Foretoken: Book 1 of the Memory Tree

by Jeffery Moore

Nica runs from hunger… from thirst… from life. She runs from a forced marriage, enslavement, and a future with two unending hunger and a premature death. She escapes across the destroyed land, fueled by the need to dictate death on her terms, but fate is a fickle companion. She is captured and enslaved by the Houk—a people that saved humankind and yet propagate their enslavement. Marc Benjamin suffers from Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD), a condition that hinders his ability to interact socially. Marc finds himself pulled into a post-apocalyptic reality, Nica’s Earth. Equally strange, his consciousness occupies someone else’s body, a body and reality absent of his crippling disorder. To survive, he must navigate the Houk culture while figuring out how to save Nica, the slave girl he unknowingly condemned. While discovering the Houk methods used for keeping humans enslaved, Nica and Marc grow close. As time runs down, they must scramble to reveal the Houk conspiracy and free the remnants of humankind.

350 pages, Paperback

Published June 2, 2018

About the author

When I’m not writing, I’m thinking about writing. That may sound like my existence revolves around writing, and if you ask either my wife or two daughters, I’m certain they would say as much. It’s not all about writing. I work for a global IT company as an education specialist (yeah, developing those technical presentations—trust me, I really put forth a great amount of effort trying not to make them ‘dry’). I do a fair amount of work in the Cloud computing and data storage areas. I sense the eyelids drooping already. Okay, I was born in Germany (West Germany at the time) and spent the bulk of my childhood living there. I’m a military brat and a veteran, which means I’ve spent most of my life on the move.

I’m indie and write speculative fiction. I say speculative because it really doesn’t fit solidly into a fiction genre. Though my titles are categorized as Fantasy, my stories are cross-genre. I strive to introduce new concepts into my stories, staying away from Middle Earth type characters (way overdone). So for you Fantasy readers, my stories will be a deviation from the norm.