After the escape of another group of orphans, Supreme Commander Botta blows up and vows revenge. When an underground tunnel is discovered leading to the Sage Mountains and the Earth's surface, he knows exactly what to do. He will use it to stage a surprise attack on the tracliodytes and humans. He can't wait to rain down death and destruction on them.In the meantime, work director Lulomen and Captain Rani have led a group of kids to Stoney Creek and have begun planting a new wildfl...

The five Rothsy girls were in big trouble. They had tried to escape the horrible living conditions in the Rothsy Girls Home, and they had been caught. Supreme Commander Reginald Botta was incensed and decided to use them to set an example. He was going to stage a spectacular spectacle and hang the girls from a gallows in the public square outside his headquarters in Metro Metropolis. To further prove his point, he is also going to include the director of the girl's home as well as all five...

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On Len's thirteenth birthday, he tells his friend Alex that he wants to bring the remaining orphans home from their underground cities. Alex is all for it. The two friends approach Lulomen, the director of Creekside Meadows. Soon, a plan is devised. Len, Abagail, and Rex will journey to Metro Metropolis to rescue the remaining girls, and Alex, Zelda, and Orly will go to Tiran and rescue the remaining boys.Little do they know that Supreme Commander Reginald Botta and Colonel Winslow...

Life for Len and Alex is not pleasant. It's the 27th century, and they are living in an orphanage with thirty other boys like themselves. They are labeled Defectives. They don't fit the accepted mold for the appearance-based society. Their faces are covered in purplish/red birthmarks, their vision is poor, and they are slight in stature. They also live in an underground city like the rest of the world's population. Humans were driven there by tracliodytes, cockroach-like creatures who atta...

Life is change, seen daily as new plants emerge in the spring or later, when colorful leaves fall from the trees. The seasons change, and so do we. We experience life in all of its varied forms, and we grow, becoming more well-rounded people as we do.But there is consistency, too. The stars are always there. The moon, the sun, even knowing that the seasons will change, all add a dependability and reliability to life that is both known and counted on; a sense of comfort and security...

Written throughout the course of one year, these poems reflect Jim's search for his youngest son, who went missing in late 2025. The emotional challenge was something he'd never wish on anyone, but he wanted to try to capture what he was experiencing by writing about it. Poems entitled "Bereavement," "Mountain Stream," and "Homecoming" reflect what he was going through. He was able, for part of each day, to focus on something good and positive, and for that time experience some rare moment...

In the 27th century, ten-year-olds Sammy and Cal work digging tunnels beneath the streets of the underground city of Pierpoint. When two huge rats attack them, Sammy is wounded, but their boss refuses to give him any time off to heal. With a bleak future ahead of them and Sammy's infected wounds getting worse, the boys decide to run away. Their escape incurs the wrath of their boss and his boss, who sends out a team of professional hunters to bring the escapees back. The hunter's philosoph...

Len and Alex were the first defective kids to escape from their underground orphanage and find a better life on Earth's surface among the tracliodytes at Creekside Meadows. It's a wonderful place to live, and Len wants more orphans to experience life there. On his 13th birthday, Len presents Alex with his idea. He likes it. So does the Creekside Meadow director Lulomen. Shortly thereafter, Len, Alex, their friends Abagail, and Zelda, and led by the resourceful Sendal begin the rescue missi...

Jagen and Ank have been sent to Earth from their home planet, Rykos, on a fact-finding mission. Emperor General Xenon is a megalomaniac who wants the two young explorers to tell him if the planet is suitable to invade, conquer, and add to his collection. This is their first mission, and Jagen and Ank are eager to prove themselves.However, upon landing, they make a starting discovery. Not only do they like Earth with its fresh air and sunshine, they also like the humans and the trac...

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Five people, two plans, but only one bank. Fate drops an ex-con into a dusty western burg where he meets a conniving bank teller plotting to relieve her business of assets. Whoa, not so fast! A brace of discarded, but dangerous, renegade agents have also blown into Fallout.