Rise from Dirt (Dirt and Stars) - Softcover

Killiany, Kevin

9781622533503: Rise from Dirt (Dirt and Stars)

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ISBN 10: 162253350X ISBN 13: 9781622533503

Publisher: Evolved Publishing, 2018

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Dirt is for heroes.
Mara Duval, a spacer born on Tombaugh Station, camedown to Earth prepared to endure six weeks of exile on the disease-ridden,war-torn wasteland that spacers call dirt. Instead she discovered the SpaceService's unquestioned control of access to space is built on lies, and that peoplewho deserve to be part of humanity's reach for the stars are denied theirbirthright. Mara got the word out, and for her crimes was"disappeared" without warning.

But the Space Service desperately needs people toexplore and colonize the outer worlds--young people who can be molded in thespacer tradition. To attract national attention, the Services launch the firstBoot Camp competition: a months-long contest, with the top twelve finishers earningcoveted positions in the Space Service Junior Officer Training program. Andbecause of Mara, Boot Camp is open to everyone.

Jael Alden has always known her future lies among thestars--but decades of Space Service discrimination stand in her way. Boot Campgives her a chance to take the Space Service head on, to make one of thosespots her own. She doesn't care the contest will be rigged against her,designed to make all minority challengers fail.

Jael has wanted the stars all her life--and she'swilling to risk everything to prove the best will always rise from dirt.

"Kevin Killiany's delightfully immersive writing sucks you right into the characters, their situation, their location, and their lives. A most compelling read." Keith R. A. DeCandido, Author of Novels in "Star Trek," "Supernatural," "Sleepy Hollow," and More
Evolved Publishing presents the third book in Dirt and Stars. This young adult science fiction series features an alternate history adventure sure to keep you glued to the page.
Books by Kevin Killiany:

Down to Dirt (Book 1)

Life on Dirt (Book 2)

Rise from Dirt (Book 3)

For the Stars (Book 4) [Coming Late 2018]

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"Star City" Series by Edwin Peng

"Noah Zarc" Series by D. Robert Pease

Two Moons of Sera by P.K. Tyler

The Silver Sphere by Michael Dadich

"Panhelion Chronicles" Series by Marlin Desault

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About the Author

AUTHOR: I began writing in 1967, right after I started reading things not assigned by teachers, and--if you overlook thousands of rejections and thirty-three years of practice--was an immediate success.
Since my first sale in 2000 I've sold six novels, a half-dozen novellas, and thirty-one short stories. I've also co-written or co-edited nineteen role-players' resource and rule books.
My writing is fueled by two questions: "What really happened?" and "What would things be like if...?" The first motivates my exploration of lesser-known history, and the second drives my speculations about how our world would be changed if we had chosen differently.
From those two streams my stories flow.

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