Colony One title written in alien glyphs.
COLONY ONE
by T. L. Ford
Copyright © by Theresa L. Ford
All rights reserved.
Cover's woman by subVersion, cover by Theresa L. Ford
Book design by Theresa L. Ford
Illustrations by Theresa L. Ford
Jerome Koger
Editor
Lucid Dream Editing
luciddreamediting@gmail.com
Roy M. Maier
Editor
No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the author. The only exception is by a reviewer, who may quote short excerpts in a review.
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. Despite the fact that you can search the Internet and hear the musical pieces mentioned, and find some of the places used, everything in this book is fiction - descriptions, people, activities, and history.
Visit Mrs. Ford's website at www.Cattail.Nu .
Printed in the United States of America
First Published: December 2018
v.7
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Acknowledgment s
Ingi Ford , for love and giving me the opportunity to write.
Joan Lambert Bailey , for Japanese culture answers and cross-check.
Mary Bernhard , for cultural awareness and humor.
Dame , for motivation and feedback.
Lucas del Pino , for Argentina knowledge.
E. Engberts , for word smithing and publishing information.
Graham , for brainstorming help.
Jerome Koger , for editing.
Nick Kuhns , for word smithing and brainstorming assistance.
Roy M. Maier , for editing.
Dr. Steven Maier , for physics assistance.
Ian McAdams , for gun and ammunition information.
Charlene McBride Taylor , for edits and offering photo references.
Don Patterson , for his efforts on behalf of our military amputees, which inspired medical advances in this novel.
Lynn Ribeiro , for piano consultations.
Michelle Shaw , for listening to me mutter and correcting some errors.
Lynette Stanford , for fan fiction before the story was even finished that forced me to redo the timeline.
Daniel Stephens , onlineitalianclub.com, for Italian translation assistance.
subVersion , for that awesome woman artwork on the cover.
Felicity Weiss , for brainstorming and motivation.
Discord groups (Alpha World, Author Dawn Chapman, LitRPG Forum, TSN Illuminati Division ), for brainstorming, answering random questions, motivation, and listening to me ramble about this book while I was writing it.
Southern Maryland Creative Writing Meetup , for feedback and proof-reading.
There are many others who also helped me. I'm blessed to have such a wonderful community of people who supported and assisted me through this process. Thank you all!