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    Terra Infirma
    Terra Infirma
    Terra Infirma
    Ebook34 pages25 minutes

    Terra Infirma

    By Michael Kingswood

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    Jake wants nothing more than to live where his parents and grandparents lived and died, to make a life and build on their legacy in the world they terraformed into existence.

    If only his brother would shut up about leaving.

    Terra Infirma is a short science fiction story.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSSN Storytelling
    Release dateMay 15, 2023
    ISBN9798224568765
    Terra Infirma
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    Michael Kingswood

    Michael Kingswood has written numerous science fiction and fantasy stories, including The Pericles Conspiracy, The Glimmer Vale Chronicles, and the Dawn of Enlightenment series. His interest in scifi/fantasy came at an early age: he first saw Star Wars in the theater when he was three and grew up on Star Trek in syndication. The Hobbit was among the first books he recalls reading. Recognizing with sadness that the odds of his making it into outer space were relatively slim, after completing his bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering from Boston University, he did the next best thing - he entered the US Navy as a submarine officer. Almost seventeen years later, he continues to serve on active duty and has earned graduation degrees in Engineering Management and Business Administration. Fitting with his service onboard Fast Attack submarines (SSNs), he does his writing on Saturdays, Sundays, and at Night. He is married to a lovely lady from Maine. They have four children, and live wherever the Navy deems to send them. Sign up to receive email announcements of Michael's new releases and other exclusive deals for newsletter subscribers here: http://eepurl.com/eND22 .

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      Terra Infirma - Michael Kingswood

      Terra Infirma

      Terra Infirma

      A Short Science Fiction Story

      Michael Kingswood

      SSN Storytelling

      Contents

      About This Book

      Terra Infirma

      Message From The Author

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      About The Author

      More Books By Michael Kingswood

      About This Book

      Jake wants nothing more than to live where his parents and grandparents lived and died, to make a life and build on their legacy in the world they terraformed into existence.

      If only his brother would shut up about leaving.

      Terra Infirma is a short science fiction story.

      Enjoy the book! After you’re done, please come to Michael’s website and sign up for his mailing list. Guaranteed to be spam free, he uses it to announce new releases and special promotions for his fans.

      Terra Infirma

      It was Sunday afternoon, and I was sitting under a peach tree atop a hill overlooking the bay.

      The sun bathed the land in a warm radiance, unblocked by all but a few tiny puffs of clouds that hung in the sky, moving lazily if at all. A gentle breeze carried in from the bay, bringing the smell of the sea along with the far-away calling of gulls on the wing. And I just reclined back against the gritty bark of the tree trunk and sketched, my pad resting against my propped up knees as I ran a hunk of charcoal along the page.

      The image I was creating was nothing special. Just the outline of the bay, with the finger piers of Carraway Yacht Club protruding out like the tines of a pitchfork and little ripples of waves caused by an offshore wind that was undetectable here. And a pair of boats under sail, close-hauled to the wind as they tacked out from shore to wherever they were bound.

      Not special, but still unique. Or so my teachers liked to say.

      Which, I suppose, was like saying the retarded kid has special needs. Sounds better, but

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