The second Nebula tale. One of the oligarchs ruling Surana tries to use science as a means of oppression. This splits the oligarchs and angers the tris. The oligarchs believe the tris cannot and will not fight. They are wrong. Violence, terrorism, and kidnapping explode on Surana.
Roger Alan Bonner is an American writer in crime, psychodrama, and science fiction. As of November 2024, he has written two novellas and eight novels.
In a prior life, he studied at Cornell University and the University of Minnesota, and lived for forty years in Washington, D.C., working as an economist for the U.S. government and the World Bank. He has also lived or worked in Venezuela, Argentina, Belgium, Germany, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine.
He admires and recommends Edward Robertson and Adrien Tchaikovsky. Going back a few years, he also likes the work of Frank Herbert, J.R.R. Tolkien, Mark Twain, Ursula K. le Guin, Joyce Carol Oates, Jim Harrison, and Charles Bukowski.
His books are available on numerous ebook platforms, including Amazon, Apple Books, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Vivlio, and Tolino.
Readers and reviewers can best contact him via his author's page at Goodreads, goodreads.com/author/edit/18082152.Ro..., or via email to roger.bonner.fiction@gmail.com.