Michael Burns

Michael Burns

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was born in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. My family moved to NewHampshire in 1950 where I attended high school, graduating in 1957. I deferredentrance to college to serve in the U.S. Navy for four years, seeing duty inSoutheast Asia in the early days of the Vietnam War. After mustering out of theNavy, I returned to New Hampshire where I met and married my wife, andmatriculated at the University of New Hampshire.

 

Encouraged by my freshman English teacher, I first becameinterested in writing fiction in 1963. I continued writing after being inspiredby the late Thomas Williams, National Book Award-winning author and mentor tomany young writers, among them John Irving.

 

In 1971 Ijoined the faculty of St. Paul's School, a college preparatory boarding schoolin Concord, New Hampshire. I retired from that school in 2004 after 33 years ofteaching chemistry, life science, and creative writing. At present, I am livingwith my wife in rural New Hampshire where I am at work on his fourth novel.Gemini, my first novel, was published by Poncha Press in 2001. Where You Are ismy second novel.

The Seekers: The Stuff of Stars (Dystopian Sci-Fi - Book 2)

The Seekers: The Stuff of Stars (Dystopian Sci-Fi - Book 2)

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<p>This second book in <em>The Seekers</em> dystopian series continues the story started in the critically-acclaimed <em>The Children of Darkness</em>, winner of the <strong>Pinnacle Book Achievement Award, Summer 2015 - Best Book in the Category of SCIENCE FICTION</strong>, and winner of the <strong>Awesome Indies Seal of Excellence</strong>....</p><h1><strong><em>The Stuff of Stars</em> by David Litwack</strong></h1><p>Evolved Publishing presents the second book in the new dystopian series <em>The Seekers</em>. [DRM-Free]</p><h2><em style="font-size:13px;line-height:1.6em;">“But what are we without dreams?”</em></h2><p>Against all odds, Orah and Nathaniel have found the keep and revealed the truth about the darkness, initiating what they hoped would be a new age of enlightenment. But the people were more set in their ways than anticipated, and a faction of vicars whispered in their ears, urging a return to traditional ways.</p><p>Desperate to keep their movement alive, Orah and Nathaniel cross the ocean to seek the living descendants of the keepmasters’ kin. Those they find on the distant shore are both more and less advanced than expected.</p><p>The seekers become caught between the two sides, and face the challenge of bringing them together to make a better world. The prize: a chance to bring home miracles and a more promising future for their people. But if they fail this time, they risk not a stoning but losing themselves in the twilight of a never-ending dream.</p><p><strong>Be sure to start with the first book in this series, the multiple award-winning <em>The Children of Darkness</em>. And don't miss David's award-winning speculative saga, <em>The Daughter of the Sea and the Sky</em></strong></p>

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