Allen MacDiarmid

Allen MacDiarmid

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Born in 1932 we moved a lot, aboutevery 3 years. I attended the US Naval Academy, class of 1955. Iserved aboard the USS Stoddard (DD-566), then attended flight schoolin Pensacola and Corpus Christi. Next I was assigned to VR-21 inBarber's Point, HI. My next assignment was in VS-29 flying the S2aircraft. I accumulated 150 carrier landings, mostly while aboard theUSS Kearsarge (CVS-33). I ended my naval career in VT-28, CorpusChristi and Kingsville NAAS, both in Texas. I spent 29 years at IBMSan Jose, CA as a Quality Assurance Engineer, specializing inExperiment Design before retiring at age 55 to go cruising in myFreedom 28 Cat Ketch "Broad Reacher". After more than30,000 nautical miles over the bottom I have taken up RVing and nowreside in a house with my mate Jean in Bardstown, KY. I have taken upwriting and have published 3 articles on Amazon using the KDPplatform. I am presently at work on a book about my navy adventures.

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>

Story Behind The Book

In preparation for posting a book I am working on, I posted an article to see how the Amazon DKP works. I ended up writing 3 articles, this is the second of those.

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