Carrick and the Blue Planet - Book Two (Angel Planet Series 2)

By Dennis Butler

Did you ever wonder what it would be like if the Earth was invaded by a technologically advanced, barbaric alien race; not cute cuddly aliens like ET, but violent, savage barbarians? In book two, “Carrick and the Blue Planet,” we find out.

Remember the hostile aliens that attacked the Viaggio as it was returning to earth in book one? They are back only this time they have stumbled upon planet Earth which they see as a wonderful source of slave labor for their mining colonies.

Book two begins in 2150, 22 years after the end of book one and explains more about the culture and environment of the planet Ngiroza.

During Earth’s final struggle for survival, a long-distance bond is formed between two people from different worlds. Even though they have never met face to face, they don’t yet know it, but they are already inseparable. Somehow, someway, they must be together.

This book contains sexual situations and is recommended for young adults.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dennis Butler
• Release date: Apr 4, 2017
• ISBN: 9781370070374

Dennis Butler

Dennis Butler has written fiction in several genres including science fiction, paranormal adventure/romance, African American historical fiction and crime/suspense. His books include stories about time travel, alien contact, space travel, human trafficking, terrorism, clairvoyance and ghostly encounters. Dennis lives on Florida's gulf coast.

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Carrick and the Blue Planet

Book Two: Angel Planet Series

Dennis Butler

Smashwords Edition

Copyright © 2012 Dennis Butler

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No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a database for retrieval, without the prior written permission of the author. Short passages may be quoted or used in reviews without permission.

This book is a work of fiction. The story in this book, all the characters, organizations, governments, government agencies and all other places named or implied are either derived from the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to real people living or dead or incidents, events or organizations, governments, government agencies and all other places named or implied is entirely coincidental.

"If aliens visit us, the outcome would be much as when Columbus landed in America, which didn’t turn out well for the Native Americans." Stephen Hawking

Before you begin, here are a few notes to help make the book more enjoyable. The first 12 chapters of this book take place in two places; Earth and the planet Ngiroza. The chapter headings indicate where the events are taking place. From chapter 13 on, the rest of the story takes place on Earth.

There are several characters in each place so I have included a character reference at the front of the book. The character reference includes the details of how old each person is. For characters from the first book who reappear in book two, I have indicated how old they were at the end of book one and how old they are at the beginning of this book.

If you have not yet read book one, Glisten of the Ngirozi, it will be helpful to know before you begin reading that the Ngirozi do not speak. Their race is millions of years old. At one time in their history they did speak verbally but over the course of millions of years, their race lost their vocal cords. The Ngirozi speak telepathically and usually in combination with physical contact which enhances their ability to communicate.

One more quick note about dates and then you can get started reading: Book one ends in 2128. Book two begins 22 years later in 2150. Read on.

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Character Reference

Book two begins on Earth in the year 2150

Earth Main Characters:

Shane Murphy (UK): age 64 in 2150.

Ann Murphy (UK): Shane’s wife, age 62 in 2150.

Conrad Murphy: Shane and Ann’s oldest son, age 40 in 2150.

Marie (UK): Conrad’s wife, age 39 in 2150.

Rhian Murphy (UK): Primary Earth character, age 18 in 2150. Rhian is Marie and Conrad’s daughter; Shane and Ann’s granddaughter.

Xia (UK): age18 in year 2150, Rhian’s girlfriend.

John Murphy (UK): Shane and Ann’s youngest son (UK), age 37, married to Caroline.

Caroline Murphy (UK): John’s wife, age 38 in 2150.

Shane Murphy II (UK): John and Caroline’s oldest son, age 16 in 2150.

Josh Murphy (UK): John and Caroline’s youngest son, age 14 in 2150.

Pol (Spain): age 35 in 2150.

Rita (Spain): Pol’s wife, age 37 in 2150.

Secondary Earth Characters:

Commander Williams: Air Security Service

Lieutenant Jones: Air Security Service

Dogs:

Duke: German Shepard

Scooter: Bulldog

Ngiroza Main Characters:

Carrick: Protagonist - Half Human, half Ngirozi – male child of Fin and Glisten born in 2131, three years after landing on Ngiroza – Fin was age 31 when Carrick was born (Earth years). Carrick is 19 at the beginning of book 2. Carrick graduates from college at age 19.

Kevin Finley (Fin): Human - lead character in book one - age at the end of book one: 28. There were 22 years between the end of book one and the beginning of book 2 - Fin is 50 at beginning of book 2.

Glisten: Ngirozi - Fin and Glisten are married in 2128 E (Earth) Glisten is 81 in Earth years old (about the same age as Fin based on life expectancy

Chem: Human - Daya’s daughter from her first marriage on Earth - age at the end of book one: 16, - age at beginning of book 2:38

Daya: Human - age at the end of book one: 36,: Daya 58, (Brian’s wife)

Brian: Human - age at the end of book one: 38, age at the beginning of book two: 60 (Daya’s husband)

Tafara: (named after Daya’s father) - age at the beginning of book 2: 18. Born in 2132 (4 years after landing on Ngiroza) Tafara is 18 at the start of book 2.

Ora: Ngirozi - Carrick and Tafara’s friend - female Ngirozi.

Secondary Characters on Ngiroza:

Dr. Enlightened Torus (Tori for short) Director of Research at the Space Exploration Center (SEC).

Friend of Angels (Ange for short) Communications Coordinator at the Central Government Council (CGC) on Isle City.

Commander Aad: Mission Commander (in charge of all 15 ships)

Dr. Ivid: The ship’s doctor of the Unity II.

Captain Taog: Captain of the Unity II.

Second Captain Ceri (female) of the Unity II.

Chief Engineer Tola of the Unity II.

Second Engineer Anza (female) Tola of the Unity II.

Steward Hala (female) of the Unity II.

Steward Yuom of the Unity II.

Punu: wilderness guide from Foame, Ngiroza

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Earth - So it Begins

Chapter 2: Ngiroza - Happily Ever After

Chapter 3: Earth - The Occupation Begins

Chapter 4: Earth - Panic and Evacuations

Chapter 5: Earth - A Glimmer of Hope

Chapter 6: Earth - Escalation

Chapter 7: Earth - Under Siege

Chapter 8: Ngiroza - Contact

Chapter 9: Ngiroza - Decision

Chapter 10: Ngirozi - Destination Earth

Chapter 11: Earth – A Confession

Chapter 12: Ngirozi – The Long Days

Chapter 13: Arrival

Chapter 14: Tarragona

Chapter 15: Turning Point

Chapter 16: Recovery

Chapter 17: Clean-up Begins

Chapter 18: Celebrity Status

Chapter 19: Sad Goodbyes

Chapter 20: The Ceremony

Additional Material

Character Reference (quick guide to story characters)

Chapter 1: Earth - So it Begins

Rhian didn’t understand why she had not received a reply from her friend Xia (Shee-ah) Liang in six hours. Xia usually responded within a few minutes. Rhian removed her pod from her earlobe and using a pen, reset the device. She clipped it back on her ear and tried again using the voice feature. She was not getting an open channel tone and wondered what was wrong. Rhian Murphy had just left the college in Slough, United Kingdom where she would begin her first year of preparatory courses that would prepare her for the next phase of her life, studying nuclear physics. Rhian was excited about leaving home. The following September she would move from her parent’s old house in Portishead, near the coast of the UK to a dorm room at the Extension University of London at Slough. She planned to study there for two years and then hopefully she would be accepted to the world famous University at Crawley, UK. Xia had already finished her registration at LU at Slough and although Rhian and Xia wouldn’t be roommates, at least they would be going to the same school.

Rhian’s parents were both with her on the high speed rail heading east from Slough to Portishead. Rhian was frustrated with her earpod and remarked sarcastically to her parents, I can’t believe you still don’t carry and earpod in 2150. Can you get a signal on your microclip? The earpod was the newer version of the micro-com device which was the size of an old fashioned hearing aid and could do literally anything you could imagine that didn’t require a visual. It was voice controlled and you could talk to anyone in your contact list by saying their name. You could get any information on anything by asking the question. For example, you could say, How much do I have in my checking account? and a second later you would hear the answer in your ear. The older sleeve clip that Rhian’s parents had required a person to press a few buttons to get the same information. The sleeve clip was also more annoying to other people because you could hear the thing talking all the time. If you walked through a crowd you would faintly hear all the sleeve clips jabbering away; very annoying.

Rhian’s mother clicked the tiny communication device that was clipped to her sleeve. No, I don’t think it’s working. Maybe it’s the reception here on the railcar.

Rhian kept trying unsuccessfully to get a signal on her earpod, the rest of the way to Portishead. She looked around the train and noticed a few other people shaking their pods and clips and assumed it was a reception problem. Must be the reception on this train. I guess you’re right mom, Rhian said.

As the train pulled into the Portishead station, Rhian was looking out at the boarding station platform and noticed there was a little confusion, similar to what she saw on the train. People were pulling their earpods off their ears. She noticed one man blowing on his pod and another girl about her age scratching the pod with her fingernail. As soon as Rhian and her parents stepped onto the platform, she tried again to get a signal tone to call Xia; still nothing. As they walked through the train terminal they could see there was a long line at the ticket terminal and some of the people looked angry.

As they passed nearer to the terminal window they heard the clerk apologizing for the problems: I am sorry but I don’t seem to be able to process your payment. This is the first time since I have worked here that we have had a problem with the payment system. I’ve been informed that things should be back to normal in a few minutes.

As they were passing through the large waiting room Rhian’s father Conrad remarked, That is strange. The holoscreens are not working. Look, there is nothing on the screen but static. They would normally be showing the news on some of the overhead holoscreens and sports on a few of them. All they could see on the screens was static.

I bet there is some kind of problem with the satellites. That would explain why the screens and your pod are not working, Rhian’s father said.

They stopped for a moment to watch one of the station employees fiddling with the overhead holoscreens. After a few seconds, a broadcast appeared. It was the local Portishead station showing a man sitting behind a desk, speaking. The broadcaster was saying that there was a problem with satellite reception but local networks should all work: This is Rick Spencer with DCB local affiliate, Channel 6 reporting. There is apparently a problem with satellite reception affecting the major network broadcasts and pod reception. At this point we don’t know how widespread the problem is, or what has caused it. Our advice is to stay tuned to your local stations for updates. If you are watching this broadcast you already know that local stations are not affected by satellite issues.

I thought so, Rhian’s father said. Rhian rolled her eyes as they exited the terminal and waved down a heliotaxi. Modern solar powered vehicles only needed 8 hours of sun per week to operate. The power source had been modified and improved over the past 50 years to be reliable and maintenance free. When they got into the taxi, the driver said the music stations weren’t coming in so he could sing if they wanted him to.

Thank you but we are fine without music, Rhian said.

When they got home, Rhian changed and told her parents she was going to walk over to Xia’s house. It was four blocks and she was there in a few minutes. Xia was home and the first thing they talked about was the lack of earpod service. Xia and Rhian had been friends since elementary school. Xia’s family had miraculously remained 100 percent Chinese over the years which was unusual. Most people were a mix of so many nationalities that they had no idea what their heritage was. Rhian would usually tell people she was Anglo-white. Her light brown hair and hazel eyes supported this claim. Rhian never knew where she got the natural curls from since no one in her family ever had natural curls. The tight brown curls that hung down to the middle of her back made her easy to pick out in a crowd and quite striking to look at. Occasionally people would ask her if she was an Irish step dancer. Rhian would usually respond by stating that step dancing would be difficult with two left feet. She guessed there might be some Irish or German but mostly British in there somewhere but she didn’t know or care. Xia had perfect straight black hair and pearly white teeth, just like her mother. They were both popular in school and they were trying to make the adjustment from having hundreds of friends in high school to the anonymity that comes with making the transition to adulthood. They were both smart enough to realize how important their friendship was.

The girls went upstairs to Xia’s room and were talking excitedly about how life would be difficult but fun when they started college. As Rhian began explaining where her dorm room would be the following semester, she stopped when she saw the look on Xia’s face. Xia was facing the doorway to her room. Her father was standing there looking at Xia with a puzzled look on his face.

What’s wrong dad? Xia said.

Xia’s father just stood there staring for a minute. I think you should look at this broadcast with me. They may have an explanation for the communication outages. I just have a very bad feeling about this.

They followed Xia’s father downstairs and into the living room. Xia’s mother was sitting on the front edge of a recliner staring at the holoscreen. Xia’s father was an engineer and always had the latest technical gadgets, including the newest kind of holoscreen. It was a three dimensional floating animation. It looked like the broadcaster was sitting right there in the living room, except that you could see the pixilation a little if you looked at it from the side. It