Twin Worlds: Flight of the Raven: Book One - Paperback

by F. J. Talley (Author)

Sr. Captain Tucker McLeod of the Star Alliance has concluded his tour of duty on the Endeavor, his first Andromeda Class command. He is in line to become Fleet Captain of the Quadrant flagship Valiant, but longs to serve the Alliance instead by joining the diplomatic corps.While McLeod's request to join the diplomatic corps is rebuffed by the review board, he is given the opportunity to serve as an observer for negotiations for Central Federation and Star Alliance membership for the twin worlds of Hemod and Herai, where he works again with Raina Wolfe, a Su-Captain from the Central Federation with whom he has served on several occasions. During a cooling off period of the negotiations, McLeod and Wolfe uncover a conspiracy designed to scuttle the negotiations. Can they uproot the conspiracy and save the negotiations before the twin worlds explode?

Author Biography

F. J. Talley is a Philadelphia native who has had many different career aspirations. After cowboy and fireman, he temporarily settled on being a music conductor. While in high school he switched to a medical career, which lasted until his first Biology course in college. Many years and six states later, he lives on the Western Shore of the Chesapeake Bay directing a scholars program at a local college. F. J. wrote his first novel-length work in the summer between college and graduate school. This still unpublished work helped to develop his writing style, characterized by dialogue sprinkled with wit and dry humor, even though he doesn't really have a sense of humor. He is a big fan of NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month, and was led to NaNoWriMo by one of his students who has written five novels: F. J. is determined to catch up with her. His first NaNoWriMo-written book is Twin Worlds, which is followed by Take Hart, which is slated for publication in Fall 2017.