Creatures & Machines
Once upon a quieter time, not of ours, it was a farmer’s field. Corn and other crops grew like weeds. But, the farmer died tragically, and so the junk and scrap soon grew where life had once been. Yet life can take many other forms…most strange indeed. The new life in and among the countless heaps of discarded motors, rusty gears, circuit-boards and old robots is that which was created with the skillful hands of a lonely boy. Not all was though. Of the Other life…well…
Alex cautiously inched closer to the creature that stood frozen in the beam of his flashlight. A full minute ticked quietly by between them, like an unspoken count-down… 5 – 4 – 3 – 2 – 1…
With the sound of dry, rasping gears, Larj, the Fly, crept out from under the rust and mire to hunt again.
Sanders was enslaved by a wicked Fly in a most horrific way. His eyes were rolled back in their sockets as though he was trying to see what had happened to his brain!
Old Elliot, the hobo, cowered in horror as the black, cat-sized Flies emerged from the muck and crevices all around him!
From Book 2 – Super-Sonic Dragonfly!
From Book 2 – A Weaver Spider, as large as a grizzly, stalked out of the shadows and strode with simple, evil purpose toward Alex. Shuk would not be denied his prey.
From Book II – The furiously shooting fountain fell gracefully and there, standing at its ease on the surface of glassy smooth, glowing liquid was the Nethlin. And then, the one became many!
In his dreams, Alex breathed deeply as he dashed across the glade then leaped up high, wishing to escape faraway…to Mars…
The warriors of Mars flew swiftly down the Valles Marineris to do battle with the invaders from Phobos and Daemos! But, death of a more terrible kind was descending from the stars to wreak awful chaos upon their whole world!
As they plunged through the atmosphere toward their target, the squadron of Flies activated their weapons. Battle would be glorious!
From Book 2 – Ten Thousand Earth-years ago, the invasion of Mars began from its two moons, Phobos and Deimos.
From Book 2 – Halden Feir-Wai’i’s Martian spacecraft with the DIVE Drive Coils
Halden Feir-Wai’i flying to meet his father, King T’eir and his scholars at the secret cave.
From Book 2 – Halden took his first step into the 5th Dimension: The Glass Tunnels.
Five thousand Mars-Years ago, Halden Feir-Wai’i left his valley and his home on a journey to Earth, the “Blue Water-World”.
From Book 2 – When the invasion began one morning, Halden escaped in his little spacecraft, never to see his family again.
Professor Harold Strikt – an ingenious but possessed character in Book 2
Elliot Jansen (Old Elliot the hobo) awoke from years of dazed confusion. “The Glass Tunnels! The invasion! I must warn everyone”, he cried!
Shuk, the giant Weaver Spider, emerges from his hibernation oil-pod on the small Martian moon, Deimos, after 10,000 years. The monster has been awakened to perform one last terrible, deadly deed on Earth.
Dart sensed danger and dived into battle!
Alex’s Invention Blueprints:
1) Single-Seater DIVE Drive Spaceship | Max Velocity: UNKNOWN |
2). The Jump-Pack | Centrifugal Force Focused Upward | Very High and Long Distance Hops |
3). The Gyro-Jet | Single-Seater Jet Propelled Gyro-Copter |
