BLACK
HULL
By: Joseph A. Turkot
Blurb
Imagine
a distant future where technology’s inexorable advance has halted for all but
the richest .1% of humanity. Indigents who still have it fly spaceships that
are hundreds of years old, and entreat the help of robots that are relics of
the past.
The wealthy, having achieved immortality through science, and secured total
power through purchase of all government seats, spread and consume the last
resources of the cosmos. The unlucky majority pursue one goal: The generational
commitment to buying a ticket into Utopia—the virtual reality program that
simulates what in antiquity was known as heaven. Little do they question the
mysterious origin and purpose of their gloried destination.
For those who can’t afford to upload their consciousnesses into Utopia, and
leave their physical bodies forever behind, there are few options but to live
the life of an outlaw.
Eight hundred years in the past, Mick Compton is ripped away through a wormhole
into the dystopian future of the Messier 82 galaxy. In a place where the only
thing that matters is getting into paradise, he wants only to get back home to
his proper place and time, to his wife and family, so that he can right the
wrongs of his past. But Sera, a battle-hardened smuggler with plans of her own
for him, won’t make it so easy.
And a darker agenda is at play in M82—the terrorist known as The Force of
Darkness has reached a terrifying conclusion: Humanity is a virus, whose chance
at equilibrium with its environment long ago failed. The only solution is complete
extermination of mankind. After decades of surreptitious construction, FOD is
nearly ready to detonate a quantum black hole with the power to consume the
entire spread of the human race.
Will Mick succumb to the draw of Utopia and forsake his desire to return to a
real family? Will FOD pull off the ultimate terrorist act and destroy humanity
once and for all? Find out in Black Hull.
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I
grew up and still live in New Jersey. I started writing and drawing at a young
age. Growing up, I often daydreamed that I was A) Luke Skywalker, B) A hobbit,
or C) Goku/Bruce Lee, depending upon what day it was. Today, I love to craft my
own worlds and stories, fill them with characters, and paint their stories.
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I do enjoy both genres.
ReplyDeleteI love scifi! My favorite genre!
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