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Ship #3
Return
After ten years on the planet Tormst, Jake McDonald’s family has come to an impasse. The oldest son Brad, wants to return to Earth and discover what happened after more than a hundred years. A heated argument between Jake and his son ensues, and Brad leaves on the spaceship Phoenix with two other passengers. After several weeks of regret, Jake and Beth decide to follow Brad on a smaller, slower ship.
When Jake and Beth arrive in orbit around Earth, there are no communications from radio or television. They land in Santa Barbara and find no people but instead a very diverse animal population, including many ice age animals. Continued investigation indicates that something terrible happened twenty years after the Phoenix left Earth.
Plans are made to find Brad and discover what happened to the people of Earth. Excursions into the western U.S. prove to be more dangerous than anticipated. During one of the trips, the McDonald family suffers a loss that forces the group to rethink their plans. Death and destruction are the norms for new Earth, and the surprise just out of view is the biggest twist and turn of the Ship Series.
When Jake and Beth arrive in orbit around Earth, there are no communications from radio or television. They land in Santa Barbara and find no people but instead a very diverse animal population, including many ice age animals. Continued investigation indicates that something terrible happened twenty years after the Phoenix left Earth.
Plans are made to find Brad and discover what happened to the people of Earth. Excursions into the western U.S. prove to be more dangerous than anticipated. During one of the trips, the McDonald family suffers a loss that forces the group to rethink their plans. Death and destruction are the norms for new Earth, and the surprise just out of view is the biggest twist and turn of the Ship Series.
344 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 28, 2022
About the author
Jack Drafahl
22 books7 followersJack and Sue Drafahl are a husband and wife writing team. For over forty-five years, they have written over 800 articles in sixteen national publications from Petersen’s Photographic to Skin Diver Magazine.
They have also authored seven non-fiction technical books for Amherst Media on various aspects of photography, both topside, and underwater.
In 2006, they changed the course of their writing to include fiction. They have written three book series: (the Acroname series, the Ship series, and the Time and Space series) that currently include fifteen novels that span the gamut of genres from Action/Adventure to Science Fiction.
They both received their scuba diving certification in the early ‘70s, and have logged over ten thousand dives, in almost every ocean on earth. Jack and Sue were awarded Divers of the Year from Beneath the Sea in 1996 and were given the Accolade Award for their conservation efforts. Sue is an inaugural member of the Women Divers Hall of Fame (2000) and is an Honorary Trustee. They are members of Willamette Writers and the Pacific Northwest Writers Association. Jack and Sue make their home on the Oregon coast. In addition to their book writing, they enjoy leading underwater photo expeditions around the globe.
Please send any comments or errors you may find to novels@earthseapublishing.com.
http://www.JackandSueDrafahl.com
http://www.EarthSeaPublishing.com
They have also authored seven non-fiction technical books for Amherst Media on various aspects of photography, both topside, and underwater.
In 2006, they changed the course of their writing to include fiction. They have written three book series: (the Acroname series, the Ship series, and the Time and Space series) that currently include fifteen novels that span the gamut of genres from Action/Adventure to Science Fiction.
They both received their scuba diving certification in the early ‘70s, and have logged over ten thousand dives, in almost every ocean on earth. Jack and Sue were awarded Divers of the Year from Beneath the Sea in 1996 and were given the Accolade Award for their conservation efforts. Sue is an inaugural member of the Women Divers Hall of Fame (2000) and is an Honorary Trustee. They are members of Willamette Writers and the Pacific Northwest Writers Association. Jack and Sue make their home on the Oregon coast. In addition to their book writing, they enjoy leading underwater photo expeditions around the globe.
Please send any comments or errors you may find to novels@earthseapublishing.com.
http://www.JackandSueDrafahl.com
http://www.EarthSeaPublishing.com
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July 28, 2024
Wow!
I thoroughly immerse myself in this magnificently huge and intelligently managed megaverse. Thank you! Your writing style can get stuck with repetitive pacing, however. And everyone uses the same phrasing, example: "what in the hell--?", instead of having some characters use: "what the hell--?". Other than that (and other trifles), my God keep more coming!!
I thoroughly immerse myself in this magnificently huge and intelligently managed megaverse. Thank you! Your writing style can get stuck with repetitive pacing, however. And everyone uses the same phrasing, example: "what in the hell--?", instead of having some characters use: "what the hell--?". Other than that (and other trifles), my God keep more coming!!
March 23, 2023
Much better than #2
Ver good story, scary, and I hope not prophetic. Seeing how it is 2023, part of the sequence is broken. Excellent stor with drama, comedy, suspense, crooks and niches and finally, the end.
Ver good story, scary, and I hope not prophetic. Seeing how it is 2023, part of the sequence is broken. Excellent stor with drama, comedy, suspense, crooks and niches and finally, the end.
June 18, 2023
Good story
I may be tired but I still want to continue the series. Tired could be from other sources. We'll see how I feel after the next.
I may be tired but I still want to continue the series. Tired could be from other sources. We'll see how I feel after the next.
July 26, 2023
Great
It is a great story😀 the author is very interesting. You need to keep up with the series as you will not regret the time.
It is a great story😀 the author is very interesting. You need to keep up with the series as you will not regret the time.
September 2, 2023
Go Jake go
An interesting take on the sci-fi n chestnut of apocalypse and out come. The Readable did a fine job of crafting characters and situations. A great 3 rd book...
An interesting take on the sci-fi n chestnut of apocalypse and out come. The Readable did a fine job of crafting characters and situations. A great 3 rd book...
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