Publisher's Synopsis
The Alpha's attack on the newly colonized world, is fast and deadly, killing more than 5,000 people in less than a day. But among the survivors, are two young lovers who while simply trying to escape, find themselves co-opted by a technically advanced alien computer. Now they must fight, not only to save their own lives, but to save the lives of everyone on the planet.Beckett's World.Is the third planet out from the sun, that along with seven other planets orbit a middle aged k2. type star, on the edge of the Perseus spiral arm of the galaxy. It was first settled in the Earth Year 2456, and is the furthest planet from Earth ever settled by humans. A very benign Earth type planet, with a 12o. Inclination resulting in a mainly temperate climate all year around. James Town, (the capital.) situated near the equator, has a year round average midday temperature of 22.7oc.The one large, elongated land mass, has a mountainous backbone, and stretches most of the way between the planets north and south ice covered poles. While the ocean, covering nearly two thirds of the planet surface, is dotted with numinous Islands ranging from around a hundred kilometers across, to tiny rocky outcrops.An excerpt from. "A Quick Index Of Known Habitable Planets." (For schools, at levels 3&4.) (Eighty second edition.)
