Mid August 2022 - The Alien Algorithm is out!
Hello Everyone,
I’m excited to announce that The Alien Algorithm, the second book in the Encoded Orbits series is now out (I’m super excited about this one as it has one of my favourite scenes I’ve ever written in it). Copies can be found in all the usual places (direct or from the shops).
The Alien Algorithm
Veena will let nothing stand in her way to get her daughter back.
Seven-year-old Molly has been snatched from her and dragged off to a secret military lab. Veena's clues have dried up, and now she's on the run. While fleeing, she stumbles upon an alien technology that could change everything, or at least give her a bargaining chip to trade for her daughter's freedom with—if only she could figure out how to make it work.
But first she needs to rescue her husband. At least she knows where he is now...sort of. Trapped in a cave somewhere on a planet of inedible moss inhabited by a group of reclusive, unwelcoming Luddites.
Chasing sparse clues, Veena and her crew race through a secret underground city, a run-down space station, across a glittering collection of floating islands and out into the void of deep space—all with a bounty hunter hot on their tail.
Can she figure out how to use the alien technology before it's too late? Is it the answer to getting her daughter back?
Find out in this race-across-the-galaxy sequel to Fractured Orbits.
Other News
A Secret Project - I’m well on my way to completing the third book in the Encoded Orbits series, Subject 34. It’s date with my editor is next May, so I expect to release it next summer. In the mean time, there will be another book on a tangent from the main series that I hope to get out in the fall.
I’ve also started thinking about my next writing project. I’m keeping this book somewhat secret for now, but it’s making me really excited. I’m in the outlining phase right now and will start drafting in the fall (it’s another scifi adventure and already has some great twists).
Some time at the beach
Last week, I spent three days camping at a near by beach. On one of my walks at low tide, I spotted the above anemone—a perfect starting point to thinking about what alien life might look like.
Current Reading
Non-fiction:
Bittersweet by Susan Cain (which I related to more than I expected).
The White Road by Edmund de Waal (I recently finished The Hare with Amber Eyes by him and couldn’t wait to start another). This one is about the history of porcelain and on the journey of how the author became a potter.
Fiction:
Bluebird by Ciel Pieriot and Half Way Home by Hugh Howey (I highly recommend all the books by him that I’ve read). Both sucked me in—they are the kind of space adventures I love and aspire to write. Since I read them back-to-back they are now combined in my mind.
And a final cool thing (because who doesn’t love airship adventures?):
Cheers,
Jeannette
If you are looking for something to read on a sunny day at the beach, here are some great options:
In this early adventure for Agent Dick Tracker, he encounters a steer. Not unusual for rural Illinois, but this one seems more intent on killing him than the average bovine. And then the aliens arrive…
My Books:
Encoded Orbits
Fractured Orbits - direct or from the shops
The Alien Algorithm - direct or from the shops
Settler Chronicles
Day 115 on an Alien World - direct or from the shops
Far Side of the Moon - direct or from the shops
Abandoned Ships, Hijacked Minds - direct or from the shops
The Alien Artifact - direct or from the shops
And if you aren’t already a subscriber, what’s stopping you (especially if you have read this far).