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Metallicity: Book 2 of the Eichi Testaments
Metallicity: Book 2 of the Eichi Testaments
Metallicity: Book 2 of the Eichi Testaments
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The Imperial Astrophysical Institute's official position is that, as a planet, Demeter should not exist. In a stellar system far older than Sol's, the lack of metal should have prevented any planet from forming around the weak red sun. But Demeter overcame the odds and the planet and its life survived for billions of years, even after the first human settlers arrived. Now something has happened to catch the eye of the Church Universal.
The Church Universal is the glue that holds the Second Empire together, and their Tawiin, handpicked squads of assassins, are a messy, but necessary part of that. However, on Demeter, the Tawiin forgot their cardinal tenet, "Make No Martyrs." As a result, a rebellion is in full flower on this impossible planet near the galactic core.
At first glance the deck appears stacked against the rebellion. On the Imperial side is the infamous General Amatos of the bloody Kelevian skirmishes. Amatos came prepared with battlecruisers, flitter gunships, hovertanks, and several battalions of Imperial Marines, all of which deployed in an indecent hurry, even before the rebellion started. The Imperial forces, the Imps, have the numbers and the technology, but for some reason the Butcher of Kelev seems to be pulling his punches.
Meanwhile, the rebellious settlers, their backs to the planet, are fighting for survival. But how do you fight without enough metal even for bullets? Much to the annoyance of the Imps, both the rebels and the planet itself seem to have some ideas along that line. But nobody, Imp or rebel, seems to have the answer to the biggest question of all. Just what did a group of archaeologists discover that was so important that they were killed and a rebellion provoked to cover it up?

Metallicity is the second book of the Eichi Testaments, delving deeper into the questions raised in Make No Martyrs. Questions such as how do you hold a galaxy-spanning civilization together, what makes someone a human, what price does genetic purity demand, and what role do worms really play in surgery?

LanguageEnglish
PublisherDavid Wiley
Release dateFeb 12, 2015
ISBN9781311823175
Metallicity: Book 2 of the Eichi Testaments
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David Wiley

David Wiley is a pseudonym for Dave Felstul. By day I am a scientist who lives in Oregon. I was worried that people would have trouble remembering, spelling, or pronouncing my given name, so I decided to adopt the name of a childhood hero, Wile E. Coyote, for my pen name.I wanted to be a writer from an early age. After being unduly influenced by the first Apollo mission with Armstrong and Aldrin walking on the moon in 1969, there was never any real choice as to my area of writing, science fiction. This was predictably followed by many early stories, lavishly illustrated with spaceships, deathrays, and aliens.Some of us outgrow our dreams, others merely postpone them.I did combine my love of science and writing in several technical journalism jobs—including for a computer magazine where I not so presciently proclaimed that "the new Microsoft Word and Microsoft mouse could do a few interesting things, but were not as good as existing products and would never work well together."After realizing that my options in science journalism were limited, I stuck with the science half of the equation for many years. Only recently am I beginning to realize that deferred dream of spaceships, deathrays, and aliens. Although it is debatable whether the humor has improved since those early efforts, the science has hopefully done so.My science background has certainly pushed me towards the hard science fiction genre, but I have a definite bent towards biology and not just physics. I want to explore what happens when future technology meets real life. How would a far-flung galactic civilization maintain a common culture or genetics? Will a raygun work in a downpour? Will we have holographic assistants like the doctor in Star Trek Voyager or will the holos be used for advertising shills instead? Unfortunately, I know which one my money and those of the corporations will likely be on.I am exploring these ideas in books set in the Eichi Testaments Universe, Make No Martyrs, Message from Gondwana, and others as they make it through the review process.To conclude, my hero, Wile E Coyote had a business card. If you think about it, the card is perfect for a science fiction writer. "Wile E. Coyote, Genius, Have Brain – Will Travel." Who knows where our imaginations can take us? Maybe one day Acme will even sell a rocket ship that works!

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