The Warning

By G. J. Winters

From the Publisher that brought you popular short story series Chains of Darkness, Song of Teeth, Soulyte, The Magaram Legends, Requiem for a Dream, Seven Years Out, The Night Sculptor, and Children of Time, now brings you, Children of Two Futures....

THERE ISN'T ALWAYS A JOY IN KNOWING
THE WARNING THAT COULD CHANGE THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT

President Kunan Slaan of Jakarta has to make a choice. Given the information that the alien world of Fesquay will soon come under attack, does he warn the aliens in advance? Or is it better instead to let the attack happen? His career, as well as the fate of the planet, is at stake.

Meanwhile, Indigo Pavun Kiro arrives in Zurich to stage an assault on the headquarters of the Society for Social Advancement. While he does have a plan in mind, he has no idea what to expect when he gives the order to move out.

Does the Society have any more tricks left up its sleeve? Find out in Children of Two Futures, Book 5: The Warning.

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EXCERPT
Kenneth laughed. Savannah's spirits soared to hear him express himself so happily. He said, “That's one of those things they keep talking about. The paradoxicals or whatever.”

“A paradox.”

“Yeah, that. Well, I don't know what I was saying anyway. I'm just glad to see you today.”

“You saw me yesterday, and the day before that, too.”

“I was glad about those days as well.”

“Really, you were?”

Kenneth sat down on the bed, motioning for her to sit next to him. She did, grabbing his hand with her own. He said, “Yeah, I think so. Can I kiss you now? Would that be okay?”

Related Titles in this Series:

1 - The Riddle

2 - The Underwater Factory

3 - A Mystery Solved

4 - The Society

6 - The Rebellion

Previous Stories with Kenneth and Savannah: Children of Time Series

1 - The Smallest Giant

2 - The Invisible Base

3 - The Unexpected Ally

4 - The Discovered Plot

5 - Mystery in Jakarta

6 - The Seventh Day

Other Series by GJ Winters:

The Magaram Legends

Seven Years Out

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Sandra Ross
• Release date: Sep 27, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301346929

G. J. Winters

G.J. Winters “fell into” writing when a well-meaning teacher of his submitted his Creative Writing assignment for publication in the school paper. The local paper picked up the article and asked G.J. for publishing rights, to which the young G.J. agreed with some hesitation, as he felt “that wasn’t one of my best writings at the time.” The reality was that this article was written when G.J. was a junior in high school.The article, which was a fictionalized version of a local myth surrounding a famous abandoned house near a swamp, was an assignment turned in as part of a mid-term exam. The teacher, Miss Mendez, thought G.J.’s writing was “exemplary” and showed “natural, raw writing talent for a person his age." The assignment called for “providing details to a local urban myth – provide background, using a local resident’s POV, and close with a vague hint of authenticity and realism."The story, entitled “The Old Mansion by the Swamp,” appeared in the high school paper as a short story, but was later serialized in the local paper in 6 parts. G.J. added more characters and even a sub-story (which later became a story of its own, “I Was Shirley Massey” – a story which centered on a member of the fictional family who resided in the Massey Mansion in the late 70s and disappeared without a trace).With the success of both of his original series, G.J. thought to venture into writing longer stories, this time with futuristic themes, as he has always been fascinated with travelling through time, future crimes, apocalyptic themes, and stories set in civilizations from the future.G.J. identifies with sci-fi writers such as Isaac Asimov (“Kept me awake through most evenings in college.”) and Margaret Peterson Haddix (“My girlfriend at the time had fits of jealousy over my fanatical tendencies towards this author.”).G.J. holds a degree in Chemistry, is an intern at the R&D division of a pharmaceutical manufacturing company, and lives with girlfriend Deidre, a magazine editor.

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The Warning

By GJ Winters

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Day Eleven

Chapter One

Spoken Lecture from Tertiary Scientist Glinn

Given at an Introduction to Science Class at the University of Pozan

After Travel Year 441

"This planet called Fesquay had its origins in the explosion of a star.

"Stars often explode for reasons of their own, as our legends say. Having exploded, they are no longer around to confess their troubles to any who might listen.

"A star, which is principally made up of gas, will disperse into a something called a nebula. Nebulas take on different colors and sizes. The gas that once comprised a star shines out in the darkness of space until enough of matter gathers together to form planets, and, not coincidentally, another star. A supernova is the universe's way of recycling old stars into new ones.

"Planets generally start out as rocks floating in space. If these rocks fail to become a planet, they become an asteroid belt. Big rocks-the result of matter condensing over thousands of years-eventually attract smaller rocks.

"A chain reaction is started when a large center of gravity arises in the middle of space. The process is violent. Asteroids collide with one another. Gravity from the center pulls the rocks together into a spherical shape.

"In the case of Fesquay-later be called Kepler 22-b by a group of observers orbiting a distant star-after the core of the planet had formed, a great deal of gas remained in that particular area of space.

"In most cases, such gas will constitute a planet's atmosphere. Fesquay proved unusual in that a high concentration of hydrogen was present during the planet's formation.

"As the planet took shape, water developed rather than landmasses. The planet's gravity proved sufficient to keep the water in place, along with a cloudy atmosphere.

"Fesquay was the third planet from its sun. The sun-by that point a middle-aged yellow star-beat down unmercifully upon the single ocean which covered the world. Weather on the planet alternated between three phases: cloudy, rainy and hot. Water evaporated into the atmosphere, forming clouds made up of water vapor. When the clouds grew saturated, rain fell down upon the ocean. Afterward, the clouds dispersed, whereupon the heat of the sun reasserted itself, thus repeating the process.

"Because the planet was made up of primarily liquid, humidity always remained high. Water vapor was everywhere, especially on clear days when the yellow sun shone through the world's turquoise sky.

"As a result, the first life that appeared on Fesquay was not in the ocean, but rather in the atmosphere. Thin, small, wispy beings floated about in the atmosphere, too light for gravity to pull them down into the water, yet heavy enough that they did not float away entirely. These beings developed as a result of a passing meteor which skimmed the atmosphere, leaving new