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Unfriendly Persuasion: A Tale from the Arbiter Chronicles
Unfriendly Persuasion: A Tale from the Arbiter Chronicles
Unfriendly Persuasion: A Tale from the Arbiter Chronicles
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Everything Is Going to Be All Right...

That’s what Lieutenant Terry Metcalfe keeps telling his friends and co-workers. A hero to the public, just months ago he successfully prevented the veritable destruction of human civilization at the hands of terrorists from the warlike Qraitian Empire. But Metcalfe has changed, grown unhappy with his role as an officer in the Confederate Navy. Distancing himself from his friends, he’s decided to join a religious sect which believes it’s literally found God living beneath the surface of the far-off planet Eleusis. And to be sure, there’s something there: an alien intelligence which reaches out to the young Lieutenant and offers him the power to protect everything he loves. But is Metcalfe finding the spiritual fulfilment he’s sought so long, or is he falling under the spell of a malevolent new enemy?

Steven H. Wilson’s original science fiction audio series, The Arbiter Chronicles has captured the imaginations or audiences for over a decade. Winner of the Mark Time Silver Award and the Parsec Award for Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama, it’s character-driven space opera in the tradition of Heinlein’s The Rolling Stones and Joss Whedon’s Firefly. Drenched in adventure, humor and sexuality, Unfriendly Persuasion joins its predecessor, Taken Liberty, in bringing new depth to the popular audio drama series.

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Release dateMar 5, 2012
ISBN9781452428864
Unfriendly Persuasion: A Tale from the Arbiter Chronicles
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Phil Giunta

Phil Giunta enjoys crafting powerful fiction that changes lives and inspires readers. His novels include the paranormal mysteries Testing the Prisoner, By Your Side, and Like Mother, Like Daughters. His short stories appear in such anthologies as Love on the Edge, Scary Stuff, A Plague of Shadows, Beach Nights, Beach Pulp, the Middle of Eternity series, and many more. He is a member of the Horror Writers Association, the National Federation of Press Women, and the Greater Lehigh Valley Writers Group. Phil is currently working on his next paranormal mystery novel while plotting his triumphant escape from the pressures of corporate America where he has been imprisoned for over twenty-five years. Visit Phil’s website at www.philgiunta.com.  Find him on Facebook: @writerphilgiunta and Twitter: @philgiunta71

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