Shango

About the Book

Midway through its ten-year mission of galactic exploration, Earthship Redemption is a powder keg of emotion. Nearly destroyed by the rash actions of one man, it limps along its assigned destinations entirely on the iron will of its captain and the stubbornness of its crew. One man is to blame for their precarious situation, and no on is willing to forget it. That man is Redemption's Chief -- and only -- Astrogator, responsible for Jumping the ship across the galactic arm, and eventually home. That man is Dr. Jonathon Martine, astromathematician, widower and single parent. Martine's wife died in the accident that crippled Redemption, and his daughter Leesa had to be surgically removed from her dead mother's womb. Now both are outcasts on their own ship. Martine must compute the Jump Equations, but is otherwise shunned. Leesa must attend school with children who taunt and tease her mercilessly. But Leesa Martine is a gifted child. She possesses unique qualities. It's those qualities that attract an alien race. A race that has been waiting a long time for a particular event to lift them to the stars -- and unbeknownst to her father, Leesa's arrival on their planet is just such an event!

About the Author

J. David Brown is a computer systems engineer and lives with his wife and daughter near Philadelphia, Pa.