2023: Life Here After

By Tim Conley

This is the final segment of the Tales from Avalon series and tells the tale of Chisera as she delivers posts in a war-torn mid-south. She meets her father during one such outing and things take a surprising turn.

Her father had been captured by the Solarians - a race who is trying to subjugate the Earth for the past ten years. They surgically altered his eyes so they could see through them and spy on anything happening in his territory. She must keep him a secret as she also tries to keep from being punished for insubordination.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tim Conley
• Release date: Jul 17, 2012
• ISBN: 9781476090900

Tim Conley

Hi, my name is Tim Conley. I live in Philadelphia, MS with my beautiful wife, Carmela. My son,James (JD) is in the Air Force and has a son Joshua who is 21/2 with another boy on the way. Carmela's son - Enrik just graduated from Mississippi State University with a degree in Teaching.I have been writing for over twenty years and have published 67 books so far - two recently with Amazon/Kindle. I'm currently working on a fantasy anthology of 28 books called The Rhumgold Sagas.I have always been interested in publishing via eBook format but just haven't found the venue until now. I'm really looking forward to participating in the eBook experience. There are 22 e-books available now and 16 more that are being prepared for release in 2020. Read, explore and enjoy!

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Tales From Avalon: Book 7 – 2023: Life Here After

Tim Conley

Copyright Tim Conley 2012

Published by Dragon’s Breath Publishing at Smashwords

ISBN: 978-1-4760-9090-0

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Acknowledgements and Dedications –

My thanks go to my parents especially, my son, James David, my wife, Carmela Santos-Conley, Ron and Christi Davis, Eileen Anderson and to all those other people who've made both positive and negative impact on my life.

Special thanks and dedication is given to:

Jenni Wilbourne – There is a dark side to all of us that we would rather remain undiscovered.

Jenni's remembrances of her hard knocks in life served as a catalyst for the storylines contained herein.

To the above and many others: Watch for the Dragons – Watch me fly!

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Tim Conley really began writing at the young age of six when would recount his daydreams to whoever would listen. His authoritarian father discouraged this and any other action that smelled of books and reading. Tim would sneak into any hidden away corner and escape through the avenue of reading and was known as a loner and dreamer by his classmates, preferring his own company and that of ‘made-up characters’ to that of friends. Now at age 60, Tim has a huge amount of material to draw from to create his own settings and characters.

Tim is still a loner, living in San Jose, California with his wife and lover, Carmela Santos (a teacher from the Philippines). He would like to run a small ranch with a couple horses, some pigs and chickens.

Tim is satisfied to live the quiet life of a simple man. He studied writing at the University College at Memphis State University. The fact is he enjoys writing more than all the other things he has accomplished in life. Teaching for inner city schools has provided excitement in his life, but he has configured a quiet place where he can sit at the computer during the evening to recount his 'thoughts of the day...dream.'

Tales from Avalon is not the first and only writing that Tim has done. Tim also has TRANSDEM, INC. and The Curse of Indian Gold that were published by Brandywine Books and PublishAmerica respectively. He is currently working on a four volume space opera named Journey to Mars, Memoirs of a Country boy, Crystal Possession: Vanessa’s Story, Crystal Possession: Imagination Island and Dark Moons on Chimera.

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Table of Contents

Book 1 – The Avalon Connection

Chapter 1 – Can You Find Her?

Chapter 2 – Rescue Plans Under Cover of Darkness

Chapter 3 – Bear Island Rescue

Chapter 4 – The Dark Streets of St. Georges

Chapter 5 – Exotic Surroundings

Chapter 6 – Landfall Earth

Chapter 7 – Troubled Knowledge

Chapter 8 – Through the Cold

Chapter 9 – By a Star's Inner Light

Chapter 10 – A Solarian Standoff

Book 2 – Genesis: To Outrun a Nova

Chapter 1 – Intersection – Landfall Earth

Chapter 2 – Settlement Day

Chapter 3 – The Genesis Decision

Chapter 4 – Outcast

Chapter 5 – Discovery

Book 3 – The Toltec Expedition

Chapter 1 – Starbirds Arrival

Chapter 2 – Starbird Revenge

Chapter 3 – Starbird Betrayal

Chapter 4 – Starbird Defeat

Chapter 5 – Hidden Starbirds

Book 4 – The Chen Lao Conspiracy

Chapter 1 – Palace Intrigue

Chapter 2 – A Ruler's Ear

Chapter 3 – By Royal Proclamation

Chapter 4 – Burning Sacred Knowledge

Chapter 5 – Eastern Sun