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    A Matter for a Future Year: Seeders Universe
    A Matter for a Future Year: Seeders Universe
    A Matter for a Future Year: Seeders Universe
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    A Matter for a Future Year: Seeders Universe

    By Dean Wesley Smith

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    A single Seeder scout ship trapped on the edge of a distant, uncharted galaxy. Chairman Peter German holds the fate of the three thousand people on the Pale Light.

    Main drives mysteriously not working, the ship hobbles along at sub-light speed with not enough supplies to reach the nearest Earth-like planet

    The Chairman faces a hard, hard choice. He must find the solution.

    Galaxy spanning ships, billions of civilizations, the Seeders Universe stories and novels cover it all. But “A Matter for a Future Year” brings it all down to a single human choice. And the price paid by those who risk to explore outward.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWMG Publishing
    Release dateApr 5, 2016
    ISBN9781519966780
    A Matter for a Future Year: Seeders Universe
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    Dean Wesley Smith

    Considered one of the most prolific writers working in modern fiction, USA TODAY bestselling writer, Dean Wesley Smith published far over a hundred novels in forty years, and hundreds of short stories across many genres. He currently produces novels in four major series, including the time travel Thunder Mountain novels set in the old west, the galaxy-spanning Seeders Universe series, the urban fantasy Ghost of a Chance series, and the superhero series staring Poker Boy. During his career he also wrote a couple dozen Star Trek novels, the only two original Men in Black novels, Spider-Man and X-Men novels, plus novels set in gaming and television worlds.

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      A Matter for a Future Year - Dean Wesley Smith

      A single Seeder scout ship trapped on the edge of a distant, uncharted galaxy. Chairman Peter German holds the fate of the three thousand people on the Pale Light.

      Main drives mysteriously not working, the ship hobbles along at sub-light speed with not enough supplies to reach the nearest Earth-like planet

      The Chairman faces a hard, hard choice. He must find the solution.

      Galaxy spanning ships, billions of civilizations, the Seeders Universe stories and novels cover it all. But A Matter for a Future Year brings it all down to a single human choice. And the price paid by those who risk to explore outward.

      CHAPTER ONE

      IT’S NOT GOING TO WORK, Davis said, staring at the control panel in front of him.

      The silence in the massive control room felt like a weight on Chairman Peter German, pressing down on his chest. Twenty officers still pretended to study their stations, but all of

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