Sample Saturday: Moon People 2 by Dale M. Courtney

Moon People 2: Mars Reborn
-Moon People Trilogy, Book 2-
by Dale M. Courtney

(Bloomington, Xlibris Corp., 2010)
Kindle eBook, 102 Pages, 534 KB, Fiction
ASBN: B003XIJ9LC, US$7.69

Sample: “CHAPTER 1 Mars Reborn This story begins off the planet of Mars where the Lunar Base 1 has positioned itself for 6 mouths of exploration and study for a possible genesis for colonization. So far Mars Base has found that under the surface of Mars are large cavities of ice. Also Mars base has found that the lava core has cooled off over the centuries. They also found that Mars magnetic field is very low and the rotation of the planet has slowed to an abnormal speed. First Science Officer Captain David Braymer and the crew of the Lunar Base 1 are about to implement an experiment that will heat up the core of Mars and raise its magnetic field. Also melt the ice cavity underneath the surface, that should create oxygen through out the planet if all goes well. Also by heating up the core in the right spot should increase the speed of rotation of the planet. This is one of the areas that we are a little worried about in the experiment.

“The Mars Base will be monitoring everything down on Mars and we will be monitoring everything from space. We do not really know exactly how much we will need to heat up the core. We have a few differences of opinions. We are going to use a microwave beam to heat up the core at three-second intervals. The beam itself has the strength of 200,000 watts once it leaves the ship. By the time it hits the surface the strength is about 50,000 watts and by the time it gets through to the core the power level is about 20,000 watts.

“On the bridge of the Lunar Base 1, Admiral Benson is in command. (Admiral Benson) Let’s put everything on the main viewer Lieutenant Parsons.”

My Reaction: First, my promise to you is that everything you see in that sample is in the book, typos and photo included. I cannot tell you how excited I am about this book, and I cannot wait to have the pocket money to be able to download this to my Kindle. I kid you not. I loved its predecessor Moon People (reviewed here) and this sample has me excited to enter more of the world that Dale M. Courtney has so carefully crafted for my reading pleasure! I would, however, recommend that you read Moon People before reading Moon People 2 because the first book’s plot is so intricate and the characters so complex that to dive right into Moon People 2 would be the height of folly. The very height!