‘This is what a Kickstarter is’-he indicates the website to his wife and scrolls down-‘and this is what I want the funding for.

Without her support, patience, and willingness to indulge my writing passion, Elite: Out of the Darkness would never have been completed.

My wife is an exceptional woman, and it’s thanks to her that you are reading this. Describing it now, my writer’s instinct tells me to find the conflict in the scene, the drama, to pit the two characters head-to-head in a battle of wits and will that nearly ends in failure-defeat only averted because of a clever, last-minute ruse-except the story hasn’t started yet, and so I’ll write this as a husband. Recommended Reading Age: 14+ (some mature content)īefore this novel’s Kickstarter there was a discussion. Readers searching for alternate realities can immerse themselves in 400 billion star systems, 1300 years of future events, and epic space adventures like Out of the Darkness. Diverse, distinctive, and over thirty years in the making, it provides a rich source of inspiration for any storyteller. The most memorable stories are set in universes not just vast in size, but that stretch back through time. It is the immense scale, the developed backstory and history, which give characters' actions meaning and makes for a captivating tale. What helps make epic space adventures like Isaac Asimov's Foundation saga, Frank Herbert's Dune series, Star Wars, and Star Trek so gripping? Setting, amongst others. Moira thinks her latest assignment will have her chasing ghosts between the stars, but instead she uncovers a deadly conspiracy threatening the precarious balance between the galaxy's major powers, one that could cost billions of lives. It appears personal, until Keagan goes missing and Ferris' actions are cast in a whole new light. By day, she's assigned dead-end cases by Ferris - a boss who seems intent on making her fail. Now she works for the Proteus Collective.īy night, she's tormented by the same dream. She succeeded, until her brother, Keagan, wrecked her career. How do you win a high-stakes game when you don't even know you're being played?Ĭompetent, driven, broken: Moira Dolan is a talented investigator who buries herself in work to hide from her past.

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