Lee Willard

Antidote (Dyoniss and Kessil, #1) (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

In the year 5881 the politics of the day is all about the Knights, the Senate, the Guild and the Emperor. After the mechanoid war the Gatekeepers installed a new Emperor who's court is on a deathstar and not on any world. This ancient former Navigator is elevating the military to a much more active role in the Empire's rule.

Meanwhile on the ancient, impoverished and primitive planet of Kassidor, the wilds of the huge Ydlontrostl basin have become a haven for many Centorins, as all residents of the Empire are called by the natives of Kassidor. They are here to escape the strife and dominance of their home worlds. The lure is the peace and security provided by the Instinct, and the anonymity provided by the huge and primitive planet.

The people of the basin worry a little about the Centorin presence only a few thousand miles away, but they have not been seriously affected as of yet. However, Dyoniss and Kessil are seriously affected when his father is accused of smuggling large quantities of the antidote to the Instinct, and bodies start appearing close to home.

This full length novel is a sci-fi mystery that is the first of the Dyoniss and Kessil series. Dyoniss is an investigator specializing in the smuggling rings that allow the Centorins to stay in touch with their friends and families back in the Empire. Kessil is an air handling engineer specializing in the high pressure compressed air used as an industrial power source in the Ydlontrostl cities. This is not really Star Wars fan fiction. It takes place in that era but none of the characters or settings is visited and there are no space battles. This is free for now but may not remain so.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lee Willard
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. April 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781005621599
• Artikelnr.: 72788122

Autorenporträt

I am a retired embedded systems engineer and sci-fi hobbyist from Hartford. Most of my stories concern Kassidor, 'The planet the hippies came from' which I have used to examine subjects like: What would it take to make the hippy lifestyle real? How would extended lifespans affect society? What could happen if we outlive our memories? How can murder be committed when violence is impossible?

I have recently discovered that someone new to science fiction should start their exploration of Kassidor with the Second Expedition trilogy. To the mainstream fiction reader the alien names of people, places and things can be confusing. This series has a little more explanation of the differences between Kassidor and Earth. In all of the Kassidor stories you will notice the people do not act like ordinary humans but like flower children from the 60's. It is not until Zhlindu that the actual modifications made to human nature to make them act that way are spelled out. To aide that understanding I've made The Second Expedition free.

I am not a fan of violence and dystopia. I believe that sci-fi does not just predict the future, but helps create the future because we sci-fi writers show our readers what the future will be and the readers go out and create it. I believe that the current fad of constant dystopia and mega-violence in sci-fi today is helping to create that world, and I mention that often in reviews and comments on the books I read. I also believe that the characters in those stories who are completely free of any affection are at least as unnatural as the modified humans of Kassidor.

In my reviews, * = couldn't finish it. ** = Don't bother with it. *** = good story worth reading. **** = great and memorable story. ***** = Worth a Hugo.