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    Said To Contain

    By Brandon Messerschmidt

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    Randy Johnston is a simple man; a trucker by trade, this down-home southern soul is more comfortable behind the wheel of his trusty Kenworth, Big Red, than he is when he finds himself surrounded by the strife his ex-wife seems to insist on causing him when he is anywhere near his home soil. If not for the sporadic and unpredictable visitation she grants him with his 8 year-old son, Sammy, he likely wouldn't return to his adopted state of Florida at all.

    A full week's time with his beloved boy is approaching quickly. His work has taken him clear across the country, to California, and he is nervous enough as it is about the chances of being lucky enough to catch a decent paying load to carry him back home in time.

    Unbeknownst to him, trouble has just touched down off the pacific coast. General Richard Tomlinson, a hard-edged and elderly member of the U.S. military brass, has had what will likely be his legacy-defining mission dropped squarely into his lap from the grey skies above. He confers with long-time cohort, Ambassador Conrad Butler, about a situation of epic proportions that many feared would one day come to pass.

    The covert solution the two of them devise will bring Randy Johnston, unwittingly, into a world he has never known to exist. When the driver takes possession of a strange load Said To Contain twenty-two metric tons of frozen ice from a shady shipping facility in Oceanside, he embarks on a journey that will open his eyes to secrets of the universe that he grows to wish had been kept behind the curtain forever.

    On this particular haul, he will encounter unspeakable nightmares and learn unfathomable truths before reaching the load's destination in Cape Canaveral -- where the life of his son and the fate of all mankind hang in the balance.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrandon Messerschmidt
    Release dateApr 14, 2011
    ISBN9781458092892
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    Brandon Messerschmidt

    Brandon Messerschmidt resides in Michigan, with his wife and son, where he currently drones away in his retail management position -- writing for a distraction from the day to day grind. He fancies himself a storyteller more than an author -- seeking to entertain, not impress with iron-clad prose or seldom used words that require a peek at the online dictionary. His work typically walks a fine line between science fiction, horror, adventure and general character drama. Many of the concepts explored in his novels are based around his own daily struggle with "faith"; though he subscribes to no particular religion or ideology. As a former truck-driver and inner-city store manager, he's seen plenty of the "stranger than fiction" happenings that are often attributed to this mystical state we call reality. A lifetime of introspection, people watching, and battles with inner-demons have forged an understanding of the Human animal that is unique -- and often captivating. The journeys and adventures that his characters endure often throw up a mirror that beckons readers to take a long look at themselves and decipher what they see through a foriegn set of eyes. Some of his work, on the other hand, simply takes readers along for a white-knuckle ride through the breach... Indeed, sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. No fancy hole-punches or guillotines here, so open wide and bite the end off of that stogie... strike a match and fire it up: for tomorrow, we shall die.

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