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Beloved Enemy joined Starquest and Children of the Mist to continue the Destiny Trilogy and I'm thrilled to announce was shortlisted for the R.N.A. RoNA Awards 2017, awarded 2nd Runner up in the RONE Awards 2017 and was the winner in the SF/Fantasy category of the 'Best Banter Contest'.

Tuesday 15 September 2020

Fly Twice Backward - Book Tour and #Giveaway


I'm so pleased to be able to have another guest author on my Blog today, especially one who writes in my favourite genre, Science Fiction - it's been a while! Sit back and enjoy learning about David S McCracken and his new release:

Fly Twice Backward
by David S. McCracken
Genre: Alternate History, S.F. 
(Don't forget to enter the Giveaway at the end of this post, and follow David on his tour.)
 
 

 

You wake back in early adolescence, adult memories intact, including ones that could make you very wealthy now. Your birth family is here, alive again, but your later families are gone, perhaps forever. What has happened, what should you do about coming problems like violence, ignorance, pollution, and global warming? You realize one key connects most, the fundamentalist strains of the major religions disdaining science, equality, and social welfare. You see that there are some things you can
change, some you can’t, and one you don’t dare to.
 

Fellow idealists help you spend your growing fortune well--such as an artistic

Zoroastrian prince in the Iranian oil industry, a rising officer in the Soviet army working to find a way to destroy his corrupt

government, a Bahai woman struggling against Islamic brutality, a Peruvian leader working for a liberal future, and a snake-handling Christian minister, grappling with doubts, sexuality, and destiny. They are supported by an ally who develops essential psychic powers. The group faces familiar-looking corrupt politicians, religious leaders, and corporate czars, but there is an ancient force in the background, promoting greed, violence, hate, and fear.




David McCracken was born in Louisville, KY, in 1940. Raised mostly in Winchester, KY, he now lives in Northern Virginia, with his third and final wife. He has three children, two stepchildren, and six grandchildren.

After three years in the U.S. Navy following a lackluster academic start, he graduated from the University of Kentucky in 1963, in Diplomacy and International Commerce. He then worked as a Latin American country desk officer in the U.S. Department of Commerce until he returned to school to earn an M.A. in Elementary Education in 1970 from Murray State University, having always been intending to teach. Eventually realizing his children qualified for reduced-price lunches based on his own teaching salary, he studied computer programming at Northern Virginia Community College and worked as a programmer until shifting back into elementary teaching.

He began working on what became Fly Twice Backward in 1983 and finally finished it in 2019! At 79, David strongly doubts he'll be doing another novel of such scope and complexity, but is preparing to work on a children's science fiction novel with a progressive bent, being a devout progressive in politics and religion, as well as a lover of learning.





Follow the tour HERE for special content and a giveaway!

$25 Amazon










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6 comments:

  1. I love the cover with the eagles.

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    1. Hi Debby, thanks for stopping by - yes, it's a gorgeous cover, isn't it!

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  2. Thanks for your comment Katie - I absolutely agree!

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  3. I like the cover. The colors and graphics are great.

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  4. Thanks Jeanna - yes, everyone loves this cover don't they!

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