The battle is on. Peter Saints thought he'd killed It. But bad
people never stay down. Now the jail of his enemy is weakening. Luck is running
out for Peter and the girl he saved by wagering the Earth. Only now, with each
second and secret revealed, his enemy gains the answers to destroy Peter and
devour the world.
He screwed up. So bad, he didn’t think he could fix it. Peter tossed the ball against the wall once more as he drowned out Kyle’s words. He never admitted everything that had happened to him in the Stronghold to Kyle. Didn’t think he could. One thing for sure, time was up. Peter was through waiting to be told what to do by the Elders of at this dump who seemed to have their own agendas. Dealing with the nightmares of what he’d done - possibly killing a man by pulling something beyond evil out of him, plagued Peter every night. Those times when he wasn’t careful, it pressed his thoughts, even when awake.
“We’ll go get her.” Peter’s dark brown eyes landed on Kyle’s questioning blue ones.
About
the Author:
LM. Preston was born and raised in Washington, DC. An
avid reader, she loved to create poetry and short-stories as a young girl. With
a thirst for knowledge she attended college at Bowie State University, and
worked in the IT field as a Techie and Educator for over sixteen years. She
started writing science fiction under the encouragement of her husband who was
a Sci-Fi buff and her four kids. Her first published novel, Explorer X - Alpha
was the beginning of her obsessive desire to write and create stories of young
people who overcome unbelievable odds. She loves to write while on the porch
watching her kids play or when she is traveling, which is another passion that
encouraged her writing.
He
thought Alaina loved him, but now she’s found someone else. A tidal wave of
loss and grief swept over Henry Gallant, leaving him undecided about what to do
next, or how to move forward.
Despite his sorrow,
he goes on a dangerous mission to an invading aliens’ home world in the
Gliese-581 star system. There he uses a neural interface to penetrate their
communication network and steal a high ranking alien’s identity. Through this
artifice he learns about their history and society, and discovers a way to
hinder and possibly defeat them.
A side-effect of
linking into the alien network—which was created for autistic savants—is that
Gallant’s mind was stimulated and enhanced to the point where he begins to
experience superintelligence abilities.
Upon returning from
his mission, there is concern that Gallant might pose an even more serious
threat than the aliens. While he struggles to fend off those who doubt his
loyalty, he fights to win back Alaina.
This is the fourth
book of The Henry Gallant Saga, but it can be read as a standalone story.
As a
scientist and author specializing in technology innovation, H. Peter Alesso has
over twenty years research experience at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
(LLNL). As Engineering Group Leader at LLNL he led a team of scientists and
engineers in innovative applications across a wide range of supercomputers,
workstations, and networks. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy
with a B.S. and served in the U.S. Navy on nuclear submarines before completing
an M.S. and an advanced Engineering Degree at M.I.T. He has published several
software titles and numerous scientific journal and conference articles, and he
is the author/co-author of seven books.