by Doc Honour
How do you live on a world about to destroy itself? Individual lives are impacted by impending disaster, yet people can find hope and joy even in the worst situations. Fourteen stories from the four countries of the planet Verdant on the verge of global war.
Verdant Prime: Alba Castilan searches for peace in a country of totalitarian control, while trying to get a fish processing plant to work. Her search leads her to worse conflicts than she could imagine.
Rathas: In a theocracy, Fenet Powrfaith is losing the power to perform miracles, a power that challenges the Church leadership. His disciples can’t seem to learn. What will happen when it disappears?
Tileus: Lisa Westhof is a diplomat trying to stop a war knocking at her door. Her husband Chris wants to join a colony ship to a new planet. She cannot succeed in both; which will she choose?
Winter: Marta Bloom finds a friend in the strange teacher who came from Tileus teaching principles opposed to their tribal life. But her friend sparks a conflict that nearly destroys the village.
…and eleven other stories that tell a larger tale in the flow from first to last.
Includes the award-winning story “Fishing Hands,” first place Gold, 2022 Royal Palm Literary Awards.
About the Author
Born on Guam, Doc Honour has lived in thirty-four different places.
Iconoclast, polymath, and author, he has been a US Navy pilot, an international leader in systems engineering, and a successful entrepreneur. He holds a PhD from the University of South Australia in systems engineering.
Doc has led teams of up to 50 people to build complex systems; the system integration problem sequences in this book reflect his real-life experience. He has taught nearly 500 short courses to help others learn to do what he has done. Doc Honour’s short story Fishing Hands won a top (Gold) award in the 2022 Royal Palm Literary Awards of the Florida Writers Association.
These days, he lives in Florida with his wife and a rather willful Australian Shepherd named Chip.
Doc Honour’s first novel Not Like Us and his anthology Tales of Verdant are both available on Amazon. Find out more at DocHonourBooks.com.
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