The Garden of Eden

By Scot McAtee

Finally able to reach the stars, humanity has entrusted its survival in Oscar Bradfield, an 87 year cynic who wants nothing more than to spend the thousand year journey by himself. What could possibly go wrong?

A Vonnegut style tale of irony set in mankind's future.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Scot McAtee
• Release date: Dec 2, 2016
• ISBN: 9781370282012

Scot McAtee

Scot McAtee started out his professional life teaching High School English in Northern Indiana. After a year long stint in Inchon, Korea, teaching English to native Koreans, he returned to Indiana where he teaches High School classes in Business and Computer Sciences. He spends his free time creating movies, video games, digital music and writing other sci-fi and horror novels. His favorite authors are George Orwell, Kurt Vonnegut, Aldous Huxley and Clive Cussler. And although it may be hard for Westerners to see the likeness, his Korean students frequently called him Brad Pitt.

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The Garden of Eden

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Scot McAtee

Published by Scot McAtee at Smashwords

Copyright 2016 Scot McAtee

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The Garden of Eden

Well, that's it then, said the old man to no one in particular as he pushed a single square red button on his console and leaned back in his seat. He watched the approaching planet ever so slowly fill the screen above his console and remarked on his achievement. The ridding of man from the Universe.

The massive colony ship The Garden of Eden hurtled silently through the void of space helmed by the only unfrozen human aboard- Oscar Bradfield- an old geezer pushing the ripe old age of 993. It was his job to insure the timely arrival and successful insertion of his cargo on their new home, an earthlike rock that went by the unassuming and unflattering name of its discoverer: Geb. They were nearing the end of the journey and Oscar, whom most Earthlings thought to be the craziest human in