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Government Men
Government Men
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Bad news Earthlings! This whimsical double-length fun-filled science-fiction/fantasy sequel to the novel Secrets of Goth Mountain chronicles a desperate seemingly hopeless effort by the last few remaining Department of Defense Civil Servant scientists and engineers to save Earth from alien caused apocalypse. In this slightly askew contemporary Earth setting the good news is that after the end of the Cold War, peace, health, and prosperity have swept the world, and militaries have been totally disbanded. The bad news is that evil space aliens known as the Ra have now diverted an asteroid to strike Earth on Christmas Eve in less than two weeks. Though pursued by ruthless cyborg Ra, inept DOD physicist Dr. Narbando T. Bates recruits a team of Government men and women and other talented humans and non-humans (including psychic-powered Johnny Goth, forest shaman Dooley Simple, and Pru the unicorn) for an unlikely effort to save Earth that features serious doses of love, humor, science, suspense and action.
The initial March 2014 version was edited for this March 2015 'clean up' re-release.

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Release dateMar 21, 2014
ISBN9781311865779
Government Men
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Gary J. Davies

Now retired from engineering, I have been writing science fiction and fantasy short stories and novels as a hobby for three decades. Born in Erie PA, my wife and I currently live in Cherry Hill, NJ. We have also lived in Mechanicsville, MD, and Horsham, PA.

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