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Earth Legend
Earth Legend is the third and last of the 'Legends' series. Each book in the series is a stand-alone story, complete in itself and related to the others only in that the story is based on a legend that turns out to be true.
Earth Legend tells the story of Elle Olmstead, descendant of Ceres, goddess of the harvest and fertility, who unwillingly stows away on the Destiny, a space ship filled with ten thousand people on their way to colonize a distant planet. She does so because she knows that her abilities are essential to keep the plants alive that keep the colonists alive and that will be the basis for their survival once they have reached their destination.
She's caught and thrown in prison, where her powers are useless. Soon the plants begin to shrivel and die. Starvation is imminent, not to mention that the plants provide essential oxygen. But no one believes her when she tells them who she is and what she can do.
Can she save the Destiny and, in the process, save herself? Or is everyone on the huge space ship doomed?
Earth Legend tells the story of Elle Olmstead, descendant of Ceres, goddess of the harvest and fertility, who unwillingly stows away on the Destiny, a space ship filled with ten thousand people on their way to colonize a distant planet. She does so because she knows that her abilities are essential to keep the plants alive that keep the colonists alive and that will be the basis for their survival once they have reached their destination.
She's caught and thrown in prison, where her powers are useless. Soon the plants begin to shrivel and die. Starvation is imminent, not to mention that the plants provide essential oxygen. But no one believes her when she tells them who she is and what she can do.
Can she save the Destiny and, in the process, save herself? Or is everyone on the huge space ship doomed?
142 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 24, 2014
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About the author
Florence Witkop
106 books39 followersFlorence's stories begin as simple tales of contemporary life, often in small towns or the wilderness she knows so well. Where they go from there is what makes them special. There is always a strong sense of place. Often they skew reality slightly by crossing genres to contain paranormal, sci/fi, or fantasy elements. There is usually a romance and there are always characters her readers like and would enjoy having as friends.
Most of all, there is a story because what Florence does best is tell stories. Well plotted stories that carry the characters towards a logical conclusion that always includes a happy ending. Stories that shine light on the human condition while they celebrate the world we live in. Stories that her readers relate to and remember long after the reading is over.
She writes about people who are as normal as apple pie (most of them, anyway) who unexpectedly find themselves in the middle of situations ranging from the heartwarming through the difficult and all the way to the horrendous. But Florence's characters choose to act instead of running away. In the process, they survive, thrive, overcome whatever obstacles large or small are thrown in front of them, and while they are at it, they find time to fall in love.
Florence was born in the city and has lived in the suburbs, small towns, the country and the wilderness, where she still lives with her husband and a cowardly cat named Smoke.
At various times in her career she's been a confession writer, a copywriter, a ghost writer and an editor. She writes short stories, novellas and novels. Her work has been categorized as romance, science-fiction, fantasy, mainstream and eco-fiction, to name a few genres that it fits beautifully into.
Most of all, there is a story because what Florence does best is tell stories. Well plotted stories that carry the characters towards a logical conclusion that always includes a happy ending. Stories that shine light on the human condition while they celebrate the world we live in. Stories that her readers relate to and remember long after the reading is over.
She writes about people who are as normal as apple pie (most of them, anyway) who unexpectedly find themselves in the middle of situations ranging from the heartwarming through the difficult and all the way to the horrendous. But Florence's characters choose to act instead of running away. In the process, they survive, thrive, overcome whatever obstacles large or small are thrown in front of them, and while they are at it, they find time to fall in love.
Florence was born in the city and has lived in the suburbs, small towns, the country and the wilderness, where she still lives with her husband and a cowardly cat named Smoke.
At various times in her career she's been a confession writer, a copywriter, a ghost writer and an editor. She writes short stories, novellas and novels. Her work has been categorized as romance, science-fiction, fantasy, mainstream and eco-fiction, to name a few genres that it fits beautifully into.
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August 27, 2014I enjoyed writing this book. It was a fun experience creating the Destiny, a space ship 50 miles long and 10 miles wide that's one huge farm. And, of course, Elle is a great character to get to know. I'd like to write another book about her.
May 25, 2015
A vivid world created on board The Destiny
Earth Legend tells the story of Elle, a descendent of the goddess of harvest Ceres, who lives in a time of drastic upheaval as her own world is about to be traded in for a new colony on a distant planet.
With any story that uses a subject matter as dense and scientific as space travel, straddling the line between authenticity and imagination is difficult. I was a little concerned that the launch wasn’t more heavily protected and that that there wasn’t more of a screening process in place. But the initial conflict, of Elle and her cousins driving to the launch of Destiny, and trying to stow away as colonists, a group of genetic elite chosen to travel on the space ship Destiny and begin a new civilization on a far away planet, is surprisingly clearly and undramatically introduced to us. The author’s style is authoritative and reliable. From this point on, the reader is able to suspend her disbelief so even though we can’t verify the plausibility of the ship’s mission, it doesn’t matter.
But from then on the world building is simple and evocative. We get a clear picture of the atmosphere on board the Destiny, its expansive artificial settings, the darkness as “a good imitation of night” rather than night itself for example, and the vitality of the flora and fauna that Elle comes to care for so deeply...
Read the full review at Towerbabel here: http://www.towerbabel.com/library/140...
Earth Legend tells the story of Elle, a descendent of the goddess of harvest Ceres, who lives in a time of drastic upheaval as her own world is about to be traded in for a new colony on a distant planet.
With any story that uses a subject matter as dense and scientific as space travel, straddling the line between authenticity and imagination is difficult. I was a little concerned that the launch wasn’t more heavily protected and that that there wasn’t more of a screening process in place. But the initial conflict, of Elle and her cousins driving to the launch of Destiny, and trying to stow away as colonists, a group of genetic elite chosen to travel on the space ship Destiny and begin a new civilization on a far away planet, is surprisingly clearly and undramatically introduced to us. The author’s style is authoritative and reliable. From this point on, the reader is able to suspend her disbelief so even though we can’t verify the plausibility of the ship’s mission, it doesn’t matter.
But from then on the world building is simple and evocative. We get a clear picture of the atmosphere on board the Destiny, its expansive artificial settings, the darkness as “a good imitation of night” rather than night itself for example, and the vitality of the flora and fauna that Elle comes to care for so deeply...
Read the full review at Towerbabel here: http://www.towerbabel.com/library/140...
July 9, 2015
An entertaining science fiction story set on a giant spaceship that has a problem with it's agricultural activities that can only be fixed by someone who is truly in tune with the living world of plants.
Elle's family has always had a green thumb that would better be described as a green spirit. Because they are not part of society's mainstream, they have to hide their true abilities.
She wrangles her way onto the spaceship and has to evade the authorities and the narrow mindedness of the ship's colonists to save the plants' new world as well as her own life and the lives of the colonists.
Elle's family has always had a green thumb that would better be described as a green spirit. Because they are not part of society's mainstream, they have to hide their true abilities.
She wrangles her way onto the spaceship and has to evade the authorities and the narrow mindedness of the ship's colonists to save the plants' new world as well as her own life and the lives of the colonists.
June 19, 2015
Love In Space
I liked this story. It's sci-Fi and the storyline is good. It is full of adventure and keeps you guessing at what is going to happen to the heroine. The characters are strong and the dialogue is appropriate. If you like sci-Fi and want a happy ending, you will like this book.
I liked this story. It's sci-Fi and the storyline is good. It is full of adventure and keeps you guessing at what is going to happen to the heroine. The characters are strong and the dialogue is appropriate. If you like sci-Fi and want a happy ending, you will like this book.
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