So What's it about???

A Distant Battlefield is a sci-fi/action novel which initially centers around a coup attempt on the planet Garian. A renegade officer by the name of Jerrah has amassed a fleet of warships and hundreds of thousands of loyal officers in an attempt to oust the government of Garian which is the seat of the United Planetary Alliance; a body of planets dedicated toward peace, commerce and understanding.

At the defense of the planet Garian, is a fleet of star cruisers led by the veteran Admiral Levin and thousands of loyal followers. Their fleet is stationed just above Garian's orbit and are prepared to defend the planet from the usurper.

What they are not aware of is that Admiral Jerrah has a unique weapon at his disposal; a Time Displacement Cannon, which is capable of beaming its chosen target anywhere through time or space. Expecting a quick victory, Jerrah activates the weapon on Levin's fleet of ships.

The cannon malfunctions and its time-rending energies burst outward in all directions, engulfing Levin's entire fleet, but also exposing Jerrah and his warships to the blast. A monstrous worm hole is created, and both fleets of craft are drawn into its swirling mass.

They are tossed trillions of miles across the length of the galaxy and abruptly appear in the skies over present day Midtown Manhattan.

It is a warm, sunny October morning as the citizens of New York prepare for their usual day..which never gets started. A terrific thunderclap of light and sound explodes in the skies above the Eastern Seaboard. A whirling mass of thick black clouds suddenly spring up out of nowhere, and as terrified millions of people look on, the cloud mass suddenly parts, revealing a clear sky full of bizarre skycraft.

Without any warning or ceremony, the massive ships begin firing on each other. Simultaniously, dozens of fighter ships stream outward to swoop and dive and do battle with each other over the heads of terrified running citizens.....

and so it begins.

This novel is one part Science fantasy, and one part social experiment. I introduce a number of survivors from various walks of life, A Wall Street type, a Lawyer, two paramedics, four inner city vigilantes, as well as a Middle Eastern cab driver and a Jewish Diamond Dealer and throw them all into a situation together. Can these diverse personalities put aside their differences, suspicions and perceptions in order to achieve the common goal of survival?

We shall soon find out.