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Shadow: The Moonracer Chronicles
Life in the 24th century has expanded to create the Six Worlds, but the personal trials we face are still there. Terry “Tug” Glenman has discovered that balancing a dual career of race driving and car building is more than a little stretch. At his shop and his California home, he’s spent the last decade with the love of his life. But when tragedy strikes, her worst fears come too close for comfort. In the aftermath, Tug is offered the chance of a lifetime. This could be the culmination of his dreams, but he quickly finds that fame and glory come with a very high price. Tug seeks his answers while driven by the haunted memory of his best friend and lured by a successful woman who can give him everything. Torn between a career that is his passion and everything at home he holds dear, he finds no easy decisions. This is where spirits soar and hearts are broken, while scores are settled at blinding speed in the perilous sport called Moonracing.
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Published January 4, 2022
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T. August Green
6 books7 followers I was born and raised in Central Virginia, and as a child I watched the Apollo moon missions along with every episode of Star Trek I could catch.
While many of my relatives were fans of NASCAR, I always loved the winged warriors of prototype sports car racing. It certainly didn't get as much TV time but Wide World of Sports delivered quite a few events.
Science, history, and English/drama were my favorite school subjects, but jobs and a early family start postponed any further formal education in those areas.
The education of life and people has proven quite beneficial as I returned to my inner goals almost two decades later.
Star Trek: The Next Generation began accepting open screenplay admissions and that got me back to writing. While a divorce is always traumatic event for any family, I found it to be driving source to write poetry, and when love blossomed a second time for me, over a hundred poems flowed in the next two years.
With the advent of the home PC, my second wife urged me to the keyboard and she has been my driving force to never let up.
Life can be a rollercoaster, but every hill and valley can be inspiring in different ways, and all you've lived through becomes pieces of a puzzle you can assemble in vastly different ways.
While many of my relatives were fans of NASCAR, I always loved the winged warriors of prototype sports car racing. It certainly didn't get as much TV time but Wide World of Sports delivered quite a few events.
Science, history, and English/drama were my favorite school subjects, but jobs and a early family start postponed any further formal education in those areas.
The education of life and people has proven quite beneficial as I returned to my inner goals almost two decades later.
Star Trek: The Next Generation began accepting open screenplay admissions and that got me back to writing. While a divorce is always traumatic event for any family, I found it to be driving source to write poetry, and when love blossomed a second time for me, over a hundred poems flowed in the next two years.
With the advent of the home PC, my second wife urged me to the keyboard and she has been my driving force to never let up.
Life can be a rollercoaster, but every hill and valley can be inspiring in different ways, and all you've lived through becomes pieces of a puzzle you can assemble in vastly different ways.
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May 10, 2022
I really enjoyed this book. The author did a great job developing the characters so they seemed very three dimensional. Being able to know their thoughts as things happen makes a story much more personable. I wanted to continue reading about these people.
There is a bit of car racing throughout the book. However, even a non-racer fan such as myself still found it enjoyable to read because of how the racing scenes were written. And I really appreciated the race track maps that were included. I could go back and see where the drivers were in the race as things occurred.
I would definitely recommend this book. It is a very well-written story that is part drama, part science fiction, part racing. Everything is blended together very well.
There is a bit of car racing throughout the book. However, even a non-racer fan such as myself still found it enjoyable to read because of how the racing scenes were written. And I really appreciated the race track maps that were included. I could go back and see where the drivers were in the race as things occurred.
I would definitely recommend this book. It is a very well-written story that is part drama, part science fiction, part racing. Everything is blended together very well.
August 29, 2023
Deeply imaginative and heartwarming adventure
This is a really great hidden gem of a book and I really felt a strong empathy with the characters and felt immersed in their world. (Disclaimer: I am not interested in motor racing at all, but I really enjoyed the book.)
It's actually part of a series, but I never realised that when I got it. It doesn't matter because it works perfectly well as a standalone.
This book follows the adventures of Terence "Tug" Glenman, a motor racing driver from the late 24th Century who races on tracks on both Mars on the Moon along with his friends and rivals in their super hi-tech (but highly dangerous) cars. 24th Century racing retains some traditions from its 20th and 21st Century ancestor, such as "pole position", podium, and champagne shower.
I love the prologue of the book, which sets up the background to the novel, in which humans have colonised Mars, the Moon (now called Terra Luna), Venus!!!! and two moons from Jupiter. We've also dealt with climate change on Earth, which admittedly probably wasn't too difficult for a civilisation that could colonise the smouldering inferno of Venus! I was hooked straightaway.
The book revolves around Tug's changing fortunes in and around racing tracks in various parts of the solar system, and the harsh downside of sudden celebrity status and runaway success.
In the early part of the novel, Tug's best friend, Jonny "Shadow" Clark is killed in a racing accident, and he casts a long shadow (pun intended) over the entire novel. I've not seen a dead character character haunt a book so much since the likewise eponymous "Rebecca".
But the heart of the novel is really the dynamic relationships between the characters and follows the romantic entanglements of Tug, Jean Claude ("Sabre"), Angus "Rocket" Sinclair - and their women - the dependable Kelly Armstrong, the alluring Anna "Lancer" Lachey, a wealthy and successful racing driver, and the volatile Sara Flynn. The novel is about friendship, kindness, bereavement and the differing responses to fame and tragedy. Even the characters who seem to be mean are ultimately likable and forgivable.
The novel is extremely well written. It is a testimony to how well written the race sequences are that I still enjoyed it despite having no interest in or knowledge of motor racing.
An exhilarating read!!
This is a really great hidden gem of a book and I really felt a strong empathy with the characters and felt immersed in their world. (Disclaimer: I am not interested in motor racing at all, but I really enjoyed the book.)
It's actually part of a series, but I never realised that when I got it. It doesn't matter because it works perfectly well as a standalone.
This book follows the adventures of Terence "Tug" Glenman, a motor racing driver from the late 24th Century who races on tracks on both Mars on the Moon along with his friends and rivals in their super hi-tech (but highly dangerous) cars. 24th Century racing retains some traditions from its 20th and 21st Century ancestor, such as "pole position", podium, and champagne shower.
I love the prologue of the book, which sets up the background to the novel, in which humans have colonised Mars, the Moon (now called Terra Luna), Venus!!!! and two moons from Jupiter. We've also dealt with climate change on Earth, which admittedly probably wasn't too difficult for a civilisation that could colonise the smouldering inferno of Venus! I was hooked straightaway.
The book revolves around Tug's changing fortunes in and around racing tracks in various parts of the solar system, and the harsh downside of sudden celebrity status and runaway success.
In the early part of the novel, Tug's best friend, Jonny "Shadow" Clark is killed in a racing accident, and he casts a long shadow (pun intended) over the entire novel. I've not seen a dead character character haunt a book so much since the likewise eponymous "Rebecca".
But the heart of the novel is really the dynamic relationships between the characters and follows the romantic entanglements of Tug, Jean Claude ("Sabre"), Angus "Rocket" Sinclair - and their women - the dependable Kelly Armstrong, the alluring Anna "Lancer" Lachey, a wealthy and successful racing driver, and the volatile Sara Flynn. The novel is about friendship, kindness, bereavement and the differing responses to fame and tragedy. Even the characters who seem to be mean are ultimately likable and forgivable.
The novel is extremely well written. It is a testimony to how well written the race sequences are that I still enjoyed it despite having no interest in or knowledge of motor racing.
An exhilarating read!!
June 8, 2022
I really enjoyed reading this first book in The Moonracer Chronicles. A big reason for that was the main character, Tug. The author provides a lot of character detail, and scenes written from his perspective. I felt like I really got to know Tug, and he seemed like a real person. The way he spoke, acted, and reacted all felt true to who he was as a person.
There is also plenty of action as Tug pursues his racing dream. Growing up in the south, I have always been around auto racing, and even lived near enough to a major track to hear the engines from home on Sundays. That made me enjoy the racing scenes a great deal! I think even a non-fan could enjoy them, though, as nothing in overly done or too technical.
I enjoyed watching Tug making decisions and moving along his chosen path. I can't wait to see what is next for him!
There is also plenty of action as Tug pursues his racing dream. Growing up in the south, I have always been around auto racing, and even lived near enough to a major track to hear the engines from home on Sundays. That made me enjoy the racing scenes a great deal! I think even a non-fan could enjoy them, though, as nothing in overly done or too technical.
I enjoyed watching Tug making decisions and moving along his chosen path. I can't wait to see what is next for him!
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