Five books in a hundred words each
The Crown of Happenstance tells the story about a search for something which is rumored to confer god-like powers on its possessor. It involves the planets Shonak and Earth, at a time on Earth when there is no science, no understanding even that Earth is a round planet circling the sun. The Shonakian’s want the crown in order to exploit its rumored ability to enable thought-creation. The other principal searcher is Atsa, a gifted young man from the American desert southwest. He seeks the crown for help in spreading his tribe’s message of love and tolerance. Read about their many amazing adventures and witness the surprising end to their search.
It’s About Time, the second book in the Shonak series, sees the one thousand-forty-nine year old and semi-retired Bon brought back into active service to solve the most vexing puzzle in their long history. Why did Earth suddenly advance 3210 years into its future with no such time shift on Shonak? Bon’s quest to find that answer leads him to “out†Shonak to the now advanced Earth in order to get their help in solving the mystery. Read how he navigates the complex new relationship with Earth, reveals Shonak’s extensive surveillance of the planet, and examines the very essence of the elusive thing known as Time.
Bot Diaries is the third book in the Shonak series and details the extent of Shonak’s long-standing surveillance enterprise on Earth. This collection of short stories is designed to teach young Shonakian students about Earthers so they can better understand the vids of us they will watch over their very long lives. Through these “diaries†they learn about the thirty pieces of silver Judas Escariot received to betray his friend Jesus and where they are today. They get the secret of last seven years of Cleopatra’s eventful life. They see the invention of the stirrup and the bow and arrow and they find out what happened to the Lost Colony of Roanoke.
Earth Gets Even is the fourth book in the Shonak series and is about the inevitable outrage on Earth once the full extent of Shonak’s invasive presence on Earth is fully known. In violation of a treaty between our two planets the Shonakians have continued to deploy secret bots on Earth which are indistinguishable from real Earth humans. It all gets unraveled when an American teenager from Phoenix discovers the secrets of Shonak’s technology and invents a device which can detect their surveillance bots. It’s in our Fourth Millennium when the World President confronts the Eldest of Shonak and Earth finally gets its due. If we’re going to be a reality TV show for Shonak then we can get paid for it!
CRIMISLE, is the fifth book in the Shonak series and focuses on Criminal Island, first introduced in Book Two of the series. CRIMISLE was conceived as a place to put Earth’s criminals, corrupt politicians and corrupt government officials. Shonak helped identify them using video and audio collected by their extensive surveillance system. As a result the Operation Purge trials were simple affairs, carried out in special Purge Courts, with the Shonakians providing secure transportation to the inescapable island chosen for the purpose. “The Island†is a six thousand square mile polar desert surrounded by freezing water that needs no guards. The reader is treated to both their crimes and their punishment on CRIMISLE.
