The Assignment

by Robert Lee Thompson

The day the world was destroyed, only the great city of Atlanta, Georgia was prepared for it and was left unharmed. The dome they built over the city spared them from destruction. Fifty years after the extermination of most of earth’s population they began sending young adults into the world to explore the uninhabited ruins. This is a story of two teenagers’, Reynger and Flanna, who on their fifteenth birthday were sent out on assignment to explore the remains of an area which was once called Florida. What could possibly happen to two teenagers let loose along with two horses and their two androids Inez and Pakana? Find out in this action-packed adventure of survival, perseverance and the coming of age.

222 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 14, 2011

About the author

Robert Lee Thompson
I was born and raised in Indian River County Florida. I am a military retiree and proud to have served. During my tour in the U. S. Navy I spent time in Korea aboard the U.S.S. Calvert (APA-32) and did two tours of duty in Vietnam with the Navy Seabees, U.S. Naval Construction Battalion Forty (MCB-40). Other duty stations were the U.S.S. Casa Grande (LSD-13), U.S.S. Willard Keith (DD-775), U.S.S. Tidewater (AD-32), U. S. Naval Training Center, Orlando, Florida, U.S Naval Air Station, Sanford, Florida and U.S. Naval Station, Key West, Florida. These stations are not in the order in which he served. After retiring from the military I was a truck driver, a nuclear plant security officer in Saint Lucie County for fifteen years and did odd jobs while touring the United States. I am presently living in Bristol Connecticut.
I have published two novels, Riding the Florida Time Line and Riders of the Spew. The second Spew novel, Stragglers of the Spew will be out soon.