Thaddeus Marcell: The Terran Engineer

by T.J. Mott

In this prequel to TJ Mott's science fiction series "The Thaddeus Marcell Chronicles," Thaddeus Marcell is a naive young man from Wyoming. Fresh out of college, he is assigned to a luxury cruise starship called the Lunar Dawn where he works as a junior engineer. But his entire life changes when he's abducted during a trip to Mars, sold into slavery, and thrust into a huge interstellar civilization he never knew about, one that denies the very existence of his homeworld.

One day, he will be the toughened, grizzled leader of an interstellar mercenary company. But if anyone can survive the effects of slavery, extreme confusion, and self-doubt, it's Thad, because he's highly intelligent and extremely resourceful...

35 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 19, 2019

About the author

TJ Mott grew up on a small cattle farm near the booming metropolis of Westboro, Missouri (population ~140). He holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Northwest Missouri State University and works as a software engineer in Omaha, Nebraska.

He's always been a nerd with a strong interest in science fiction and has decided to try writing some of his own.

Find out more at his website: https://www.tjmott.com