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Diamonds in the Sky Book One: Diamonds in the Sky, #1
Diamonds in the Sky Book One: Diamonds in the Sky, #1
Diamonds in the Sky Book One: Diamonds in the Sky, #1
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When 200 alien objects, each the size of a city, arrive all over the earth, the world's population goes into panic. Yet once the ships land, there is no invasion, no communication, and no aliens nor any obvious access inside the vast vessels. As the governments and the scientific community struggle to find answers, a small number of ordinary individuals manage to gain access inside the ships. As speculation about the crafts possible intentions begins to seep into the public consciousness, those in power fear their presence may substantially change the social dynamics of the world as we know it. But do the ships represent a chance for the salvation of The Human Race or its annihilation?

Diamonds in the Sky, Book One, Parousia, is set over the first few days of the alien arrival and told from a multi-view perspective of seven different characters, from different cultural backgrounds, spanning three continents across the world - Africa, Europe and America. Each chapter of the book is divided into three different character perspectives.

The story opens with single mother Diane Morrow driving across highway 51 in Nevada with her two young children when her car breaks down. While awaiting rescue one of the alien vessels begins to land right in front of her. Diana realises the lower surface of the ship is covered in diamonds some of which she retrieves. Diana narrowly escapes being crushed by the ship as it drills down into the earth. Meanwhile in the United Kingdom, Secretary for Health and drug addict Ryan Wallace is already have a really bad day and its about to get worse. In Scotland Nigerian Christian Blessing thinks the vessels might be a sign from God and she is determined to see one up close for herself. In the deep deserts of Chad simple trader Omari witnesses one of the ships begin to land just as he is about to arrive home from many months of travelling away while in France, Parisian born half Moroccan Tariq and his team are about to strike terror into the hearts of all of Europe, pulling off the greatest terror attack since 9/11. A mother, an immigrant, a politician, a father, a daughter and a transgender Brazilian all find their lives forever changed by the arrival of the alien ships and asking the same question as the rest of the population - Why are they here?

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Release dateFeb 24, 2021
ISBN9781393285984
Diamonds in the Sky Book One: Diamonds in the Sky, #1
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Lance Steen Nielsen

Lance Steen Anthony Nielsen hails originally from the town of Kingston-upon-Thames, or Surbiton if you wish to be really precise, where he was brought up by an English mother and Danish father He then studied Audio Visual Design at Epsom School of Art and Design (Now Surrey Institute of Art & Design) He was the resident playwright for the Jacksons Lane Theatre from 1997 until 2002 where his first play ‘Waiting for Hillsborough’ won him the Best Talent in New Writing, at the Liverpool Arts and Entertainment Awards. His next play, ‘Sticks and Stones’, covered three families’ lives over four decades during the conflict in Northern Ireland and brought him much critical acclaim. He has also written it has a television pilot to develop as a drama series. ‘The Victoria Climbie Inquiry’ earned him Time Out magazine Critics Choice, while his play 'Making Time' won him a Peter Brook Empty Space Award. He also wrote and directed the plays ‘Fragile’, ‘Hi I’m Vince’ and ‘Signing On’.  Additionally, he won a Peggy Ramsay award and has had plays produced at The Hackney Empire, Bridewell, Landor, Lion and Unicorn, The Mask in Liverpool, The Stratford Arts and Hen & Chickens Old Red Lion Theatres. He also wrote & directed the play about the inquiry into The Marchioness Disaster. He recently just completed writing a play about the making of the original The Magnificent Seven movie entitled ‘Seven Magnificent Egos’. Additionally, he has also written & directed several short films, including two which link to his novel and the award-winning feature film ‘The Journey’ which is set in Greece starring Lindsey Coulson & Jason Flemyng. Since then he has written numerous feature film screenplays including the television drama series Paratrooper about European Airborne Forces in World War 2 which shot a promo trailer in 2019 and is currently pitching for funding. Most recently Lance wrote & directed the critically acclaimed play ‘Borderlands’ , where the audience would vote to decide the fate of the protagonist. Currently, he is co-writing the play ‘Who We Are’ with LGBT activist Stephen Hart.

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