Second Harvest

by Matthew Hart

SECOND HARVEST is the second book in a series called "The Last Iteration" that takes the reader on an exciting adventure. The series explores the intersection of different technologies and how they evolve subject to one another, and the intersection of science and faith.There are implicit thematic elements of Smart Cities, Internet of Things and a Connected World of Everything as well as biotechnology that are integrated from a point of view on sustainability. Faced with the cold brutality of Ashion the Dark and his thugs, Dexter Maxwell did something no time shifter had ever done he traveled back in time permanently. Now he must live the same thirty days again. But with Ashion and the local warlord hunting him, will there be enough time to save his new-and old- friends? On Venus, Ashion can't stop the subterranean resistance led by the man they call Fuel. But to keep his tenuous position as Security Lead, he must keep Dexter Maxwell's true identity hidden. That puts his daring plot to escape the grip of the Ruling Families in jeopardy-and is making it even harder to protect the last two people on Venus he needs the mysterious Prisoner Six and the young girl Kat. The clock is the Ruling Families of Venus have set the Second Harvest in motion. As their chilling plan unfolds, four hundred years of betrayals put Dexter and Ashion on a deadly collision course ... and unlock an ancient threat to civilization.

384 pages, Paperback

First published December 2, 2013

About the author

Matthew has been involved in the global technology industry since 1998, which is interesting given his degree in History. He made his name in the database industry co-authoring six technology books, all of which sold well under a million copies. He has also been in various positions of leadership, running software development teams and generally getting all kinds of interesting things done. Raised in Idaho, he spent a decade in Colorado before settling into Kansas City where he currently lives with his family and whatever critters have set up shop in the basement and/or attic. Matthew is currently the Vice President of Technical Business Solutions at Arise Virtual Solutions.

“The Last Iteration of Dexter Maxwell” is his first novel.