Doom Spore: (Empire of Time Series)

Doom Spore is a 'summer movie in a novel' - dark, chilling, and hugely creepy science-horror fiction in the tradition of 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers, ' 'They Walked Like Men, ' and 'The Thing'. The story began in little homes in ordinary neighborhoods around San Diego, where a boy named Jimmy Mendez, 9, and his cousin Maribel Walesky, 10, awaited the return of their dads from the sea. But the things that came home were not men. They looked like sailors, but they were silent and empty-eyed, and were not the same dads who had gone to sea. At first, only the children could see this -not their mothers, nor any other adults--and nobody would believe them. Then people began dying all over town, turned into alien spore carriers seeking their next victim to infect. The inhuman forces behind it all were well organized. From a secret airstrip, in the Volcan Mountains east of San Diego, they flew crop-dusting missions across the city to spread their spores more efficiently. By the time human authorities realized what they were dealing with, it was all but too late. Lt. Linsey Simon, San Diego Harbor Police, and her husband, hard-hitting reporter Jack Simon, were thrust headlong into the gripping case of a dangerous scientific experiment gone horribly wrong for corporate profit. Now was up to Linsey and Jack, along with two brave children and a few hardy citizens, to save the world. San Diego, beautiful tourist capital of blue skies and balmy sea breezes, became a colony of the fungal or Fifth Kingdom of life on Earth. This novel is a node in the Holo Time Sector of the Empire of Time series of SF novels and stories by John Argo. At least one direct sequel is planned. More info at the Clocktower Books website.

About the Author :
John Argo has created a vast, sprawling SF universe of imaginative novels and stories called Empire of Time (EOT. Everything is at stake, and time traveling agents are at work up and down stream (time), observing and tweaking carefully to save the future--the fate of humankind and the universe is at stake, in the grand scheme that must never be forgotten. In the minor key, each novel offers gripping action with compelling characters, often spiced up with an urgent romantic subplot. This is a future history in the grand tradition of Cordwainer Smith (Norstrilia), Isaac Asimov (Foundation), Frank Herbert (Dune), and other masters of the form. Fifty years in process, and still in the making, this mind boggling panorama of infinite universes and time without end already includes over a dozen novels that serve as pinholes to peer into realms beyond comprehension. John Argo, from his home base in San Diego, continues to spin pieces of a vast mosaic that will soon coalesce into an astonishing entirety with a subseries titled Jornade: Chronicles of Metrado. Time traveling monks, military priestesses, female popes of the 38th Century--the innovations are boundless. Metrado journeys back in time to report to the Triune Holy Office uptime about such adepts as Nostradamus, Leonardo da Vinci, Homer, and others who work for HM Sacred Service. Stay tuned. John Argo in 1996 became the first author/publisher to publish entire (full length novel) proprietary (not public domain) digital books on line for download. These included the texts of This Shoal of Space and Pioneers (SF) and Neon Blue (suspense), innovatively released in weekly serial chapters to readers around the world, who sent thanks and kudos. More info at the Museum pages of Clocktower Books.