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    Troubled Space: The Interstellar Adventures of an Unknown Indie Writer
    Troubled Space: The Interstellar Adventures of an Unknown Indie Writer
    Troubled Space: The Interstellar Adventures of an Unknown Indie Writer
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    Troubled Space: The Interstellar Adventures of an Unknown Indie Writer

    By D.L. Morrese

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    When Theodore Lester receives an early morning call on a dead phone, he thinks it’s a cruel prank. The caller insists that one of Ted’s books is famous. Ted can only wish this were true. Hidden among the million other books published by overlooked authors each year, few readers know his even exist.
    Or so he believes. But people of many species across the galaxy have not only read his book, they credit it for bringing about the downfall of the oppressive Galactic Sovereignty. The alien bug farm who just abducted him wants to be his agent, and he has arranged an interstellar book tour for him. They’ll make a fortune, the alien insists, once they overcome a few obstacles. First, they need to establish Ted’s sapience. They have to prove he’s a person. As a barbarian from an uncivilized world, he’s currently registered as an exotic pet. After that, they need to establish his legal claim to copyright. By default, any written work from a barbarian culture is considered primitive folklore. Anyone can publish it, and many do. And then there’s the matter of the assassins. Not everyone is happy about the Sovereignty’s downfall. Lucrous, the former head of Sovereignty Security, is especially upset. She, along with other felinte supremacists, are engaging in acts of piracy and terrorism to undermine the new Galactic Concordance and reestablish the Sovereignty with Lucrous as Supreme Sovereign. When she discovers that Ted is not only real but is also out and about the galaxy promoting the hated book that helped defeat her beloved Sovereignty, she plans to make an example of him.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherD.L. Morrese
    Release dateMay 18, 2020
    ISBN9780463542095
    Troubled Space: The Interstellar Adventures of an Unknown Indie Writer
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    D.L. Morrese

    DL Morrese manages to make a living despite a degree in philosophy and spends his free time thinking and writing, although not necessarily in that order. He currently hangs out around Orlando, Florida because he got sick of shoveling snow but sort of misses watching it from a safe distance inside, by a fireplace, with a cup of hot chocolate. He has long been a fan of speculative fiction and one day, while not shoveling snow, figured he should try writing some. He’s still trying to decide if this was a good idea.

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