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    Lost Beacon Of The Vanished
    Lost Beacon Of The Vanished
    Lost Beacon Of The Vanished
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    Lost Beacon Of The Vanished

    By Rob Shelsky

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    A luxury space yacht owned by a trillionaire. A strange journey to an uninhabited solar system with an alien artifact, the Lost Beacon Of The Vanished. And a murder! Dame Naje Elpram must solve a baffling case. Someone was murdered, but the circumstances seem impossible. Dame Elpram must figure it out in this cozy murder mystery set in an alien asteroid belt, near the Lost Beacon Of The Vanished!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRob Shelsky
    Release dateJul 9, 2010
    ISBN9781452328607
    Lost Beacon Of The Vanished
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    Rob Shelsky

    Rob Shelsky is an avid and eclectic writer, and averages about 4,000 words a day. He has several novels to his credit and two anthologies, with two romances out now, a Regency romance, Verity, along with the sequel, Faith, and soon to come, a time-travel romance.Rob has written science fiction articles for such magazines as The Internet Review of Science Fiction, numerous articles for AlienSkin Magazine, Neometropolis, Midnight Street (UK), Doorways, and other publications. Rob has had short stories published with Jim Baen’s Universe, Aberrant Dreams, AlienSkin, Gateway SF, Fifth Dimension, Continuum SF, Sonar4, Uncial Press, Planetary Stories, Pulp Spirit Magazine, Sex & Murder, and many more. He has a novella coming out in early 2010 with Aberrant Dreams Magazine’s first hardcover edition anthology, The Awakening. Rob’s novella, Avenger Of The People, will appear there alongside the works of such sci-fi greats as Alastair Reynolds, Ian Watson, Jana Oliver, Robert Madle, and just so many others. There is even an introduction by Jack McDevitt.Rob has a short story, Green Waters, now out with Sonar4’s Phase Shift anthology, and a paranormal story, Light On The Moor, coming out with Smashwords and Amazon.com.Now, Rob Shelsky is not only a writer, but a contributing editor for Currate.com travel articles, as well as being a reviewer for Novelspot. He is also a resident science fiction columnist for AlienSkin Magazine.Although widely traveled and continuing to travel, Rob now lives in North Carolina. He enjoys contemplating ideas for new stories while watching the sunsets over the mountains and sipping a glass of red wine, preferably a decent Merlot.Oh and check out this site for my Smashword books:Ebookswelove.com

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      Lost Beacon Of The Vanished - Rob Shelsky

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      LOST BEACON OF THE VANISHED

      by

      Rob Shelsky

      SMASHWORDS EDITION

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      PUBLISHED BY:

      Rob Shelsky on Smashwords

      Smashwords ISBN: 978-1-4523-2860-7

      Lost Beacon Of The Vanished

      Copyright © 2010 by Rob Shelsky

      All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise) without the prior written permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book.

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, brands, media, and incidents are either the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. The author acknowledges the trademarked status and trademark owners of various products referenced in this work of fiction, which have been used without permission. The publication/use of these trademarks is not authorized, associated with, or sponsored by the trademark owners.

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