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    Immortal Respite
    Immortal Respite
    Immortal Respite
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    Immortal Respite

    By Brett P. S.

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    Centuries after the collapse of his former paradise, Leon Godwin lived on through his immortality, a parting gift from a dead era. Leon was as killable as any ordinary man, but decades of living amongst ruthless wasteland survivors made him a planner. His years had done him more than that, though. With each passing season, as the dying world around him aged, Leon remained the same.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrett P. S.
    Release dateSep 7, 2016
    ISBN9781370253098
    Immortal Respite
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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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      Immortal Respite - Brett P. S.

      Table of Contents

      CHAPTER 1 – MINDS OF MORTAL MEN

      CHAPTER 2 – UNSUSTAINABLE PARADISE

      CHAPTER 3 – THREAT OF THE COMBINE

      CHAPTER 4 – SEPARATE WAYS

      Chapter 1

      Minds of Mortal Men

      Leon Godwin leaned back against the rickety interior lining of his e he twirled a piece of driftwood around with his fingertips. With the other hand, he cleaned the sweat from his brow and slicked back his ginger peppered hair. His face bore the marks of lashings and beatings, a weathered exterior not unlike his back, though he kept it covered most of the time. Some things, mortals didn’t have to see, little secrets he kept to himself.

      He hardly recalled the time before the collapse, the muddied memories drifting about in his mind for the better half of two centuries. Brains weren’t nearly as reliable as computing technology, but good luck acquiring those goods. What little his crew could salvage from the wastelands amounted to tin cans and meager scraps of meat from carrion and lost cargo. The weather was growing worse here in the Midwest

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