Discovery: Volume 1 of the Darkside Trilogy - Hardcover

Hayashi, William

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1441586954 ISBN 13: 9781441586957

Publisher: Xlibris, 2009

Synopsis

Discovery is the first installment of the Darkside Trilogy.  The Darkside Universe is a speculative world which tells the tale of what happens in the United Sates of America when the country discovers that African Americans have been secretly living on the backside of the moon since before Neil Armstrong arrived.

The story combines politics, intrigue, science and romance into a compelling, character-driven tale that both men and women are praising.  The action begins in a science lab at the University of Chicago and takes the reader through the power corridors of Washington, D.C., an all Black women's college in the Atlanta suburbs, outside Iraq's no-fly zone, and in a secret underground government installation in a remote region of Utah.

The characters are varied and three-dimensional, the kinds of people readers have more than likely met in their own lives, who provide the action that drives a plot that's never been read before.

About this title

From the Author

The Darkside Universe consists of a planned total of seven volumes, two trilogies and a seventh volume that winds up the epic tale.  The first installment, Discovery, was intended as a single novel.  About a third of the way through writing the story, I realized that there was a much bigger tale to be told.

As Discovery took shape, it came to me that there was just too much about these extraordinary African Americans who settled on the moon in the sixties than could fit in one volume.  As it was, a 500 page novel from a first time author wasn't going to be an easy book to get published; and that was only telling the story of how the world discovered these people who had secretly lived on the moon for decades.

The second volume, Conception, is scheduled to be published and released early 2013 .  The story continues  to grow.  I can't tell you how much fun it is to spin this tale, and I am most gratified for the support already directed my way.

About the Author

William Hayashi's diverse life experiences produced the first volume of a trilogy  combining traits from the speculative fiction of Michael Crichton to the surprising plot twists of Robert Ludlum. Hayashi is a life-long member of the Information Technologies industry. He began as a programmer in the early 1970s and has had his own business consulting firm for over 25 years. Hayashi's writing talents also encompass award-winning screenplays. His first screenplay won Best Script in Chicago's 2009 leg of the International 48 Hour Film Project.

About this edition

• Publisher: Xlibris
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1441586954
• ISBN 13: 9781441586957
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 528