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Amalfi Echo
A teenager, Tessa, and a woman, Marion, are rescued from death at the hands of jihadists by Digby, a mysterious visitor from space. Digby reveals that the people of Earth face annihilation from an invading alien species and that both Tessa and Marion are not entirely human. Tessa and Marion set out to warn the world about the impending catastrophe but find that it is not as easy as it seems.
Amalfi Echo is available as an individual title but all five titles in John Zanetti’s sci-fi shorter fiction collection are now also available in the one volume, Girls with Attitude, at a price that is a big discount to buying the titles individually. The stories are all about alien invasions and abductions, dragons and zombies, apocalypse, and the end of the world.
Amalfi Echo is available as an individual title but all five titles in John Zanetti’s sci-fi shorter fiction collection are now also available in the one volume, Girls with Attitude, at a price that is a big discount to buying the titles individually. The stories are all about alien invasions and abductions, dragons and zombies, apocalypse, and the end of the world.
59 pages, ebook
First published October 8, 2014
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John Zanetti
12 books5 followersI like post-apocalyptic stories and movies, aliens, zombies, disaster stuff, and those incredibly huge iridescent green beetles that fill my outdoor kitchen at night.
Mostly I inhabit the worlds in my head and reality only exists for me in spoonful's. I have to admit that I never did get the hang of reality and was never very good at it.
Favourite music includes Nirvana, Cranberries, Laura Branigan, a bit of the Stranglers, Crowded House, improvised music, and Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata.
I like the poets James K Baxter and Michael Dransfield, and as they say, true art desolates. Fortunately that’s not an issue for me because I write to entertain, and I leave exploration of the human condition for others better equipped to convey it.
I live in tropical Far North Queensland, Australia.
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Mostly I inhabit the worlds in my head and reality only exists for me in spoonful's. I have to admit that I never did get the hang of reality and was never very good at it.
Favourite music includes Nirvana, Cranberries, Laura Branigan, a bit of the Stranglers, Crowded House, improvised music, and Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata.
I like the poets James K Baxter and Michael Dransfield, and as they say, true art desolates. Fortunately that’s not an issue for me because I write to entertain, and I leave exploration of the human condition for others better equipped to convey it.
I live in tropical Far North Queensland, Australia.
See me on Pinterest
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November 2, 2014
Tethered by handcuffs after their aircraft had been hijacked by terrorists, Marion could see that the other prisoners, mostly Americans, were in various stages of disbelief. Most of them tried to keep quiet – they didn’t want to attract the attention of the jihadists who were guarding them. Travelling from the UK to the US, they had come down in the desert of Algeria – the terror they all felt had a tinge of hopelessness – they couldn’t see how they would escape this situation.
Suddenly a man Marion knew only as Digby left his position against the wall and headed toward a group of their captors. With amazing speed, (Marion was still processing the fact that he had escaped his cuffs) Digby killed the jihadists; the strange weapons and creatures which had appeared couldn’t be real, could they? As he came over to Marion she pulled her body away from him – but when her cuffs released, she realized he had freed her. When he did the same to a young teen across the way by the name of Tessa the three of them moved across the room to talk – the females still in disbelief at what had happened.
What Digby told them shocked them both to the core; they discovered they were both chosen – the Amalfi Echo was inside them and they had an extremely large and dangerous job to do. But they both had to be trained first. What on earth was happening to them? How could a teenager and a young woman do what seemed necessary for their future?
This short SciFi story by Aussie author John Zanetti was intriguing. The plot was interesting, and I enjoyed the characters of Marion and Tessa. Tessa was a feisty young girl who was trying to come to terms with a recent tragedy; she saw Marion as a mother figure and the two of them worked well together most of the time. For science fiction lovers, this is a thoroughly enjoyable read. Recommended.
Suddenly a man Marion knew only as Digby left his position against the wall and headed toward a group of their captors. With amazing speed, (Marion was still processing the fact that he had escaped his cuffs) Digby killed the jihadists; the strange weapons and creatures which had appeared couldn’t be real, could they? As he came over to Marion she pulled her body away from him – but when her cuffs released, she realized he had freed her. When he did the same to a young teen across the way by the name of Tessa the three of them moved across the room to talk – the females still in disbelief at what had happened.
What Digby told them shocked them both to the core; they discovered they were both chosen – the Amalfi Echo was inside them and they had an extremely large and dangerous job to do. But they both had to be trained first. What on earth was happening to them? How could a teenager and a young woman do what seemed necessary for their future?
This short SciFi story by Aussie author John Zanetti was intriguing. The plot was interesting, and I enjoyed the characters of Marion and Tessa. Tessa was a feisty young girl who was trying to come to terms with a recent tragedy; she saw Marion as a mother figure and the two of them worked well together most of the time. For science fiction lovers, this is a thoroughly enjoyable read. Recommended.
October 19, 2014
Once again, I'm impressed. John Zanetti writes in such a way that it's very easy to get into the story. And as with the last one of his I read, Writing Home, this story starts right off with the action. In fact, it opens with a terrorist hijacking of a passenger plane already in progress. No beating around the bush or boring descriptions of shrubbery or weather with this guy.
Two women find out that there's something different about them due to something that happened long, long ago. Soon after they find themselves in a very unusual and technologically advanced environment where they train for future events, practice life-saving and possibly world-saving missions.
The story never lags and presents us with fantastical events occurring in a world we recognize as our own.
Highly recommended for lovers of sci-fi shorts, alien invasion stories, and just plain good writing that keeps your interest.
After two really good short stories, now I've got to check out Zanetti's novel. This author has proven his ability in short form. I hope his longer work is just as good.
Two women find out that there's something different about them due to something that happened long, long ago. Soon after they find themselves in a very unusual and technologically advanced environment where they train for future events, practice life-saving and possibly world-saving missions.
The story never lags and presents us with fantastical events occurring in a world we recognize as our own.
Highly recommended for lovers of sci-fi shorts, alien invasion stories, and just plain good writing that keeps your interest.
After two really good short stories, now I've got to check out Zanetti's novel. This author has proven his ability in short form. I hope his longer work is just as good.
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