Sci-Fi
Date Published: 03-06-2023
Publisher: Alien Vision
20 years in the future, humanity has been decimated by climate change and waves of fatal plagues released by Islamic terrorists.
In this new world, Special Operative Mary Carpenter of the Commonwealth of Independent States takes on deadly opponents, including white supremacists, cells of the Everlasting Caliphate, and an international organization of smugglers called Hammerhead plotting to dominate the planet with an all-powerful fear gas.
Join Mary Carpenter in four fast-paced, futuristic adventures that might be in tomorrow's headlines-
Interview
What is the hardest part of writing your books?
Editing, editing, polishing, revising, cutting. Shaping and molding an often rebellious text. Over and over.
What songs are most played on your Ipod?
70s and 80s rock and roll that I jam with on my drums. A whole lot of blues.
Do you have critique partners or beta readers?
For a time, I belonged to a very helpful, and often harsh writers’ group. I credit them in the introduction to Behind Alien Lines.
What book are you reading now?
Mostly, I’m reading memoirs by entertainers who will appear on my radio interview show, “Flashback.” Just finished a tie-in novel with the “Night Stalker” TV series as that author will be on my show. I read a lot of non-fiction for research.
How did you start your writing career?
From an early age, I knew I wanted to be a writer. Still, I got on board in an unlikely way. I went to grad school in American literature and began turning out scholarship on authors like Mark Twain. I went from scholarship to encyclopedias to poetry to spy books and finally sci-fi. So far.
Tell us about your next release.
20 years in the future, humanity has been decimated by climate change and waves of fatal plagues released by Islamic terrorists. In this new world, Special Operative Mary Carpenter of the Commonwealth of Independent States takes on deadly opponents, including white supremacists, cells of the Everlasting Caliphate, and an international organization of smugglers called Hammerhead plotting to dominate the planet with an all-powerful fear gas. Join Mary Carpenter in four fast-paced, futuristic adventures that might be in tomorrow's headlines.
Hammerhead. Twenty years from now, Hammerhead will be the most powerful international criminal network in the world.
Hammerhead. The astonishing success of Hammerhead will result from their secret means of smuggling illegal goods and cargo undetected anywhere in the world.
Hammerhead. Joining forces with the Chinese terrorist triad, the Quai Do, Hammerhead is preparing to unleash a frightening new drug that will subjugate all humanity to their will.
To thwart Hammerhead, special operative Mary Carpenter travels to the Virgin Islands where she infiltrates the headquarters of Brazilian crime lord, Marcus Calavera. There, Mary must uncover the secret to the smuggling operation and investigate what drug the organization is stockpiling in its quest to quash all opposition to their domination.
Hammerhead: The latest chapter in the Beta-Earth Chronicles set on our planet four years before six aliens arrive in Jamaica and change everything.
About the Author
Dr. Wesley Britton is the author of four non-fiction books, Spy Television (2003), Beyond Bond: Spies in Fiction and Film (2005), Onscreen and Undercover: The Ultimate Book of Movie Espionage (2006), and The Encyclopedia of TV Spies (2009).
Starting in fall 2015, his science fiction/ mystery/ espionage series, The Beta-Earth Chronicles debuted with the ground-breaking The Blind Alien. Throughout 2016 to 2019, eight sequels followed including Return to Alpha, Wesley's first stand alone novel. Alpha Tales 2044 was the first of three collections of Beta-Earth short stories.
Britton earned his doctorate in American Literature at the University of North Texas in 1990. From 2007 to 2015, he was co-host of online radio's "Dave White Presents" broadcast over KSAV.org. For DWP, Wesley contributed interviews with authors, musicians, actors, and many entertainment insiders. In 2022, Wes picked up from where he left off with his own “Flashback, another interview show broadcast over KSAV.org and now also archived at his Remember When podcast page.
Wesley taught English at Harrisburg Area Community College until his retirement in 2016. Wes is blind due to the progressive genetic disease, retiniteous pigmentosa. Wesley served on the Board of Directors for Vision Resources of Central Pennsylvania for 14 years. He has been writing book reviews for sites like BlogCritics.org and BookPleasures.com for nearly 30 years. Wes and Grace and their menagerie live in Harrisburg, PA.
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