"This is Sci-fi the way it was meant to be--engaging, plausable, just barely enough removed from reality to still be comfortable yet close enough to possibility that it causes soul searching. Pick up this book, you will not be disappointed." Sylvia Cochran
ROUNTABLE REVIEWS says:
"THE POWDER MERCHANT is the debut novel of David Orange, magazine writer, star and television actor, and owner of a wine import business. While science fiction affecionados got to know him as the Sleepy Klingon in movie Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country that had him rubbing elbows with the past and future genre greats, such as William Shatner and Rene Auberjonois, it is his debut novel that will introduce him to a wider ranger of genre lovers,
THE POWDER MERCHANT is the "what if" story that details the life's dream of one Alexander Volga, rich beyond belief and ruthless in an effort to make his dream of immortality become reality. A firm believer in reincarnation, Alexander is no longer content with living life over and over again, but instead wants to return to the time that he enjoyed the most--forever. Yet a past life nemesis is on his heels, and even she doesn't know of their past battles--she is a formidable foe and may quite possibly hinder his plans for immortality. With others' lives being little more than pawns in this game of making himself master of his destiny, there is nothing that will stop Alexander from finally achieving immortality--or is there?
THE POWDER MERCHANT is not your typical science fiction fiction fare that appears to have left behind the carefully cultivated science precepts of an Isaac Asimov or Robert Silverberg,
and before long simply degraded the genre to "shoot 'em up quick" style writing--albeit against the backdrop of starships and light sabers. Instead, it takes on the scientific idea that within a short 20-some-odd years people will have the opportunity to scan and inergrate themselves into their computers and thus inhabit a world in cyberspace.
David Orange explores the possibility of cyber induced immortality, and the lengths to which those with an interest in this life will go to cheat death and still shuffle off this mortal coil. Even to the genre challenged reader who might rather gnaw off his or her right arm than sit down with a tome shelved in that section, THE POWDER MERCHANT will present an engaging read that is hard to put down and that presents possibilities few ever have really thought through.
This is science fiction the way it was meant to be--engaging, plausible, just barely far enough removed from reality to be still comfortable yet close enough to possibility that it causes soul searching. Do yourself a favor and pick up your copy of this book, you will not be disappointed." Sylvia Cochran
Book 5, the final story in the Wilderness Series--A marvelous and fantastic journey, enjoy little known history crafted with original, brilliant unforgettable moments, unforgettable characters, and an unforgettable adventure that will keep you shakin
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