Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

Alien Ladder
Alien Ladder
Alien Ladder
Ebook253 pages3 hours

Alien Ladder

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars

()

Read preview

About this ebook

Thirteen-year-old Alex Watts lives in the small Scottish mining village of Newbattle. It is early evening in the winter of 1984, and the bitter national coal miners strike is in its ninth month. Now, a few days before Christmas, a power outage has plunged the community into darkness. Deprived of television and with dinner indefinitely delayed, Alex and his best friend, Jim Hood, decide to pass the time sledding on the snow-covered slopes of Jakes Law, a six hundred-foot cone-shaped hill that dominates the surrounding landscape. They arrive on the summit under brilliant, star-studded heavens, undimmed by the artificial lights of civilization. Then suddenly, in the darkness below, streetlamps flicker into life. The power outage is over, they are hungry, and it is time to sled home. However, fate is about to interrupt their plans and forever change their lives. A spacecraft is orbiting Earth. It has traveled from the outer rim of the Galaxy with an important message for the leaders of Earth. Information about the spread of a distant civil war and warning of an imminent alien invasion of Earth. Its sole passenger brings technology to help defend against the invasion. However instead of landing in the vicinity of London, the messenger lands on Jakes Law, and instead of meeting the leaders of the country, the messenger meets with Alex and Jim.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherWestBow Press
Release dateNov 11, 2013
ISBN9781490809823
Alien Ladder
Author

Peter Waugh

Peter Waugh grew up in the coal-mining village of Gorebridge, Midlothian, Scotland. A civil engineer, he has worked in Scotland, the United States, the Bahamas, and Saudi Arabia. He now lives in Olympia, Washington, with his wife Margaret. They have two children and seven grandchildren.

Related to Alien Ladder

Related ebooks

Related articles

Reviews for Alien Ladder

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings

0 ratings0 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

    Book preview

    Alien Ladder - Peter Waugh

    Oabook_preview_excerpt.html\rFx"-Jn۲rвۢ۔f^&BX.z9t|Jɜso&*\A@">=^!]3'ϊ߽yerW,6xbl\,JoSu *EgM7.qզ{:[50p}NwW*8`Z[:3:q,w-!+nl4b۶7/:#bƆ^aD{J,-~(J_;7VX( !W6bw5vr>r/B*%ڀ&iE۶6tFˇ+uw.];7EϞ?҆P|ܝWiM>y/(_=ZWe^>SgO?}2k+3)ЛUEo)̿Gz;nD{[+2h]y\b?6 FSRjA=r8;^tV}^m}k~闓 vX&8.wƶGY(vj뢈`ut`|[| -kWz8Eu[pCwV|Pr| ĩj(JK'{]Nq /üW0-sW7߼x9,O8{ϊcvϓ?ٳc;^m-LKA?h,..>y'rkHt۽|a\#=zI [˗3K7>{썟>??{珽7^ZGOGC:jͷŵ ;X3wvSlATXh?tx(Hj\?FkU-_5!nAt6,0k]]l;tmC ,M7|ļ17v_qDjX[`:;cΞ5$E!Bi Vp{i|ᰅi4j׮=%hO R)V^\[PO(f([Ad)gCe3-Lb: *gXE #ǔ $UAg=uTCl, c3uRNL+#t< By /SPID`uKLC8wH/Vt|hc^ϼjYN_gbLWIìr 4RG!r,Q'UkXz#!Q ZtATc=.[:^ڙD^dOWZF؝c)kt ̛X,A=AX藆.e1X>3Vd!D*P#T߹;P7='kUaOXr[8Mq2.^!N%lxlev>|$k!L 8b^S D t0Jx0^gI3/Uh@j$8I~ʹYFĂ9UۥO>*z}'u*rۻJ).7: 3Dͮ}NjxoVZxP2^PS``J LlY0ñR[AA9I@w޳"ǢX# ՅM4{yi#&=dCb<40 24"9bV:#Y3\?i$ۺTENUZ&B}U(b=i bBF*oV:O&ҶP7ޞ0IRBp IR\hS+tj ͡zQ2<1"/PPMHi7ꄒ:r"D!lAgrhln1aF8 .:5ᥐ*+61g 3%Q\$vwprvZ2K}- 9_*"Iz<{;Ȝ4*Kä!ǰ%DUV5\ϴFM zyF0Xa-(HwQRT<)Q\(x.l)+r~}BDſ>| q,*CްAKe RB1 x,=FuΠ!@N@f6zԬC.+JFX(juB{ .oqZJ@,=i0 cvdI-=$V02GL<ˆI2 Li(iEƣ +>t7eҾDkc[2*++":V֤Ak*k.EKjúA,<14:!|ٲmE* $vR5 q#9=O:/~e*V,uRbbsњJT2 қt¶xo(;Wlv c|,HU[m;֬+pm "ΆݺI䛤ݸ?gA%x(Wy< R}e[XQ:EɉO2 9k8Ix* &ix373deu,E }cZFD{M)|/SrH` FTbۂjQSNЧ%F)POOoxiΦU&M'`HiB'p bC %\@P ':u!&rCj:`=}ⰕQ#F'.ua4Vg_S:˘r`IV=").=XT'j&!X_1)ܔM'/,XĕD_Rs,9 U יph?j4=țL- Zng"W8Mn`A?PIhgUi -W<;s h ,kۅe,C=6^kGIuep U\zGÎ2K^bnIr#^AϑpXuQOuQ!-gUt`E-XD{ko4_) (uЉ k!<KVI Bzo>sk<)=]`R`[ # lpw $'=9ܺ R'|J%3T"?g^6 :F&VG-ֱyhr˥2wK)CZN.(𨥞.s*0TKȗ1 mx@Q3傁K#ؠ>j鞾L~9%)Jz Z9bu&J#kv.Fh%0Z@TLP?ӜvpWk>u+BA\)0$ kdqR#d ~/ ߫ڠ4ݝ2ҥҰW Ȧ3w"6˩-BfL3 FVN:zRTLsMn-+BVUC J#0Y8ph¢ROZ$}OmSʷrKkғRaaLֵE#XȷQ^Y5jgv[)sZ߆M`AvT4xVJN-:qVM2@?nx`ΝinN sT(_I%՜)q)X;F>uDyج B)~g"=  XIhK/oqE6S nRFE"_6UXXZChl udqu]M(OX\'8>#G];ׄPdSp /I2d5 ")f>Lɏkd<à{ iԾ;5AR8^u/댶T ۖݸ1IF6ǁ1`ʖ/4I}8 LP$j:=ϓWĬ'n"q3SWah +#y4SSCN(y<]0 dCAKr[Z 1~On*k$t$KztoK0r@1+^K>Sԕba Mōo'j Y+^\=)F.S\G$d.sl^I9T RaCH6 ݤLO5.8<vG@cUڑIA+eNjH+nt$WR3JWnʇx'bՖZOB^hNB]7:D'5JL,i(0fDQNG&'1M逝AZ_~21vƋ>v"Յť7t'zJ}RNT8nh5[LuadخkMӇ09MDvFF)I\45ůgJ"ڴAr@!tcexBERpԖx E2) J172G޼z`;RZүksۯ9|(Ck_nQ%dC &O:NݬrѺY(9TG"g>!YgO)mo%KLRٰfgԊ1IC9ȉu2_!eLG>w_ă<_2d:oyԐRk8_>$>gr8zDx;| ٝOzEb+kʢWvy9{L nE#j3%~ !>P:OΖE?ԽOnFVD A^ƻ٫\g6TATZB "ʥy,up]To?n @P IGc;h]@Luq-;\9K/qdŵ!rrN 4IdE[nWfLs)u wV&,w]Rx9r9+;*W_@d ,ݰĨ4!Pe%<fL g`փxOxdQs)6͂S>:UͷN[8%c8G8يpzgS!3qNgҧ 5)w͜).fF\~L/8(ִ)W' 06Muj1,: b UOL{) qO]\|Y(ҢK -'|9eKmKƓm+Y,vuVwG I&~/DX Жez!Z븼[{biVlc+3o;m' OwoLŒRzND<~sJG&{ZB>iquL%_Zsy.+շ3'M4NCaVOFnֶ!vϏN1W;/s+p_eniZ~h, %[+e&jj~8lpON`#<7SdwR ([%oI4GiXWO_>z%o V?`\^9ֿF~x{pqYw?zJJ
    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1