My current work in progress is coming along. The book is growing each week as I find limited time to write. My day job has monopolized a major portion of my day, beyond the eight hours I’m scheduled for, but that’s okay. For now, I’m enjoying the experience.
Actually, enjoying the experience may be a little strong. I’m definitely learning from it. I’m learning how much I can do versus how much I can tolerate. Not everything I face can be fixed. It’s kind of like my characters in my current book.
I have a few main characters that are all faced with the same General problem, but have taken different approaches. One of the main characters has a negative view, that drives his actions. Another doesn’t have enough experience to understand what they are agreeing to. Their world isn’t perfect.
The story takes place in the distant future after a group of generation ships were captured by a race of aliens who use humanity for their support. Life for humans is not ideal, but most accept it.
That’s the world my main characters face and it brings their challenges. Some want to revolt against the alien captors, others don’t believe the alien captors exist. One main character is older and has plenty of rough experiences. Will he let those drive his actions, or will he listen to the younger voices around.
My experiences shape my writing. I work to improve with each thing I write. Check out my books on Amazon.
My latest book, For All the Stones, takes place in a world that is coming to terms with the rising technology and the waning magic. Even though the magic has faded, some are still after the ancient glories of the mages who once ruled the land.
My book, Collected Lives, takes place near the end of the twenty-second century, with vacations and tourism to Earth by off-worlders controlled by major corporations. The largest corporation, Collected Lives, has several enemies. The story follows the events as four people from different portions of Collected Lives’ process are thrown into the middle of a larger problem.
My fantasy, A Map, a Mage, and a Sacrifice, is set in a world with ancient technology where sacrifice of lifeforce brings magical power. The greater the pain and suffering, the greater the magical energy generated. The Forty mages controlling the empire use voluntary sacrifice of the citizens to generate power they use to protect and defend the empire. But their rule may be coming to a close.
Malignance, my third book in my time travel series that began with Resonance and Dissonance, is on Amazon as a kindle and a paperback. That was a fun series to write, and for now, it is completed. I have also placed all three books from that series into one volume titled The Machina of Time.
If you’re looking for a science fiction story, try my book The Promise of Dust, which takes place in a cloud city floating in the atmosphere of Venus. Or Progenitor’s Legacy: Deceit, which takes place many years in the future on a tidally locked world that orbits a red dwarf and has been reached by humanity in their search for the alien progenitors who seeded the galaxy with nano machines.
If a young adult science fiction is more to your liking, check out my series This New Earth, that starts with Demons of a Dead World and Secrets of a Dead World.
If you are looking for a young adult fantasy, check out my book The Threads Unbound.
DANIEL R. BURKHARD 