[The Dianian Chronicles 01] • Earth-Net

Ray is a bright, beautiful young Dianian colonist, in the last weeks of her schooling. Her comfortable life and her career hopes are crushed when the first, full blooded humans, arrive on Diana. Ray is sucked into a maelstrom of greed and corruption that threatens to consume her planet, her people and her loved ones.

But worse is to come. At the heart of her shadowed past is a secret that will shatter her identity and thrust her into the fight of her life.

Jonah Fielding is part of a small troupe of marines sent to Diana to oversee transition of the remote colony into human ownership. He is ill when he awakes from Hypersleep and Ray cares for him. Ray and Jonah form a tentative friendship. When the depraved plans of the new corporate masters become clear, the human marines side with the colonists to secure the planet. Ray and Jonah must find a way to banish the new owners and lock them out, forever.

From every desperate despair, to uplifting triumph, Earth-Net is one of those rare books that pulls you, body and soul, into a new world. Immersive world building, fast pace action and characters that leap out of the page. Earth-Net lays the foundations for an epic trilogy. Both hard scifi and non-scifi readers will find plenty to like, here.

About David J. Garrett

David is a leading, Melbourne based scientist who works in the medical device field. He has authored more than fifty journal articles and is regularly invited to speak about the future of cybernetic human enhancements and the impact of electronic implants in medicine.

Cover art by Lee Ann Barlow