Ticket To Eden by Ian K Pulham
The thought of an imminent apocalypse didn't occur to anyone, anywhere. There was no alarm when our great world leaders jumped at the chance to exploit creatures of the deep, strange beings that appeared to express a desire to clean up our mess from the world's oceans. These creatures seemed to want to work with us, but we wanted more, and we wanted it quickly. There was anger in certain quarters, but no alarm. To those in charge of us it was an opportunity. Jack Lee had seen these creatures in action before, and he had been trying to put his horrific memories of them to the back of his mind for over twenty years. Sarah listened to his warnings, but no one else would after all those years. That activity was buried in the basements of high office. And when events quickly escalated, solutions were always possible weren't they. We could fix anything if we put our minds to it. We'd done it before. This runaway train wasn't for stopping though. In time the race to save what could be saved of humanity was on, and woe betide anyone who didn't have a pass to leave behind the disaster that had once been our beautiful home.
I was with Dad, walking back to his bungalow, my childhood home, one Sunday many years ago. We had been to 'The Swan' for a couple of drinks. Mum was preparing Sunday lunch. His retirement was approaching, and I asked him if he had any plans. Out of the blue he told me he was thinking of writing a book. It was absolutely not what I was expecting him to say, however I thought that it was an excellent idea and I told him so. Wow, that would be something! Dad passed away a few years back, approaching the grand old age of ninety-two. Mum had died some years earlier. His life had never really been the same after her passing. He never wrote that book. About a year after Dad's passing, an idea for a story started growing in my head. I had never written a novel before. I'd never had the seed that blossoms into a complex narrative develop in my thoughts. Nothing even close to that really. Pretty soon I had the whole story: beginning, middle and ending. When I began writing it down, transferring my subconscious script into written word was relatively straightforward. It was like transcribing a remembered verse or song. All the detail was already there for me. I had help from good people getting some of the words and punctuation right, but the story more or less stayed the same. I've thought about that particular conversation with Dad a lot since I started all this. I like to think Mum and Dad would have enjoyed my book. I think it would have made them laugh.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781838152642 |
| ISBN 10 | 1838152644 |
| Title | Ticket To Eden |
| Author | Ian K Pulham |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Eventispress |
| Year published | 2022-03-03 |
| Number of pages | 250 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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