Did you ever have that little tickle in the back of you head telling you something was wrong, something you could not explain but you just knew? Some of the times I have felt this are told in The Lonely Hours. The Lonely Hours describe the often solitary moments of decision every pilot must face over the course of their flying carer. Join Me to explore some of those decision points which often define the difference between life and death.
Often is has been said that the sea in unforgiving of mistakes, this truth is even more relevant to the sky. Often it is not the decision made incorrectly which is the most hazardous in the sky, rather it is the decision left unmade which is to be most feared, for after all the one mistake which it is impossible to fix is the decision left unmade.
I invite you to join me for some of my memories of these decision points in the sky. While each of the stories in this book are slightly changed from what occurred those years past, the change is only to protect the identity of other people. Every event in The Lonely Hours took place, every event left it's mark on the pattern of decisions which followed. I hope you will enjoy reading about some of my Lonely Hours.
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Who can say when a journey begins. For John and Jenna it may have begun yesterday or thousands of years ago. Before they can solve this riddle, they must first learn the question.
Once they and five other companions began a quest to discover Ring. In the youth they did not understand that all secrets, especially great ones, never reveal themselves before their time. Only seven could begin the quest, this they knew. Unfortunately, not all of the seven were sure to finish the quest and only the right seven could win.
Of the seven, four fell. Jenna in desperation begged the gods, sacrificing herself for the life of just one of them, John Stewart.
Now Ring stirs again. The failed quest must continue. Only seven may begin. Who will join this quest.
Not even the gods know the answer this time. This time the quest must not fail. If they fall this time, this very world will fall with them.
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Once they and five other companions began a quest to discover Ring. In the youth they did not understand that all secrets, especially great ones, never reveal themselves before their time. Only seven could begin the quest, this they knew. Unfortunately, not all of the seven were sure to finish the quest and only the right seven could win.
Of the seven, four fell. Jenna in desperation begged the gods, sacrificing herself for the life of just one of them, John Stewart.
Now Ring stirs again. The failed quest must continue. Only seven may begin. Who will join this quest.
Not even the gods know the answer this time. This time the quest must not fail. If they fall this time, this very world will fall with them.
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Standing in the cold morning blackness in the thin air atop a mountain in Colorado, Hillary first saw the thing which would change her world forever. Like all the others of her kind she studied the mysteries which were the points of light against the dark blackness of space. Astronomy was like that, one mystery followed by another yet this discovery left her blood running cold.
Through the crystal clear light pulled in by the great telescope her nice safe world ended. What she saw that night could not be. Someone, or perhaps more ominously something, seemed to be calling for help. How could something, neither she or her colleagues knew who, know to use an old obsolete Morse Code signal of distress and how could something as frozen in position as a star wink it's light to them in call of 'SOS'.
How would they answer the old call of Save Our Ship which winked at them across the vastness of space. Earth had never built a ship which could reach this winking enigma. It would take the most powerful ship ever built by man to reach this thing, which the few who knew of it, secretly called Stranger One.
Would the trip tell of a mysterious visitors from another system, would they be able to answer the call of distress? Or just perhaps was the SOS a warning? The only way to know was to build Deep Flight.
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Stranger One
Eight and a half billion miles from home, an enigma awaits. For the crew
of Earth's first deep space ship, Deep Flight, the siren call of
distress awaits. But at home, fanatics, driven by some unknown force,
fan the flames of the final war.
Can they find the answer in time? Is there an answer? Finding Stranger One, is only the beginning.
But the real question is, just what is, Stranger One.
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Falling Home
Everything
Tom wanted seemed to fall into his life. A trip across the galaxy to go
to school. Learning to fly in the atrium of a star ship. The love of a
beautiful woman and a chance to become an officer on the ship.
But just as Tom was sure everything was perfect, he learned that everything has a price. Sometimes that price is more than the mind of one man can bare. Sometimes you must lose everything, just to be a man.
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Through the crystal clear light pulled in by the great telescope her nice safe world ended. What she saw that night could not be. Someone, or perhaps more ominously something, seemed to be calling for help. How could something, neither she or her colleagues knew who, know to use an old obsolete Morse Code signal of distress and how could something as frozen in position as a star wink it's light to them in call of 'SOS'.
How would they answer the old call of Save Our Ship which winked at them across the vastness of space. Earth had never built a ship which could reach this winking enigma. It would take the most powerful ship ever built by man to reach this thing, which the few who knew of it, secretly called Stranger One.
Would the trip tell of a mysterious visitors from another system, would they be able to answer the call of distress? Or just perhaps was the SOS a warning? The only way to know was to build Deep Flight.
Deep Flight in paperback.
Deep Flight in hardback
Deep Flight in Kindle
Stranger One
Can they find the answer in time? Is there an answer? Finding Stranger One, is only the beginning.
But the real question is, just what is, Stranger One.
Stranger One in paperback.
Stranger One in Kindle
Falling Home
But just as Tom was sure everything was perfect, he learned that everything has a price. Sometimes that price is more than the mind of one man can bare. Sometimes you must lose everything, just to be a man.
Falling Home in paperback.
Falling Home in Kindle
