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Volume 1

 

Science Fiction

Date Published: 10-01-2024

 

 

To the people of Earth, it is generally agreed that there is no sight more extraordinary than that of their human cousins on the distant colony of Aranae jumping onto the backs of giant spiders and riding off as if going to a picnic.

To the people of Aranae, it means freedom.  But for The Provenance, their Earth rulers, one of their colonies entertaining thoughts of liberty makes them uncomfortable.

In the first three Spiderboy adventures comprising Volume 1, we follow the sixteen-year-old runaway, Haley as she discovers for herself the meaning of freedom.

 

1.  Haley’s First Spider Bite.

Billionaire’s daughter Haley Morgan joins forces with an unlikely ally in an escaped convict on a quest to track down and apprehend a dangerous outlaw while at the same time dodge the spiderboy search party sent to catch Haley and return her home.  And as in all young-woman-joins-up-with-escaped-prisoner stories, things are bound to get out of hand.

 

2.  Malady in Savoy.

Continuing her quest, Haley takes a job as a showgirl in the city of Savoy where she becomes the object of mistaken identity, gets caught up in interstellar intrigue and falls for a roguish fugitive agent from Earth.  Shape-shifting does have its drawbacks.

 

3.  Along Came a Spider.

Haley endures a marathon battle of survival with a monstrous Trap Door spider that is determined to pin the girl on its venom-laced fangs.

 

Review

This is a great collection.

I was blown away. Each of these were fast-paced stories with thrilling moments sprinkled throughout.

The writer has an effusive style, like the words are just bursting out of him on to the page.

A compelling mix of flawed characters forced into complex socio-political situations. I could never be certain what choices they’d make or where they’d end up.

About the Author

Glenn Thomas’s life path has been a meandering one, setting new life goals at various points along the way, gaining knowledge in art, photography, filmmaking, driving commercial vehicles, and ultimately, writing both screenplays and prose.  As a self-described “high-functioning daydreamer,” Glenn often finds contentment in self-imposed isolation, in conversations with an eclectic array of characters and personalities in universes of his creation.  Once in a while, he writes their stories into scripts and novels to share with the world.

From a young age, those who spent time with Glenn quickly recognized his remarkable gift of daydreaming.  According to his first-grade report card, his teacher, Mrs. Haslett, wrote, “Glenn is on cloud nine.”  With that ringing endorsement from one of his earliest admirers, Glenn has made his circuitous path to this time and place to make some practical use of this often-misunderstood gift.  With a nostalgic smile to his past, Glenn created his film production company, Cloud 9 Filmworks, shortly after completing film school in 2005, which has now expanded in 2024 to Cloud 9 Press to oversee his books.

Glenn lives in the Los Angeles area, and when he’s not writing, he works as a driver for a major motion picture studio where the real money’s at.  His first self-published work was a series of short science fiction stories called The Spiderboys of Aranae, released in 2015 and revised in 2024.  Also, in 2024, the first book in a science fiction series titled The Stars Rain Down debuted.  Set in the same universe as Spiderboys, SRD has strong connections with the earlier work, and fans of one book will enjoy the other.

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