Under the Shadow of the Plateau: Frontier Forever

by Benjamin Krieger

A woman with no name and her AI sidekick investigate Earth in a distant future. In the wake of machine enslavement, humanity’s homeworld has become the new Mecca, but the technological embargo that is supposed to protect the holy planet has been corrupted. What was meant to be a reservation for Natural Order has become a playground for talking animals, infested with poachers, and engulfed in conspiracy. “Brutal, oppressive and delightfully intriguing” “Somehow futuristic and nostalgic at the same time” “Couldn’t put it down” Since our early days on Old Earth, humanity has been rapt with manifest destiny. The space between civilization and wilderness is known as the frontier. Our drive to expand pushed that fleeting barrier across the universe during the Great Expansion, but it has collapsed in upon itself. The Frontier Forever organization is committed to exposing the nature of reality and the dangers of technology. Under the Shadow of the Plateau is the first book in this rapidly expanding science fiction series. Join the world’s second Athena-class Marshal on this dystopian adventure littered with mech warriors, gorilla-lion hybrids, and deplorable villains. Her predecessor made a major impact on the terrestrial black market, but the local populations are suffering. A native tribesman searches for his brother. A smuggler kingpin bent on revenge. An army of poachers amassing and a mysterious monster stalking the southlands. Together these strands weave a sinister web that leads offworld, and the Marshal is stuck in its middle. Can she break free before it's too late, or will she become part of the problem?

336 pages, Paperback

Published February 15, 2021