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The Conqueror
A different kind of Valentine's Day Massacre.
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23 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 15, 2019
About the author
Jim Hamilton
16 books13 followersI've been an avid science fiction fan for most of my life, but only as a consumer and never a contributor. A couple of years ago, I decided to change that by publishing my first novel. For roughly twenty years, I had been toying with the basic story line and various plot devices and I finally managed to put my thoughts into words.
I personally believe that it's possible to have an engrossing science fiction novel without sex, violence, and mass destruction. I also like to think the best of mankind and that good will always win out over evil. That rational minds might persist whenever conflict occurs. That we can all somehow learn to get along with each other. And that a little bit of humor never hurt anyone.
My first three books, The Chaos Machine, Second Contact, and Mankind 2.0, have been combined into one book as The Chaos Trilogy*. While there may not be any sex or violence in any of these, there is definitely love, romance, and danger. And, oh yeah, lots of food.
If you find The Chaos Trilogy enjoyable, Second Contact is chronologically followed by two more Cassiopeia Adventures: Colony Ship New Hope (New Haven or Bust!) and Goddess of the Gillani. 5,341 years later, in The Race at Valli Ha'i, some distant relatives of Cassiopeia use her legacy to save the Universe and end the Universal Depression. They return in the sequel, Vacation on New Haven, that also revisits the characters in Colony Ship New Hope. A prequel to the series, Before the Fall, describes the early history of Shoomar leading up to the departure of the colony ship New Hope. Its companion piece, After the Fall, recounts the tale of those left behind.
There is also an orphan chapter to The Chaos Machine about how Leonardo da Vinci became a Renaissance Man. The da Vinci Butterfly is based on a reference that da Vinci made about a mysterious cave in his childhood.
On the other hand, if you like your stories more down-to-Earth, you might enjoy Raising Miss Ellie†. A novella about an elderly woman who offers refuge to a young runaway. However, the more she learns about him, the more she begins to wonder who he really is.
Finally, there is The Conqueror, a short story that I wrote for Valentine's Day (2019). It has generally been described as "cute" by everyone who has read it.
I hope that you enjoy reading these as much as I have enjoyed writing them ... Happy Landings!
I personally believe that it's possible to have an engrossing science fiction novel without sex, violence, and mass destruction. I also like to think the best of mankind and that good will always win out over evil. That rational minds might persist whenever conflict occurs. That we can all somehow learn to get along with each other. And that a little bit of humor never hurt anyone.
My first three books, The Chaos Machine, Second Contact, and Mankind 2.0, have been combined into one book as The Chaos Trilogy*. While there may not be any sex or violence in any of these, there is definitely love, romance, and danger. And, oh yeah, lots of food.
If you find The Chaos Trilogy enjoyable, Second Contact is chronologically followed by two more Cassiopeia Adventures: Colony Ship New Hope (New Haven or Bust!) and Goddess of the Gillani. 5,341 years later, in The Race at Valli Ha'i, some distant relatives of Cassiopeia use her legacy to save the Universe and end the Universal Depression. They return in the sequel, Vacation on New Haven, that also revisits the characters in Colony Ship New Hope. A prequel to the series, Before the Fall, describes the early history of Shoomar leading up to the departure of the colony ship New Hope. Its companion piece, After the Fall, recounts the tale of those left behind.
There is also an orphan chapter to The Chaos Machine about how Leonardo da Vinci became a Renaissance Man. The da Vinci Butterfly is based on a reference that da Vinci made about a mysterious cave in his childhood.
On the other hand, if you like your stories more down-to-Earth, you might enjoy Raising Miss Ellie†. A novella about an elderly woman who offers refuge to a young runaway. However, the more she learns about him, the more she begins to wonder who he really is.
Finally, there is The Conqueror, a short story that I wrote for Valentine's Day (2019). It has generally been described as "cute" by everyone who has read it.
I hope that you enjoy reading these as much as I have enjoyed writing them ... Happy Landings!
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May 3, 2019
As is my wont, there are no spoilers herein. You're welcome.
The tone of The Conqueror is a radical departure from Jim's other sci-fi titles. Since it was released as a Valentine's Day treat I'd guessed it might be a story of "love conquering all". That notion was quickly dispelled as an uncharacteristically dark scene unfolded in the opening paragraphs.
Whether by design or some innate wholesomeness of his being, I think of Jim's stories as family-friendly, uplifting, and full of genuine surprises. The Conqueror does not disappoint.
Read it, you'll be glad you did.
The tone of The Conqueror is a radical departure from Jim's other sci-fi titles. Since it was released as a Valentine's Day treat I'd guessed it might be a story of "love conquering all". That notion was quickly dispelled as an uncharacteristically dark scene unfolded in the opening paragraphs.
Whether by design or some innate wholesomeness of his being, I think of Jim's stories as family-friendly, uplifting, and full of genuine surprises. The Conqueror does not disappoint.
Read it, you'll be glad you did.
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