Rarely does a writer come along whose depth of clarity hits home as does the work of Ken Marshall. His short yet powerful stories take us into a world visited briefly by the media. This is usually only after the violence has become so great that it can no longer be contained within the periphery, better known as America's inner-cities. We journey with him through neighborhoods that businesses have long since abandoned. Politicians ignore them until time for their elections. Inferior education reigns in our schools. The "victims are further victimized" by a long held belief that "they are just lazy, good for nothing and should be able to pull themselves up by their boot straps as many others faced with similar circumstances have been able to do." Kenneth Marshall's work gives a voice to those who, against all odds, continue to survive, forcing the rest of us to bear witness to the harsh reality of their lives.
The White Seed Brings Life to Worlds Three thousand years ago, the seeds arrived from Earth on hundreds of worlds. The developed worlds formed the Network, connected only by radio and laser. Since the time of the seeds, nothing but information has traveled between the stars. Now a starship, The Child of Ambition, is changing that. Her first mission: to explore the dark worlds, the ones that failed. The Black Seed Folds Space Not an object, but a place?a manifold in space. A thing so hard to create, the Ancients only ever made three. The heart of a starship, or the core of the deadliest weapon in human history. The most precious thing in the Universe?or the most dangerous. Alon Ienian?scientist, soldier, assassin. Member of a force so secret no operative will speak its true name. He came out of retirement to kill an old friend, and accepted a mission from his worst enemy, to save his home world from itself. The black seed must be controlled, and Aestas?Summer World?holds the key. Outside air temperature: minus fifty degrees Celsius. After the oceans freeze and the weather ends, only the dead remain.
The White Seed Brings Life to Worlds Three thousand years ago, the seeds arrived from Earth on hundreds of worlds. The developed worlds formed the Network, connected only by radio and laser. Since the time of the seeds, nothing but information has traveled between the stars. Now a starship, "The Child of Ambition," is changing that. Her first mission: to explore the dark worlds, the ones that failed. Kali Hakoian, pilot-astronaut and war hero, thought landing on the super-Earth of Keto would be routine. The emptiest seed world?its global ocean matted with algae and crawling with hurricanes?hides the oldest human ruins. Her crew of scientists: a dreamer, a believer, and a retired assassin. Their hypothesis?self-termination of the seed base. But when an act of sabotage strands her in the path of a superstorm, she's forced to escape with the man she trusts the least. They may never find out what happened to the settlers?unless it happens to them. Can she trust her crew enough to find a way out of the darkness?
Rarely does a writer come along whose depth of clarity hits home as does the work of Ken Marshall. His short yet powerful stories take us into a world visited briefly by the media. This is usually only after the violence has become so great that it can no longer be contained within the periphery, better known as America's inner-cities. We journey with him through neighborhoods that businesses have long since abandoned. Politicians ignore them until time for their elections. Inferior education reigns in our schools. The "victims are further victimized" by a long held belief that "they are just lazy, good for nothing and should be able to pull themselves up by their boot straps as many others faced with similar circumstances have been able to do." Kenneth Marshall's work gives a voice to those who, against all odds, continue to survive, forcing the rest of us to bear witness to the harsh reality of their lives.
The White Seed Brings Life to Worlds Three thousand years ago, the seeds arrived from Earth on hundreds of worlds. The developed worlds formed the Network, connected only by radio and laser. Since the time of the seeds, nothing but information has traveled between the stars. Now a starship, The Child of Ambition, is changing that. Her first mission: to explore the dark worlds, the ones that failed. The Black Seed Folds Space Not an object, but a place?a manifold in space. A thing so hard to create, the Ancients only ever made three. The heart of a starship, or the core of the deadliest weapon in human history. The most precious thing in the Universe?or the most dangerous. Alon Ienian?scientist, soldier, assassin. Member of a force so secret no operative will speak its true name. He came out of retirement to kill an old friend, and accepted a mission from his worst enemy, to save his home world from itself. The black seed must be controlled, and Aestas?Summer World?holds the key. Outside air temperature: minus fifty degrees Celsius. After the oceans freeze and the weather ends, only the dead remain.
The White Seed Brings Life to Worlds Three thousand years ago, the seeds arrived from Earth on hundreds of worlds. The developed worlds formed the Network, connected only by radio and laser. Since the time of the seeds, nothing but information has traveled between the stars. Now a starship, "The Child of Ambition," is changing that. Her first mission: to explore the dark worlds, the ones that failed. Kali Hakoian, pilot-astronaut and war hero, thought landing on the super-Earth of Keto would be routine. The emptiest seed world?its global ocean matted with algae and crawling with hurricanes?hides the oldest human ruins. Her crew of scientists: a dreamer, a believer, and a retired assassin. Their hypothesis?self-termination of the seed base. But when an act of sabotage strands her in the path of a superstorm, she's forced to escape with the man she trusts the least. They may never find out what happened to the settlers?unless it happens to them. Can she trust her crew enough to find a way out of the darkness?