by Peter J. Dudley (Author)
In the aftermath of war, false friendships, failed loyalties, and new alliances make truth difficult to see clearly. The battle for Tawtrukk is over, but the madman that started it all has escaped, and now he has instructions for detonating the nuclear bomb that stood dormant in the Southshaw chapel for thirteen generations. If he can't be stopped in time, Freda will have to find some way to lead the survivors to a new home over the mountains, into a land she'd always been taught was an uninhabitable wasteland of smoldering radiation.Cryptic clues left by Southshaw's Founders three hundred years ago suggest that the land may not be as desolate as everyone thought, but can those clues be trusted? Can Freda unite the bitter, angry remnants of the Southshaw, Tawtrukk, and Subterra peoples? Can she get them to follow the clues when many think they lead to death instead of to the paradise Freda believes they promise?
Author Biography
Peter rarely uses his Electrical Engineering degree from Berkeley these days. Instead, he writes adventure fiction, short stories, and light verse when he's not coaching or playing soccer, camping with his boys, or brewing beer. He has a day job as a corporate social responsibility executive, running the nation's largest workplace charitable giving campaign. In his career, he's worked on the B-2 bomber, the first PDA (Casio "Zoomer"), and the first smart phone (Nokia 9000). A Connecticut native, he lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife, two sons, and two cats. He can be found on the Web at www.peterdudley.com and on Twitter at @dudleypj.