“…clever, quirky, intelligent, and frankly a lot of fun to read.” – Brandon Mullins.
Things aren’t always as they seem. Neither was Charlie Branson.
Outwardly, Charlie appeared to be the successful, respected, somewhat over-paid Captain of a commercial space liner, but in truth, it was just 2025 and space liners did not exist yet.
The space liner ‘Freedom’ was really just a very expensive space simulator with flat screen TVs and speakers hidden in the walls to give wealthy clients the company took on weeks-long simulated cruises into deep space an unforgettable experience! Employees like Charlie roleplayed the expected roles of crew members and costumed aliens at various staged deep-space tourist stops the guests were shuttled to. People from all over the world paid them big bucks just to forget the real world for a while, and to get away from it all – it was just fake, innocent pretense, the customers loved them for it!
In a climate where people were isolated for weeks at a time, and pretense, cos-playing and roleplaying redefined reality, telling fact and fantasy apart became a bit more complicated than expected. For cynical, disillusioned Charlie – who preferred the pleasant escape of ‘Freedom’ to the harsh realities of life outside – wishing it could all just be real became something almost like a prayer.
When an answer came, it wasn’t anything like what he expected.
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Details:
- Published: First Edition, August 11, 2020 (eBook, paperback)
- Words: 46,447 (Flowing Text eBook)
- Pages: 159 (6×9 format paperback)