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I just published The Gear Engages<\/em><\/a>, the fourth book in my Martha’s Sons science fiction colonization adventure series!\u00a0 I’m quite excited.\u00a0 I’ve never published a fourth book in a series before.\u00a0 The first book is Simple Service.<\/p>\n

Yes, since you ask, I got all the titles from Kipling’s poem The Sons of Martha<\/a>.
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It takes more than a single terraformer to start a new world.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The human colony on the lost world of Not What We Were Looking For faces fracture and schism. On one side of the river, the settlers from Earth remember what it means to live in a free society. In the Marss-controlled city, the governor cancelled elections long ago and strives daily to cement his grip on the inhabitants.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Thaddeus Dawe and the Hudson cousins, including the one who agreed to marry him, save the colony\u2019s last terraseeder from the governor\u2019s political grandstanding, and head for the secret northern enclave started by Thaddeus\u2019 brother. But all Thaddeus\u2019 careful planning takes a wrenching turn when not one but two parties race in pursuit.<\/p>\n

Thwarted in his original goal, faced with repairing the consequences of what he does to escape incarceration, and besotted by the discovery of newspapers, Thaddeus wrestles with new ventures and roles in which he dare not fail. He must save not only Earth\u2019s microbial legacy but its knowledge base as well. Not to mention, he\u2019s getting married.<\/p>\n

But when the governor\u2019s chief of staff decides to weaponize Thaddeus against both the city\u2019s farmers and the newspaper\u2019s publisher, Thaddeus must fight the governor\u2019s attempts to steal the farmers\u2019 land even as someone destroys everything Thaddeus himself tries to build. In the end, he must do what he can to save those his own betrayal put at risk.<\/p>\n

Picking up where Under the Earthline<\/em> left off, The Gear Engages<\/em><\/a> is the fourth book in the gripping science fiction colonization series Martha\u2019s Sons<\/a>. If you like action, political machinations, and a driven hero, you\u2019ll want to dive in heart-and-head first.<\/p>\n

Get it now to join the fight for a lost world!<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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