Ken Pauls Milano's Future Universe

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“ABOUT THE BOOK”

SHIPWRECK CRUSOE

Book One of the Lunium* Age Trilogy 

Rhe Carmus had it all—money, fame, prestige, youth, health and hordes of followers in his booming political career, as counselor for the Empire Common Wealth. The problem with Rhe Carmus was his conscience; his monies were badly conceived, his fame infamous and his prestige, well, quite the opposite. He had lied, cheated and embezzled his way all the way to the top of the Empire’s highest echelons. And yes, he didn’t have a friend he could call a friend, nor a woman he could call his lover, for the sake of love alone. For all his accomplishments, he was a lonely man—living in a world of dark fantasies—until one day . . . 

One fateful day, when a harrowing and nearly mortal experience changed all that, including his perception about himself, that of those around him and the world at large. That day, he took a sudden decision, which would propel him into one of the most fascinating and dangerous adventures in anyone’s living memory. 

As if by the gods’ sanction, he crash-landed on an unknown and dangerous planet. A planet that did not appeared in any of the galactic charts of his time, where nothing was what it seemed, where barbaric creatures swept the skies, crawled the land and swirled through its treacherous waters. And amid those nightmarish surroundings a new and terrifying truth would arise. And it was human.

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The tribulations of an unlikely hero, adamant beauties, improbable traitors and a virgin world full of dangers and wonders, where human intrigue, suspense and sacrifices will soar to new heights until the most astonishing of all conclusions takes you suddenly by surprise—startling your senses. Relentless action-adventure—by a master of the genre—laced with an impossible romance and terrible secrets.

©Copyright 2009 Ken Pauls Milano


The Trilogy Continues . . .

“BASTIONS OF THE FOE”

Book Two of the Lunium* Age Trilogy


It’s been a few years since Rhe Carmus—the hungry ex-politician and counselor for the Empire Common Wealth—has returned from his brutal tribulations in Luniumland where he had crash-landed aboard the Crusoe. His life seems to be perfect in every way. He is totally in love with his wife. He loves his job. He is a happy man. But throughout all these years, something has kept on nagging at him: Who he really is. Nevertheless, he has kept his worries on hold in the back of his mind, as an afterthought. He doesn’t want to disrupt the delicate balance his new life has afforded him. He wants to forget the past and live the rest of his life in the bliss that yields from pure ignorance.

Yet, fate is fickle as he very well knows and the past reels back to haunt him once again. Nothing is what it seems, and nothing makes sense as he thought in one occasion it did. His secret has been compromised and the lives of loved ones are in extreme danger. He has but a very tiny window of opportunity to put things right. The major obstacle: He doesn’t remember his past before the attempt on his life in his days as a politician—hypno-tracing has taken care of that; a necessary procedure that if not performed in time would have otherwise made him a puppet of a higher command from a very powerful and cryptic organization with nothing to lose.

Now, Rhe Carmus must find out his true identity, but before he can do that, he must travel through a maze of deceit, murder and mayhem to unravel the ultimate mystery concerning not only himself but his wife as well. However, to do so he must go into the bowels of the Split proper: Rogue City. A city built over the cavernous guts of an extinguished volcano, where every crook and crevice of the crater’s outer walls are fortified with lethal terra-to-space cannons that can demolish any unwanted incoming traffic, before they are even aware of their proximity to danger. The Split is a venomous universal nest of crime, where cutthroats, pirates and renegades make their home, and where every vice known to man and then some is practiced ‘legally’ and almost anything goes unpunished. He must enter the most depraved, decadent and vicious city in the entire history of the human race, perform a miracle, and live to tell the story. 

ACCLAIM
“This book sizzles with excitement, pounding action and suspense. If anything, it’s better than the first installment.”

“Sci-Fi lovers, hold on to your seats! Milano will simply mesmerize you. Spellbinding storytelling by a master of the genre. Don’t miss it!”

©Copyright 2009 Ken Pauls Milano