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|  | | Lizard Lair: A Novella Prequel to The Survivors
In this "prequel" to the highly regarded science-fiction novel, "The Survivors," Colonel Kendrick Landry and Major Will Adams return as the crew of the starcraft Aurora travel to Alpha Centauri B-III and learn that the descendants of the crew of The Green Horizon, Earth's first interstellar starcraft, are living in centuries-old enslavement to a lizard-like race. The First Intergalactic Alliance does not permit liberation of the human slaves because the planet is not a member of the Alliance and subject to Alliance law. Alliance law, however, would sanction the Aurora's defense--including even offensive action against the lizard government, permitting its overthrow by human resistance fighters on the planet--but only if the lizard government has first attacked the Aurora. Without knowledge or consent of Colonel Landry, Major Adams devises a scheme to provoke such an attack by the lizard command. The lizards attack the Aurora, in orbit about the planet, with devastating force. Now, the crew of the Aurora will be fortunate to ensure their own survival, let alone assist in liberation of the lizards' human slaves! The events of Lizard's Lair occur one solar year earlier than the central story of The Survivors and sets out in full narrative detail the plot of a story briefly summarized early in The Survivors.
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span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana">In this “prequel” to the highly regarded science-fiction novel, i>The/i> i>Survivors/i>, Colonel Kendrick Landry and Major Will Adams return as the crew of the starcraft i>Aurora/i> travels to Alpha Centauri B-III and learns | |  | | The Survivors: A Novel
NOSTALGIC SCIENCE-FICTION SPACE ADVENTURE WITH A MODERN TWIST!
Mr. Laurens' new premier novel will evoke much nostalgia for science-fiction fans who were children of the 1960's and avid fans of the original Star Trek television series and voracious readers of science-fiction by grand masters the likes of Robert A. Heinlein and Poul Anderson. Still, the author has breathed ample originality into The Survivors, a rather cutting-edge technological and social science-fiction work which delves into highly relevant contemporary issues confronting modern man including genetic enhancement of human lifespan, creation of new life from existing life via advanced genetic engineering procedures, "cellular regeneration" of damaged human tissues, and changing sexual mores evolving alternative lifestyles including "polyamory" communities. While tastefully written, The Survivors does contain some scenes of rather shocking violence and explicit sexuality. When the novel is optioned for a movie (and it will be), rest assured that the film will carry an "R" rating.
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