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Seven Deadly Sinners
Seven Deadly Sinners
Seven Deadly Sinners
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After a divorce and a career change, ALEX CLARK is finding some normalcy in his life when he meets a strange man who weaves a story of aliens “seeding” the human population of Earth. He draws Alex into a competition that could determine the survival of those humans.
APOLLO OF HELIOS and his twin brother, ARES — wealthy noblemen on the distant planet of Uor — have inherited the Earth from their father. The “Garden of Eden” — the name they gave the planet thousands of years ago — is tended by quantum androids that look like humans, but have incredible computing powers. The Uorians sent three “Gardeners” to Earth over 50,000 years ago with a stock of 9,000 frozen human embryos, which is the foundation for all humans on the planet today.

The contest between Apollo and Ares spins out of control when Apollo runs afoul of the law on Uor, risking the family’s wealth and power. Apollo must go into hiding in the “wild territories” of Uor, and Ares tries to draw him out by giving his support, and the Gardener he controls, to THE SEVEN GREAT FAMILIES, a group of very dangerous extremist on Earth, who wish to replicate The Seven Great Families of Uor, where 30,000 years of rule by the “Families” has produced a regimented political, social, and economic structure that rewards the few who are born to nobility at the expense of the great majority. Now, Apollo seeks to end the rule of the Noblers and bring democracy — and the chaos that goes with it — to his world. At the same time, Alex Clark must find a way to stop the threat to Earth.

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PublisherFred McKibben
Release dateApr 24, 2019
ISBN9780463411506
Seven Deadly Sinners
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Fred McKibben

Fred McKibben is the author of the highly acclaimed Gardeners trilogy, Hot Times in the Garden of Eden, The Salt Castle, and The Carnival Road. The series has been described as suspense with strong elements of science fiction, politics, history, anthropology and romance. The allegorical story is particularly relevant in the current political environment where the rise of strongman rulers portends losses of individual freedom, knowledge growth, and creativity. The full series is also available as a compilation titled Seven Deadly Sinners.In addition to the Gardeners trilogy, Fred has written The Shadow of Death (2016) and Sweet Dreams (2017). Both are murder mysteries featuring Eddie Rose, a semi-retired insurance investigator.Fred lives in Southern Spain with his wife and two dogs. After many years as a finance executive and entrepreneur, he decided to try his hand at writing fiction. A More Perfect Union (expected release in 2019) will be the first of planned series of historical romance novels set in the early United States.

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