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After Moses
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Complete, First published Jan 25, 2019
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            A century ago, our AI benefactor, Moses, disappeared, taking mankind's future with him. The dream of the stars is dead. Earth is silent and the colonies of the solar system slowly dwindle. Everyday life depends on technology that we no longer understand.
                                                                                                                                          
            The future is grim.
                                                                                                                                          
            Freelancer for hire Matthew Cole struggles to pay the bills and keep his ship in the air. He's always been a loner, but as the years go on and the solar system grows ever more dangerous, the time has come that he'll have to either find a crew or perish.
                                                                                                                                          
            When the specter of Matthew's past comes back to haunt him, his new crew will have to come together around their captain. They'll find that he is a rare kind of man, a man with principles.
                                                                                                                                          
            And that might be just what humanity needs.
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