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    The Ground Beneath My Feet
    The Ground Beneath My Feet
    The Ground Beneath My Feet
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    The Ground Beneath My Feet

    By Ray Daley

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    When Earth finally can't supoport us all mankind has to come up with an alternate plan to ensure the survival of the species.

    The ships that carry the seed of humanity out into space won't always find perfect worlds, this is the story of one such discovery.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRay Daley
    Release dateDec 6, 2013
    ISBN9781311312426
    The Ground Beneath My Feet
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    Ray Daley

    Ray Daley was born in Coventry & still lives there. He served 6 yrs in the RAF as a clerk & spent most of his time in a Hobbit hole in High Wycombe. He is a published poet & has been writing stories since he was 10. His current dream is to eventually finish the Hitch Hikers fanfic novel he's been writing since 1986.

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      The Ground Beneath My Feet - Ray Daley

      The Ground Beneath My Feet

      Raymond Daley

      Copyright 24/2/13 by Raymond Daley

      Smashwords Edition

      Cycle Eight.

      Adam, Year Twenty

      Morning Adam! Ten more hours until planet-fall. the female voice came from every direction.

      Morning Ellie! How's it looking on the 'scopes? asked Adam.

      There was a pause of a second. Ellie had learnt not to respond right away, humans couldn't cope with the speed of an AI so she tailored herself to suit Adams needs.

      Ellie. ELectronic Life Instruction Entity. EL.L.I.E.

      She had done this for his entire life and the entire lives of her previous charges, none of whom

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