To Live and Die in Avalon is a combination of retro-futurist science fiction serials (inspired by the likes of Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers) and sixties-era spy movies. It’s a fast-paced novel full of action, adventure, intrigue and witty humor. It’s been a labor of love of mine as I’ve always wanted to be a novelist and thanks to the unique platform offered by Inkshares, I now have a chance to make that dream come true.
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Synopsis:
Synopsis:
On New Year’s Day in the year 1970, the planet Earth was scorched and made uninhabitable by a mysterious alien terrorist force known only as the "Cleansing". A benevolent race of beings saved over a quarter of the world’s population as well as many of the planet’s animals, cultural artifacts and history and relocated them to a massive space station on the far side of the Earth’s moon. The humans called it Avalon.
Fifty years later, the human race has flourished on Avalon, which has now become a hub for humanoid aliens from all over the galaxy. The remnants of humanity adopted what they believed to be the height of their culture and history...the aesthetics of the 1960’s.
Penelope "Penny" Thorne is a secret agent for the A.I.S. (Avalon Intelligence Service) tasked with recovering a cryopod containing MIT scientist Dr. Anita Baxter, who was frozen in 1969 before the world ended. The military forces of the "Sons of Mars", made up of humans who deserted Avalon and embraced the idea of galactic domination, are eager to recover the scientist by any means necessary...but, why? What secrets could a scientist from 1960’s Earth hold that could possibly catapult the galaxy into war? And how does this tie into the mysterious faction that laid waste to the Earth in the first place?
Alien gangsters, assassins, rogue androids and superspy intrigue set in a swinging sixties sci-fi galaxy, full of action, adventure, witty dialogue and melodramatic A.I.’s (and that’s just the first few chapters).
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About the author:
Jason Chestnut is a writer of science fiction and fantasy who lives in the mountains of Asheville, North Carolina with his wife, two kids and pug. When not writing he is tinkering with computers, playing punk rock or apologizing to people who think he's being sarcastic. In all fairness, he usually is. To Live and Die in Avalon is his first novel.
