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Book 1 The Genesis of Capsaa by Cliff Dale was released in August 2020.
PRINTED ISBN: 978-84-09-22483-8
KINDLE ASIN: B08H2FDXNH
The Deep Exploration Research Vessel Capsaa was out there in the Deep searching for planets that
could be colonised, or preferably, set up as a mining colony for its Galactic Corporation owners,
that was where the coin was.
The crew got paid a discovery bonus for every planet where a profit could be turned,
but this DERV crew were always disappointed with what they had managed to find so far , the bonuses were weak.
It seemed typical that they weren't having much luck in their quest.
In an effort to find that proper pay-day discovery, they changed tack and moved on to pastures new,
now, they were just off the cosmic equatorial plane where things unexpectedly changed, their luck had taken yet another turn, sadly, it wasn’t for the better.
Now they were left fighting for survival in a ship that was more than a little broken,
and with crew left abandoned to the Darkness in the Deep, they were ejected from a Warp tunnel,
the ship and crew flying blind and unable to determine where they were, tumbling through space,
wondering what, and who, they were going to run into, the crew further convinced that there was a curse upon the ship.
The ship wasn’t the only thing lost in this darkness, the crew were lost too,
both figuratively and spiritually, and it didn't seem possible that there could be worse to come
but they were starting to believe that this was the only option left for them.
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First things first, all completed books can be found here
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Capsaa is a series of books set on and around the (fictional) planet of Capsaa, it is to be found just off the equitorial plane of our own solar system,
around the edges of the constallation of Apparatus Sculptoris, the Sculptors Studio, this place does exist.
There is a short article here about the Sculptors Studio and how it came to be named, and by whom here.
Book 1 - The Genesis of Capsaa - has been available since August 2020
Book 2 - The CPDF - Formation - hopefully late 2023
Book 3 - Ghost in the Darkness - not until 2024
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The Genesis of Capsaa is the story of how the planet came to be discovered, and how it got its name.
This is the last outing for the DERV (Deep Exploration Research Vessel) and its crew, not that they knew that at the time,
they have their struggles to find what they are looking for in the vastness of Space, the Deep.
The story sets up why the planet of Capsaa will become of value, and its struggles to keep itself safe, and the DERV has similar begginings,
its crew struggling to cope with the dangers they must face in their own fight for survival, against threats both seen and imagined.
The Genesis of Capsaa was released in August 2020, but was written and completed in 2017.
London born in the 60s and moved near to Bristol in the summer of '69, there I can recall seeing the grainy black and white images of the first moon landing as it happened, it was an exciting time of discovery.
I was already an avid reader of Science Fiction by then and brought up with the excellent BBC TV series Doctor Who,
I can vividly remember watching it in black and white in the mid-'60s, (and hiding from the Cybermen behind the sofa!), and then,
reinforcing the Sci-Fi adventure with other TV series in the '70s and '80s with the likes of Blakes Seven, Quatermass, Day of the Triffids and more.
School life was good, college followed and work, family arrived and grew up, and in between I started writing a book, that book ended up being published some 40 years later, Orbiter One, At Worlds End started life in the late 70's.
I have written a few more since then, and published them, there are more to do.
All my books and other works are here for you to discover.
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Orbiter One is a series of books that deals with the aftermath of an extinction event, and the story of those that try to journey beyond it.
The Anecdotes series are a collection of short stories (anecdotes) told by a particular character who relates their own past experiences of the job to work colleagues. Sometimes there is an element of truth, quite often they are blatent lies, and there is always some form of subterfuge going on, the anecdotes are a means to an end.
Capsaa is a series of books set on and around the (fictional) planet of Capsaa, it is to be found just off the equitorial plane of our own solar system, around the edges of the constallation of Apparatus Sculptoris, the Sculptors Studio, this place does exist.
Breaking News is the title of a story created during the CoVid19 outbreak of 2020
and is the first independant story to be published (i.e. one without a follow on story),
though it does have some relevance to the story line in my first book, At Worlds End (in the Orbiter One Series),
and there is a possible second story, though it is not quite a direct follow on .... maybe.
The Kindle version was available from 7th of July 2020, and the printed version from the 9th.
Earning the Spurs is the title of the second independant story to be published, set on a mining planet,
it follows the fortunes of a miner and his new business partner on the rough world of Getone and its moons and the rapid changes that surprise them both.
The Kindle version was available from 29th of April 2023, and the printed version from the 30th.