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    Off the Face of the Earth
    Off the Face of the Earth
    Off the Face of the Earth
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    Off the Face of the Earth

    By Robert T. Jeschonek and Ben Baldwin

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    Where do all the missing children go? The answer could be more incredible than you can imagine. When a little boy disappears off the face of the Earth, his good-for-nothing father turns over a new leaf and sets out to track him down…but it takes a strange visitor from the future to point him in the right direction. Has the little boy been swept into a horrifying hell on Earth, or is he bound for a miraculous world beyond forever? His fate reveals a glorious destiny for the missing, one that rests on the shoulders of the boy’s father. Can this man, plagued by his own dark demons and addictions, find redemption—and perhaps secure the future of all mankind—by making the ultimate sacrifice? This scifi masterpiece will race you out to the edge of reality and blow your mind. Award-winning science fiction author Robert T. Jeschonek has written Star Trek and Doctor Who fiction and futuristic stories for books, magazines, websites, and podcasts around the world. He won the national grand prize in the Strange New Worlds writing contest from Pocket Books. He is one of a handful of authors chosen to write stories in the Star Trek: New Frontier universe. DC Comics, Simon & Schuster, and DAW Books have published his work. His young adult urban fantasy novel, My Favorite Band Does Not Exist, was named a Top Ten First Novel for Youth by Booklist.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPie Press Publishing
    Release dateMay 22, 2012
    ISBN9781466019003
    Off the Face of the Earth
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    Robert T. Jeschonek

    Robert T. Jeschonek's short stories have appeared in anthologies published by DAW (a science fiction and fantasy imprint of Penguin), several Star Trek anthologies published by Pocket Books, and in numerous print and online magazines. He has also written stories for DC Comics and a Twitter serial called "Shave." For more information, please visit him on the web at www.thefictioneer.com. He lives in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.

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