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    World Rot: Path of the Planet Eating Virus
    World Rot: Path of the Planet Eating Virus
    World Rot: Path of the Planet Eating Virus
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    World Rot: Path of the Planet Eating Virus

    By Brett P. S.

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    During the latter half of the 25th century, at the climax of Terrace exploration into the outer clusters of their home front spiral galaxy, a distressing behavior crept its way inward from the farthest star clusters. A mysterious force dubbed the Rot by Terrace explorers was killing whole worlds, eating them from the inside. On a space station near the edge of the galaxy, Terrace watched.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrett P. S.
    Release dateSep 7, 2016
    ISBN9781370415854
    World Rot: Path of the Planet Eating Virus
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    Brett P. S.

    Brett Sawyer (1986), born in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, is an indie author who writes short stories & novellas, from science fiction to heroes. He graduated from Eastern Illinois University in 2015 with a Bachelor’s in education and currently teaches game design at Lake Land College.Short Change arrived at retailers in November of 2014, the start of a hero series where ordinary people gained powers over oddly specific domains, following the story of a shorter than average hero who can telekinetically manipulate small units of currency.Short Change is free on “smashwords.com/profile/view/BrettPS” and Barnes & Noble along with other samples and short fiction.Brett’s popular releases in science fiction include “Dark Station” and “Tales from the Colony: An Interstellar Saga.” Dark Station is a deep space thriller set aboard an abandoned orbital science station where Ben Gebbley and his crew secretly investigate the disappearance of the original staff before others come to claim the lost assets.

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      World Rot - Brett P. S.

      Table of Contents

      CHAPTER 1 – FAITH IN PROBABILITY

      CHAPTER 2 – THE GOOD DOCTOR

      CHAPTER 3 – SECRETS OF THE STATION

      CHAPTER 4 – SPREAD OF THE ROT

      Chapter 1

      Faith in Probability

      During the latter half of the 25th century, at the climax of Terrace exploration into the outer clusters of their home front spiral galaxy, a distressing behavior crept its way inward from the farthest star clusters.

      Benjamin Fuller, a young understudy in his early twenties, walked steadily through a set of sliding doors as he made his way from the central corridor of Solus to the primary observation deck. The ceiling stretched from a meter above his head to a looming cavern of titanium rods and tiles that propped up the structure into a hexagonal-tiled amphitheater.

      Benjamin held up a metal tray with both of his hands, a cup of juice

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