KiTE: A Novel in Earth Orbit
KiTE
What people are saying…
The Bec-ster
“This storyline is so new it just compelled me to want to keep reading. I had to see how it all ended.”
Syncopated Musings
“KiTE is not one of those books where you can check your brain at the door when you open its cover and begin to read.”
Elizabeth Mueller
“If computer programs wanted to take over the world, this would be the right book for them.”
I am a Pistacio
“Mr. Shears writes with a flavor reminiscent of Douglas Adams, but the resulting dish is entirely his own. Quite tasty.”
J. Lloyd Morgan
“When the “twist” of the book is revealed at the end, I found myself smiling. It was certainly clever.…I will give the following praise to the book: it’s like nothing I’ve read before. The author stays true to the tone and pacing of the book, which is always a plus.”
KiTE: hard science fiction with heart
KiTE, by Bill Shears, is a science fiction novel set in Earth orbit. Mason Dash, operator of Kite, the flagship of Earth Orbit Maintenance Department’s debris sweeper fleet, suspects spacejackers on an abandoned space station may be using it as a platform for a terrorist attack on Earth targets. Sheila, his beautiful virtual companion, has been “enhanced” with an experimental free will module. Inside the computer system of Kite a digital uprising is under way. Sheila goes off on her own adventure and finds she’s forced to split her focus between Dash’s situation in the “real world” and an ambitious virtual tyrant who has also taken a fancy to her, and who wants to expand his empire beyond Kite. Meanwhile Dash finds the spacejackers are not what he suspected, maybe worse. And it’s just then that humankind’s first unearthly visitor appears in Earth orbit, who is none too pleased. Earth’s fate hangs in the balance.
KiTE is available at these fine online outlets:
Buy Kite at Amazon
Buy Kite at Barnes and Noble
Buy Kite at BooksaMillion
Buy Kite at Booklocker
Connect with Kite
KITE’s Facebook Page
KITE 2-chapter excerpt on Scribd
“The Beekeeper”, free short story, sort of a Kite prequel.
“Bill Shears Explains Hard Science Fiction”: Featured Author on Polka Dot Banner
KITE, Two Chapter Excerpt
Kite Free Sample
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By Steven Lomazow, January 19, 2011 @ 3:45 pm
Yes, the “association” was purely a brilliant marketing ploy. I don’t remember if I wrote the specifics in the blog but there was a very tenuous connection. The Post was published in the same building where the defunct Gazette had been, of course long after Franklin’s death.
One of the countless historical myths that include Washington chopping down a cherry tree and Marie Antoinette’s “let them eat cake”.
yours in history,
Steve