back for several years.
“You just wait, Mr. Jones. There is an 80-year-old smelly sea captain called Bob Mathews who keeps asking for you, and he says he knows every fishing spot in the Indian Ocean. Also, you have two young boys, my kids, waiting for their grandpa and grandma to take them fishing.” That made both Jonesy and Maggie smile.
“Have you seen your mother? Is she okay?” VIN asked, still not with it. Mars Noble nodded at the same man he had put to sleep thirteen years earlier. His father, although pale and sickly looking, hadn’t aged a day.
VIN, on the other hand, saw a very strong and fit man standing in front of him he didn’t recognize.
“You just relax, Dad. Our mission to return to Earth was a total success. There are many friends waiting for you to return. You have two grandchildren, two of the best boys you can ever imagine, and who are dying to meet you and Mom. The world down there is better thanks to you and Jonesy and Ryan. I can’t wait to take you fishing and drink a few cold beers aboard our boat with you, Dad.
VIN smiled. He, Suzi and Mars were okay, and they were going home, forever.
Books by the Author
The Book of Tolan Series (Adult Reading)
Banking, Beer & Robert the Bruce – Hardcover and eNovel.
Easy Come Easy Go – Hardcover and eNovel.
It Could Happen – eNovel.
AMERICA ONE Series (General Reading)
AMERICA ONE—eBook and Paperback.
AMERICA ONE – The Launch—eBook and Paperback.
AMERICA ONE – The Odyssey Begins—eBook and Paperback.
AMERICA ONE IV – Return to Earth—eBook and Paperback
AMERICA ONE V – NextGen—eBook
AMERICA ONE VI – NextGen II—eBook and Paperback
AMERICA ONE VII – War of the Worlds—eBook (September 2014)
INVASION USA Series (General Reading)
INVASION USA I – The End of Modern Civilization—eBook and Paperback
INVASION USA II – The Battle for New York—eBook and Paperback
INVASION USA III – The Battle for Survival—eBook and Paperback
INVASION USA IV – The Battle for Houston … The Aftermath—eBook and Paperback
INVASION EUROPE: The Battle for Survival – 2014
The Banker’s Club (Teenagers and Adults)
THE BANKERS CLUB I: Defaults—eBook
The Banker’s Club II: Acquisitions—eBook (February 2014-15)
The Banker’s Club III: Withdrawals—eBook (April 2014-15)
About the Author
T I WADE was born in Bromley, Kent, England in 1954.
His father, a banker was promoted with his International Bank to Africa and the young family moved to Africa in 1956.
The author grew up in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Once he had completed his mandatory military commitments, at 21 he left Africa to mature in Europe.
He enjoyed Europe and lived in three countries; England, Germany and Portugal for 15 years before returning to Africa; Cape Town in 1989.
Here the author owned and ran a restaurant, a coffee manufacturing and retail business, flew a Cessna 210 around desolate southern Africa and finally got married in 1992.
Due to the upheavals of the political turmoil in South Africa, the Wade family of three moved to the United States in 1996. Park City, Utah was where his writing career began.
To date T I Wade has written fifteen novels.
The Author, his wife and two teenage children currently live 20 miles south of Raleigh, North Carolina.