“So, thank you all for coming. Please continue to drink and dance and have embarrassing pictures taken with the president. I did notice that some of you left your cars idling when—”
Charli pulled Jake’s sleeve and held the microphone away from him. She whispered in his ear. “Jake, Honey, you don’t need to save the world, you know.”
Jake looked at her, nodded, and brought the mic back to his mouth. “Everyone have a great time … Oh, and Captain Neptuna, I think Mr. Guccio needs a break. Why don’t you let him off your lap for a while?
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I learned so much from my critique partners on CritiqueCircle.com. Many of the best plot ideas came directly from their keyboards. Special thanks to Allison Maruska, Dennis Taylor, Auraxx, Pamela Bedore, Lauraeve, Wmreed, Ratrilyn, Kismetw, Nathanfoun, McZee, Linda5216, Jaramsli, and Ioana Visan.
Thanks also to Lena Macy, Linda Johnson, Gail Summerville, Lara Summerville, Maria Bartlett, Liz and Craig Wruck, Mia Bergström, Marie Kelleher-Roy (the BMW model for Marie Keller), Braumeister, Amethyst, Brett Cameron, Walt34, Bob Crane, Steve Lord, Jenny Macy, Margie Adler, Eric Mattson, Deborah Mattson, and others who helped me review my work.
Cover by Perry Elisabeth Kirkpatrick (http://perryelisabethdesign.blogspot.com). Components of the image supplied by NASA and Mike Kiev.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Al Macy writes because he has stories to tell. In school he was the class clown and always the first volunteer for show and tell. His teachers would say “Al has a lot of imagination.” Then they'd roll their eyes.
But he put his storytelling on the back burner until he retired and wrote a blog about his efforts to improve his piano sight-reading. That's when his love of storytelling burbled up to the surface, along with quirky words like “burble.”
He had even more fun writing his second book, Drive, Ride, Repeat, but was bummed by non-fiction's need to stick to “the truth” (yucko). From then on it was fiction all the way, with a good dose of his science background burbling to the surface.
Macy's top priority is compelling storylines with satisfying plot twists, but he never neglects character development. No, wait … his top priority is quirkiness, then compelling storylines, then character development. No, wait …
Contents
TITLE PAGE
BOOK OFFER PAGE
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SEVEN
CHAPTER EIGHT
CHAPTER NINE
CHAPTER TEN
CHAPTER ELEVEN
CHAPTER TWELVE
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
CHAPTER NINETEEN
CHAPTER TWENTY
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
CHAPTER THIRTY
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
EPILOGUE
REQUEST FOR REVIEWS
BOOK OFFER PAGE II
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Table of Contents
Contents
TITLE PAGE
BOOK OFFER PAGE
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SEVEN
CHAPTER EIGHT
CHAPTER NINE
CHAPTER TEN
CHAPTER ELEVEN
CHAPTER TWELVE
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
CHAPTER NINETEEN
CHAPTER TWENTY
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
CHAPTER THIRTY
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
EPILOGUE
REQUEST FOR REVIEWS
BOOK OFFER PAGE II
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR