Rare Earth

Description

A lost mining crew, 400 million miles from Earth. A retired miner journeys to find out why.“There’s something out there…”Waldo Packwood has had a rough time of things lately. He’s lost his job, his friends, and finally his family. At 50 years old, he’s living alone in a small apartment wondering what’s happened to his life. He’s unexpectedly asked to travel to Hector 1, a lone asteroid in the Jupiter Trojans, to investigate the missing crew. “That’s just it, Waldo,” sighed the director, “we don’t know what happened.”His trip is a struggle from the beginning, as he discovers more about those around him and what they’re willing to do to keep Hector 1 to themselves.  Instead of answers, he’s cast into the fight of his life as he struggles to uncover the secrets and lies that have been built around this distant world.Rare Earth is a gritty, science-fiction thriller and debut novel about an unconventional hero and second chances.“It’s going to be that kind of story, so buckle up”