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The Nomad: Book Two
In The Nomad: Book Two Zara is on the run. She must go to great lengths, travel great distances on an assortment of odd space vessels and hop from one planet to the next in order to elude the relentless mercenaries who will stop at nothing to collect the enormous bounty that has been placed on her head. Her hope is that she can be reunited with her old crew and return to her life in the stars, but that dream has hazards of its own. In her search for freedom, for a safe place she can call home, Zara meets a peculiar couple who offer her the opportunity of a lifetime: to ride with them to a place from which few ever return. Once again, Zara is faced with a decision that will change the trajectory of her life forever. If she accepts the challenge, there will be no turning back.
The Nomad is a story about time and space—about a past of secrets and experiments and eccentric scientists, about a future of aliens and starships and the colonization of distant planets. Zara is a young woman who experiences the worst and the best that the cosmos can offer: the joys of traveling through the stars and discovering new worlds, the horrors of being captive on a decadent pleasure station, the realization that spacetime is real, that the future is the past, and that life and the universe are bound in extraordinary ways.
In The Nomad time is fluid, not linear. Zara’s journeys are revealed in alternating timelines, stories that swing around to reconnect events that are woven together to create the complex fabric of Zara's life.
The Nomad is a story about time and space—about a past of secrets and experiments and eccentric scientists, about a future of aliens and starships and the colonization of distant planets. Zara is a young woman who experiences the worst and the best that the cosmos can offer: the joys of traveling through the stars and discovering new worlds, the horrors of being captive on a decadent pleasure station, the realization that spacetime is real, that the future is the past, and that life and the universe are bound in extraordinary ways.
In The Nomad time is fluid, not linear. Zara’s journeys are revealed in alternating timelines, stories that swing around to reconnect events that are woven together to create the complex fabric of Zara's life.
318 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 6, 2021
About the author
Debra J. Tillar
4 books11 followersDebra was born in London and grew up in NYC. She studied art in high school, majored in anthropology in college, and became an archaeologist. Seeking adventure, Debra lived on a small island in Micronesia for four years where she began to write travel and human interest articles that were published in Pacific area magazines and newspapers. During that time she also worked with the local historical preservation society to promote the island's stone ruins and museum.
Debra has traveled all over the world and has visited over 50 countries and all seven continents. She wrote travel articles and published a travel zine while raising two daughters in southern New Hampshire.
Several years ago, when rereading HG Wells' classic The Time Machine, Debra noticed a character named only once in passing. This sparked the idea of writing a story about the Time Traveler's assistant. The short story became a novel; the novel became a two-book series. Debra is currently writing a third book which is part prequel, part sequel to The Nomad series.
When not writing, Debra creates art from natural objects and is a juried member of the NH Art Association. Her work is displayed and sold in local galleries.
She lives on the seacoast of New Hampshire and she still loves to travel.
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About The Nomad: Book One:
"A bold and adventurous vision of humanity's future history, tapping into elements of sci-fi, philosophy, and pop culture. Readers are pulled into a well-crafted puzzle of prose, as Tillar has a sharp and clever pen. Compelling characters may drive this novel, but the futuristic worlds Tillar builds are highly inventive. The Nomad has a deeply creative premise, savage plot twists, and a narrative style that playfully bends the boundaries of storytelling." Self-Publishing Review
Debra has traveled all over the world and has visited over 50 countries and all seven continents. She wrote travel articles and published a travel zine while raising two daughters in southern New Hampshire.
Several years ago, when rereading HG Wells' classic The Time Machine, Debra noticed a character named only once in passing. This sparked the idea of writing a story about the Time Traveler's assistant. The short story became a novel; the novel became a two-book series. Debra is currently writing a third book which is part prequel, part sequel to The Nomad series.
When not writing, Debra creates art from natural objects and is a juried member of the NH Art Association. Her work is displayed and sold in local galleries.
She lives on the seacoast of New Hampshire and she still loves to travel.
A FAVOR: If you leave a review here on Goodreads please copy and paste it to Amazon. Goodreads is the place for discussion, but since Amazon is where people go to buy, reviews greatly affect book promotion on that site. THANKS!
About The Nomad: Book One:
"A bold and adventurous vision of humanity's future history, tapping into elements of sci-fi, philosophy, and pop culture. Readers are pulled into a well-crafted puzzle of prose, as Tillar has a sharp and clever pen. Compelling characters may drive this novel, but the futuristic worlds Tillar builds are highly inventive. The Nomad has a deeply creative premise, savage plot twists, and a narrative style that playfully bends the boundaries of storytelling." Self-Publishing Review
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February 9, 2022
Debra Tillar sets us on the run in her awesome sci fi space epic follow up The Nomad: Book Two! After the events of the first book, Zara is on the run, forced to elude dangerous bounty hunters. But when she hitches a ride with a couple on their spaceship, she finds herself heading to a very strange place, a place where space and time’s secrets are revealed. After the climax of the last book, it was really fun to catch up with Zara and continue her journey through a dark galaxy. Tillar balances the tension and thought-provoking reveals really well in this one, and I found myself both feeling for Zara and lost in thought thinking about the nature of the universe! If you’re looking for sci fi adventures that are different (in a good way), come hitch a ride with The Nomad!
February 20, 2022
This book tells the story of Zara's quest to find a new home. It does not have the intrigue of book one, and it seemed like the skipping back and forth from now to before was an attempt to keep the book interesting. Kind of a letdown after book one.
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