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Earthfall
In the hundred years since the Gaethe invasion, the exiled human colonies have watched and waited. Every year they send a lone pilot on the near-suicidal Home Run, a scouting mission back to Earth directly into the heart of enemy territory.
One of forty pilots engineered for the rigors of long-term space travel, Mars Cori has been training his entire life for the chance to see Earth with his own eyes. What he finds there could change the course of human civilization. The trick? Staying alive to watch it happen.
One of forty pilots engineered for the rigors of long-term space travel, Mars Cori has been training his entire life for the chance to see Earth with his own eyes. What he finds there could change the course of human civilization. The trick? Staying alive to watch it happen.
- GenresScience FictionAliens
212 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 5, 2016
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About the author
Joshua Guess
50 books363 followersJoshua Guess (who goes by Josh most of the time, but Joshua professionally because his mom insists) is originally from southern Illinois, but moved to central Kentucky at an early age.
Always a storyteller, his interest in creating began with art. He loved to draw and come up with stories about his pictures.
Then he discovered comic books and novels, and things...took a turn.
Devouring everything from superboy to Stephen King, Josh started to gain a greater interest in writing, making it a hobby during high school and achieving distinguished marks in his portfolio.
Then, life got in the way. College and the struggle to start a life of his own away from home took up most of his time. His love of telling stories took a back seat to the needs of daily life for many years, with the occasional foray into working on one project or another.
In late 2009, Josh buckled down and started work on an idea for a fantasy novel that had been stuck in his head since those halcyon days back in high school. Struggling to find a voice, Josh realized months later after many false starts that he needed to stretch his brain a little, strengthen his writing muscles. So he began another project that had been simmering in the back of his mind, a continuing serialized zombie story, told in the form of a daily blog.
Living With the Dead has given him a measure of success, but more important has imparted new skills at wordsmithing and the drive to complete. 'Bound to Silence', his debut novel, has been released and is available now, as are many collections and versions of Living With the Dead.
Once that tipping point was reached, there was no choice for him but to keep on writing. Much more of Josh's work will be released in the coming months.
I hate writing in the third person about myself. I live an average life and work a full time job. I have three cats, two dogs, two ferrets, and a wife that I'm so in love with it hurts. My goal is to some day have enough success to write full time, and to manage a level of long term financial security that I don't have to worry about money. It's my dream to make a good living doing what I love--telling stories. I hope you enjoy my work. That's why I do it.
Always a storyteller, his interest in creating began with art. He loved to draw and come up with stories about his pictures.
Then he discovered comic books and novels, and things...took a turn.
Devouring everything from superboy to Stephen King, Josh started to gain a greater interest in writing, making it a hobby during high school and achieving distinguished marks in his portfolio.
Then, life got in the way. College and the struggle to start a life of his own away from home took up most of his time. His love of telling stories took a back seat to the needs of daily life for many years, with the occasional foray into working on one project or another.
In late 2009, Josh buckled down and started work on an idea for a fantasy novel that had been stuck in his head since those halcyon days back in high school. Struggling to find a voice, Josh realized months later after many false starts that he needed to stretch his brain a little, strengthen his writing muscles. So he began another project that had been simmering in the back of his mind, a continuing serialized zombie story, told in the form of a daily blog.
Living With the Dead has given him a measure of success, but more important has imparted new skills at wordsmithing and the drive to complete. 'Bound to Silence', his debut novel, has been released and is available now, as are many collections and versions of Living With the Dead.
Once that tipping point was reached, there was no choice for him but to keep on writing. Much more of Josh's work will be released in the coming months.
I hate writing in the third person about myself. I live an average life and work a full time job. I have three cats, two dogs, two ferrets, and a wife that I'm so in love with it hurts. My goal is to some day have enough success to write full time, and to manage a level of long term financial security that I don't have to worry about money. It's my dream to make a good living doing what I love--telling stories. I hope you enjoy my work. That's why I do it.
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February 1, 2018
Great read.
A very good storyline. With interesting characters which keeps you later then normal. I hope there will be a sequel.
A very good storyline. With interesting characters which keeps you later then normal. I hope there will be a sequel.
December 21, 2018
Interesting take on alien invasion
I'm not going to lie i got this book because it was free and so didn't have high hopes, I just wanted something to pass the time.
Within the first chapter i was hooked though the author has managed to write about a subject that's been written about in countless other books and he managed to bring something new to the table.
I'm not going to lie i got this book because it was free and so didn't have high hopes, I just wanted something to pass the time.
Within the first chapter i was hooked though the author has managed to write about a subject that's been written about in countless other books and he managed to bring something new to the table.
May 6, 2016
Started slow and came out amazing I
Somewhere deep in space the last refugees of earth hid. They live and grow and advance in this new environment. But what the human spirit longs for deep down in the subconscious is home.
When home has been commandeered for hundreds of years but an alien race, is there even a home left?
Somewhere deep in space the last refugees of earth hid. They live and grow and advance in this new environment. But what the human spirit longs for deep down in the subconscious is home.
When home has been commandeered for hundreds of years but an alien race, is there even a home left?
February 8, 2016
Great read
The best stories stretch the imagination. This one does that.
Formulaic but still compelling. Can hardly wait for the next one.
The best stories stretch the imagination. This one does that.
Formulaic but still compelling. Can hardly wait for the next one.
March 5, 2016
I loved it
March 11, 2016
Brilliant
Superbly written and very cleverly thought out. Believable, and so very compelling. I love the characters, even the bad guys. Looking forward to more.
Superbly written and very cleverly thought out. Believable, and so very compelling. I love the characters, even the bad guys. Looking forward to more.
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April 4, 2016This is a pretty good hard sci-fi book. The story had a good structure, some good surprises and an interesting lead. I will just try not to think of Hal Jordan when book too comes out.
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