Author: Author John G Dyer

Born in Chickamauga, Georgia, John Dyer moved to Asia in 1956, when his father took an engineering assignment with a power utility. He attended grades 1-12 at an international school, touring with his family through 29 countries before settling in the Midwest. A computer scientist turned author of fiction, he is a founder of an IBM-affiliated software company, and an early innovator in electronic commerce. He brings a lifelong interest in science and engineering to everything he writes.

Artistified

Fifty drafts, so far.

The spirit of sacrifice is not an article of surrender. It is a doctrine of self-rule.

U.S. President Carmen Benequista is a mother, a widow, a war veteran — no stranger to the practice of handing fate to the mercy of God, no pushover in a contest of wills.

In 2041, Earth will cross a river of stellar gas — fuel for an extinction-scale solar event, and a signal for neighbors from another planet to lend a hand.

Jivada, fully vested since the Ice Age: “We will not share Trans-Dimensional technology.”

Carmen Benequista: “What happens when you get into trouble? Who’s your partner then?”

Former NSA officer Brandon Lopez: “We can deliver America and France.”

The big blue bus is on a slow-motion slide into a light pole. Passengers in back are getting ready to bail out. An Italian lady from New Jersey is trading words with the driver.

You know she’s going to take the wheel.

Literary space opera. Political suspense. Romantic tension. And the discovery that who you’re with is more important than what you do.

Read the book at marolitango.substack.com

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Scolded Raw

Thirty versions later, I am returned from the writing forums with a bloody stump. That well is dry. It’s up to you now.

Earth is on a slow-motion slide into a light pole. The gods of Egypt were hirsute adventure tourists. Atlantis was a vibe, not a place. The sun goes micro-nova on an approximately 17,000-year cycle.

Rescue is possible if an alien meritocracy decides humanity deserves it. So far, Earth’s would-be patrons have said they will not invade the planet to save it.

Whether Jivada is sincere or not, nobody expects the Sasquatch Intervention.

Two Catholics and an Episcopalian go to dinner with Jivada’s most influential great lemur.

The Space Pope asks, “What’s everyone doing this week?”

U.S. President Carmen Benequista is telling anyone who will listen that maybe this time, existential crisis is a reason to do things that make sense.

Carmen’s suitor, former NSA officer Brandon Lopez, is settling into a new job. Company space van. Swank apartment on Jivada. Space Mafia sigil on the business card.

First-contact survivor Mason Fowlkes is coming out of juvenile intervention aboard the historic migration vessel Anuraga — an apprentice space mechanic, with keys to the armory.

They’re busy, trying to change the world.

Literary space opera. Political suspense. Romantic tension. And the discovery that everything important is within arm’s reach.

Read the book at https://marolitango.substack.com

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