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Tech Ghost #2
The Ghost Pact: A Sci-Fi Horror Thriller
A scientist with a secret…
…a colonist ship under attack…
…and only one man can save them both.
After barely surviving the horrors in ACM mine 1134, Justin Barclay and his ghostly tagalong board a colonist ship bound for a new world. As they explore the futuristic colonist city within the ship, they quickly realize all is not as it seems.
The arrival of Dr. Hallie Hayes, a fugitive scientist, arrives on the colonist ship shortly after. Her charge: get her life’s work to the core Coalition planets before it falls into the wrong hands.
But she’s too late.
Her pursuers have tracked her to the colonist ship…
…and they’ve brought a literal army with them.
Lovestruck and eager to strike at Hallie’s enemies for his own personal reasons, Justin fights to preserve her secret and stop her pursuers once and for all.
Can Justin save Hallie before the enemy captures her and seizes her life’s work? Or will his intervention unleash an even greater calamity in the process?
…a colonist ship under attack…
…and only one man can save them both.
After barely surviving the horrors in ACM mine 1134, Justin Barclay and his ghostly tagalong board a colonist ship bound for a new world. As they explore the futuristic colonist city within the ship, they quickly realize all is not as it seems.
The arrival of Dr. Hallie Hayes, a fugitive scientist, arrives on the colonist ship shortly after. Her charge: get her life’s work to the core Coalition planets before it falls into the wrong hands.
But she’s too late.
Her pursuers have tracked her to the colonist ship…
…and they’ve brought a literal army with them.
Lovestruck and eager to strike at Hallie’s enemies for his own personal reasons, Justin fights to preserve her secret and stop her pursuers once and for all.
Can Justin save Hallie before the enemy captures her and seizes her life’s work? Or will his intervention unleash an even greater calamity in the process?
352 pages, Paperback
Published May 18, 2021
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About the author
Ben Wolf
99 books121 followersAt the age of nine, Ben Wolf slayed his first dragon.
As the dragon perished, it bequeathed a measure of its power to Ben.
It told him, "You now have the ability to lie more creatively than any other being on this planet--except for politicians. Use this power wisely."
The dragon died with one final puff of smoke from its lungs, but Ben Wolf lived on.
For years, Ben honed his craft. At the age of twelve, he lied to his sister about having thrown darts at a poster of her favorite boy band.
At the age of sixteen, he lied to a policeman who'd pulled him over for speeding, and it got him out of a ticket.
At the age of eighteen, he lied to himself about what a good decision it was to go to Bible college and major in Pastoral Studies (that one has come back to haunt him several times).
Given the unique power he'd inherited from the dying dragon, Ben Wolf had expected his life to look very different from how it did when he turned twenty-three.
Then the dragon's words regarding his power returned to him: "Use this power wisely."
The truth was, Ben hadn't been using the magnificent power wisely. He'd been using it for personal gain, and to dig himself out of bad situations (or, in the case of Bible college, to get himself into them).
So he asked himself, "What would be a wise way to use this power?"
At that very moment, a bus drove past the street in front of him. On its side was emblazoned the phrase, "You should write a novel!"
Having graduated from Bible college a year earlier, Ben took it as a divine message. What's more, he'd already written one novel at that point, and he'd enjoyed it, so he figured he might as well write a few more.
That was 2009. Now, more than ten years later, Ben has written north of ten books, including an award-winning children's book and an award-winning novel.
Awards are great, but what Ben has found even more reassuring is the consistently great feedback he's gotten from readers. They've raved about his work and told him he was the best, most creative liar they'd ever heard of.
So now Ben is on the cusp of making serious headway with his lying skills. His debut fantasy saga, the Blood Mercenaries series of dark/epic/sword & sorcery novels, is raking in tons of stellar reviews from readers everywhere.
And now you can be a part of his creative lying journey. If you've read Ben Wolf's work, love him as a person, or plain old just think he's a handsome guy (he is, and he is now making it known that it wasn't him who wrote this (but it was actually him)), then please review his books here and on Amazon.com.
Ben, who we swear didn't write this, thanks you.
As the dragon perished, it bequeathed a measure of its power to Ben.
It told him, "You now have the ability to lie more creatively than any other being on this planet--except for politicians. Use this power wisely."
The dragon died with one final puff of smoke from its lungs, but Ben Wolf lived on.
For years, Ben honed his craft. At the age of twelve, he lied to his sister about having thrown darts at a poster of her favorite boy band.
At the age of sixteen, he lied to a policeman who'd pulled him over for speeding, and it got him out of a ticket.
At the age of eighteen, he lied to himself about what a good decision it was to go to Bible college and major in Pastoral Studies (that one has come back to haunt him several times).
Given the unique power he'd inherited from the dying dragon, Ben Wolf had expected his life to look very different from how it did when he turned twenty-three.
Then the dragon's words regarding his power returned to him: "Use this power wisely."
The truth was, Ben hadn't been using the magnificent power wisely. He'd been using it for personal gain, and to dig himself out of bad situations (or, in the case of Bible college, to get himself into them).
So he asked himself, "What would be a wise way to use this power?"
At that very moment, a bus drove past the street in front of him. On its side was emblazoned the phrase, "You should write a novel!"
Having graduated from Bible college a year earlier, Ben took it as a divine message. What's more, he'd already written one novel at that point, and he'd enjoyed it, so he figured he might as well write a few more.
That was 2009. Now, more than ten years later, Ben has written north of ten books, including an award-winning children's book and an award-winning novel.
Awards are great, but what Ben has found even more reassuring is the consistently great feedback he's gotten from readers. They've raved about his work and told him he was the best, most creative liar they'd ever heard of.
So now Ben is on the cusp of making serious headway with his lying skills. His debut fantasy saga, the Blood Mercenaries series of dark/epic/sword & sorcery novels, is raking in tons of stellar reviews from readers everywhere.
And now you can be a part of his creative lying journey. If you've read Ben Wolf's work, love him as a person, or plain old just think he's a handsome guy (he is, and he is now making it known that it wasn't him who wrote this (but it was actually him)), then please review his books here and on Amazon.com.
Ben, who we swear didn't write this, thanks you.
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August 2, 2022
Not as engaging as the first book overall and less horror than good old-fashioned SF.
It ends on a cliff-hanger which has good points and bad points (i've already bought book 3, so I can start reading it now). I like these books, though, because I find the characters engaging and I can't NOT read book 3 because I simply must now know why the "item" that becomes the focus of book 2 came into existence.
Having said that, one disappointment with book 2 is that, as intriguing as the mystery elements are and as engaging as the characters are, the entire story pretty much takes place in a static, enclosed environment (a huge colony ship) escape from which has not advanced much by the end of the book despite the sheer amount of chasing around and around. The action raises issues for the author due to the fact that there is a population of innocent humans aboard the colony ship that tend to be completely invisible once all hell breaks loose.
Wolf has also leaned into the George Lucas philosophy of naming villains that jars me out of the story every time I read such names as "Admiral Sever". The villain is worthy of the name, but that's part of my problem with him. He's a bit of a archetype or stereotype rather than a fully realized but twisted person. That may change in book 3, but in book 2, he's just too implacably and thoughtlessly evil and seems to have no strategic sense of the repercussions of anything that he does. In real life, people who do evil have all sorts of rationales for it that make sense to them and it's the revelation of those things that make them interesting.
It ends on a cliff-hanger which has good points and bad points (i've already bought book 3, so I can start reading it now). I like these books, though, because I find the characters engaging and I can't NOT read book 3 because I simply must now know why the "item" that becomes the focus of book 2 came into existence.
Having said that, one disappointment with book 2 is that, as intriguing as the mystery elements are and as engaging as the characters are, the entire story pretty much takes place in a static, enclosed environment (a huge colony ship) escape from which has not advanced much by the end of the book despite the sheer amount of chasing around and around. The action raises issues for the author due to the fact that there is a population of innocent humans aboard the colony ship that tend to be completely invisible once all hell breaks loose.
Wolf has also leaned into the George Lucas philosophy of naming villains that jars me out of the story every time I read such names as "Admiral Sever". The villain is worthy of the name, but that's part of my problem with him. He's a bit of a archetype or stereotype rather than a fully realized but twisted person. That may change in book 3, but in book 2, he's just too implacably and thoughtlessly evil and seems to have no strategic sense of the repercussions of anything that he does. In real life, people who do evil have all sorts of rationales for it that make sense to them and it's the revelation of those things that make them interesting.
April 21, 2022
Fantastic series!
I’m really enjoying this sci-fi thriller series although IMO book 2 has very little to do with book 1 besides the main character. That said, this story has a unique twist in circumstances and Justin’s adventures continue with new enemies and friends. Not as much action and gore as in book 1 but totally not needed for this story. I was intrigued and also excited to see an old friend return.
The narration performed by Joe Hempel was absolutely brilliant.
This is book 2 and the adventures continues.
I highly recommend this book/series.
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I’m really enjoying this sci-fi thriller series although IMO book 2 has very little to do with book 1 besides the main character. That said, this story has a unique twist in circumstances and Justin’s adventures continue with new enemies and friends. Not as much action and gore as in book 1 but totally not needed for this story. I was intrigued and also excited to see an old friend return.
The narration performed by Joe Hempel was absolutely brilliant.
This is book 2 and the adventures continues.
I highly recommend this book/series.
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May 8, 2022
Justin just survived his last mine assignment, now he is on to another job well him and his ghost friend. On the ship taking them to another world they explore the ships colonist city they find all is not as it seems and it never turns out well for Justin.
This book is way exciting maybe even more than the first book, it has full throttle action and suspense that will have you holding your breath. The narrator Joe Hempel takes you inside the story and you find yourself racing along with Justin and his friends. It is quite the ride and one you don’t want to miss.
This book is way exciting maybe even more than the first book, it has full throttle action and suspense that will have you holding your breath. The narrator Joe Hempel takes you inside the story and you find yourself racing along with Justin and his friends. It is quite the ride and one you don’t want to miss.
September 17, 2024
Justin (the main character from book 1) is also the focus of The Ghost Pact.
Less than a year after the events in the mine, Justin is working on rig extracting resources from asteroids. A mishap leads the rig in need of repairs. They land on the Nidus, a colony ship, that is equipped with an entire city on board the large ship. But they are not the only ship to land aboard the Nidus. A science ship, having gone under attack, also lands on the Nidus carrying a mysterious item that is highly sought after by ACM, the mining company in which Justin had previously worked for, and they will stop at nothing to get it.
While this book didn't quite have the same level of thrill as The Ghost Mine, it was still a good read. To me personally, it just mostly felt like a way to connect book 1 with book 3.
Less than a year after the events in the mine, Justin is working on rig extracting resources from asteroids. A mishap leads the rig in need of repairs. They land on the Nidus, a colony ship, that is equipped with an entire city on board the large ship. But they are not the only ship to land aboard the Nidus. A science ship, having gone under attack, also lands on the Nidus carrying a mysterious item that is highly sought after by ACM, the mining company in which Justin had previously worked for, and they will stop at nothing to get it.
While this book didn't quite have the same level of thrill as The Ghost Mine, it was still a good read. To me personally, it just mostly felt like a way to connect book 1 with book 3.
August 3, 2021
A book you can't put down.
This book dare I say is even better than book one. It's shorter than book 1 and the pacing is faster. It has some very funny bits as well as a new story. Each chapter ended on a Cliffhanger that made you want to keep reading on and on even if it meant being late for work or wanting to go to sleep. Can't wait to read book 3
This book dare I say is even better than book one. It's shorter than book 1 and the pacing is faster. It has some very funny bits as well as a new story. Each chapter ended on a Cliffhanger that made you want to keep reading on and on even if it meant being late for work or wanting to go to sleep. Can't wait to read book 3
February 28, 2023
Justin Barclay fresh from his escape from the AMC mine, is now working on a astroid drilling ship, aided by his ghostly best friend. After stopping for repairs on a flying city, he and the crew end up fighting for there lives as the city comes under attack as AMC are looking for a secret weapon. Good story, that moves at a nice pace, less horror and more sci-fi.
June 28, 2021
Great book. I read the first book and immediately bought this book. Just bought #3.
In this series you need to read the books in. order. You will not be able to understand the story and action if you skip book 1.
In this series you need to read the books in. order. You will not be able to understand the story and action if you skip book 1.
June 16, 2021
As good as Ghost mine.
What an ending! Will have to wait for the next book to find out what happens. This book kept my interest right through.
What an ending! Will have to wait for the next book to find out what happens. This book kept my interest right through.
August 29, 2021
Great!
This is excellent Science Fiction Horror. There is a lot action, quick witted repartee and creep galore. The ending is a massive surprise.
This is excellent Science Fiction Horror. There is a lot action, quick witted repartee and creep galore. The ending is a massive surprise.
March 7, 2023
Loved this book. A worthy second part of the trilogy
New characters brought in some mystery and a lot of fun. Moving swiftly onto the next one to see how it all ends
New characters brought in some mystery and a lot of fun. Moving swiftly onto the next one to see how it all ends
October 2, 2023
More of a YA book than I thought it would be.
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