Aries’ Red Sky
by James
Young
GENRE: Science
Fiction
BLURB:
The Confederation of
Man believes all Humanity should be under Terra’s rule.
The Spartan Republic
has spent seven centuries preparing to resist Earth’s tyranny.
The stars will burn
as these two mindsets come into brutal conflict in Aries’ Red Sky, the newest
novel by award-winning author James Young.
Excerpt:
The problem with making plans is
sometimes the universe feels the need to remind you that it has a sense of
humor, Nathan thought to himself. He
glanced once again at his watch, then at the single wooden door at the end of
the long, narrow room. It did not help
his mood that the room was gloomy, the only light provided by the floating
holograms of ancient documents. These
lined the red, carpeted walkway that led through the surrounding blue carpet
like a scarlet runway.
The Magna Carta. The American Declaration of
Independence. The American
Constitution. The Freebooter
Articles. All forbidden by the Hassan
Empire.
Nathan turned to look at the final
hologram hovering above the legislative chamber’s entrance.
All also located here with The Acts
of Inception to remind a waiting Executive that they are far from all
powerful.
“Mr. President, that door’s not
going to open until the Chief Parliamentarian is damn well ready to have it
open,” Andrews stated dryly. Despite the
security officer’s laconic comment, Nathan could tell the man was not impressed
with being in the darkened room.
Three Presidents have died in this
location and its predecessor, Nathan thought.
Sure, one of them was a heart attack, but no one ever says to the head
of security, ‘Oh you poor dear, how could you have known his heart was going to
expode?’
“I still can’t believe Porter was
the easier of the two of them to find,” Nathan said, giving Andrews a wry
look.
“Porter has always been very good
about his itinerary,” Andrews stated.
“Nikephoros, not so much.”
The Chief Parliamentarian had
finally been found with the help of a couple local kibbutzin. He and his two female companions had been far
from the beaten path, having discovered a high mountain lake to avail themselves
of.
Polyamory should be lethal at his
age and that altitude, Nathan thought uncharitably. In either case, I’m sure that’s part of the
reason we’re waiting—so he can remind me I’m not the boss of him.
The Spartan Republic’s Acts of
Inception incurred a certain…tenseness between Executive and Legislative
branches by design. First and foremost
was the fact that the former served one six year term, period. Add to that no individual could serve in
either branch for more than ten years combined, and it became readily apparent
why the latter did not really give much of a shit what the former thought.
Walthers, Brown, and Menoit were no
Washington, Marshall, and Madison, Nathan thought. But they got the job done. Longest any Republic has lasted in history.
AUTHOR Bio
and Links:
James
Young is a Missouri native who escaped small town life by attending the United
States Military Academy. After being set
free from the Hudson River Valley, Mr. Young spent the next six years of his
life in the Army repaying his education the proverbial “nickel at a time.” Along the way he collected a loving, patient,
beautiful spouse…and various animals that did not fit that description. Leaving the Republic’s employ, he returned to
the Midwest to pursue his doctorate—a process which took twice the time planned
but is finally concluded. Having now
concluded two of the prerequisites to be a super villain, Dr. Young spends his
time waiting for the inevitable origin story, winning writing awards (2016
United States Naval Institute Cyber Essay Contest Winner, among others), and
writing an alternate history (Usurper’s War) and military space opera (Vergassy
Chronicles) series. His latest book is
Aries Red Sky, the first in a new Vergassy Universe trilogy.
Giveaway:
5x7 print of concept artwork from the Vergassy Universe
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