Trespassers: a science-fiction novel (44 page)

DEDICATION

For Linda Wynn,

Our Mother

We would like to thank Tiffany Austin, who is always the first to read our work, because she wouldn’t have it any other way. We thank her for her positive impact on the book, through her helpful comments, be they brusque or otherwise.

We would like to thank our Early Readers for their valuable input, which helped to shape the final version of the book:

James Austin

Betti Cogswell

David Foulkes

Martine Keating

Jackie Markham

Stacey Nyland

Sue Schrieber

We owe many thanks to Karl and Tiffany King for their generous guidance through the publishing process. Learn more about them at
authorTiffanyJKing.blogspot.com

Thank you to Terra Yates for her photographic expertise in making us look presentable.

Thank you to Sherwin Soy for his outstanding work on the cover.

Thank you to Donna Marton for her extraordinary skill as a proofreader. Any mistakes in this novel are merely instances where we failed to heed her advice.

Thank you to Rick Flores, for his assistance in every detail of life.

Most of all, thank you to Linda Wynn, our mother and biggest fan . . . to whom this book is dedicated.

Stewart Faulkner
:
Lead Agent for the Limestone Deposit Survey Group
Gregory
“
Web
”
Webster
:
Technical specialist for the Limestone Deposit Survey Group
Mindy Craddock
:
New recruit for the Limestone Deposit Survey Group, hoping to survive her first day and pass her
in-the-field
job interview
Lambert
:
Military specialist for the Limestone Deposit Survey Group; initially referred to simply as
New Guy
George Roman
:
Command Agent for the Limestone Deposit Survey Group; Stewart Faulkner’s boss

REA-UNIT 4

Dexim (DEX-um)
:
Leader of the Royal Expeditionary Armada, Unit 4

Lyntic (LEN-tik)
:
Member of the Royal Expeditionary Armada, Unit 4; sister of Dexim
Tobi (TOW-bee)
:
Technical specialist for the Royal Expeditionary Armada, Unit 4

Jin (Jen)
:
Junior member of the Royal Expeditionary Armada, Unit 4

Denokin (DEN-uh-kin)
:
Transport pilot who speaks only a few phrases of English
Grizzly
:
A bounty hunter who is occasionally hired by Stewart Faulkner to perform odd jobs for the Limestone Deposit Survey Group, mostly off the record
Michael-James
:
A bounty hunter recruited by Grizzly to be on a four-man team commissioned by Stewart Faulkner; owner of a primer-gray Camaro; wearer of cheap suits and fingerless gloves

Karl Bruner
:
Special Agent for the Alien Research Agency

Sarazha (suh-RA-zhuh)
Bant
:
going simply by “Sara,” a young girl with severe memory loss and no recollection of her past
Jeremy Borden
:
a local teenager with a crush on Sara

See the
GLOSSARY
in the
back of the book for more

Table of Contents

DEDICATION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CHARACTER LIST

1

A Good Day

for a Bad Abduction

2

Mindy Craddock

3

A Large

Lingering Problem

4

Karl Bruner & the Alien Research Agency

5

The Ones Who Got Away

6

Jin and the Supply Bag

7

Pioneer Post

8

Tracking the

Weather Balloon

9

Lunch and Speculation

10

Water

11

Stone Ridge Cabin

12

The Device

13

Sara

14

The New Plan

15

All is Quiet in Juniper

16

Take Two

17

The Comforts of Home

18

The Quorets

19

Spend the Night

20

Bedtime

21

Sunrise

22

The Police Chief

23

Jeremy and Sara
’
s
First Morning

24

Juniper Hotel:

a Bed-and-Breakfast

25

The Search

for the Heartbeat

26

The Waiting Game

27

The Ambush

28

Bruner Kills Some Time

29

Home Again

30

Camp Whatever

31

The Meeting

32

Joining Forces

33

Visiting Camp Whatever

34

Waking Sara

35

Old Memories

36

Sara Awakes

37

All
’
s Well

GLOSSARY

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Photo by Terra Yates

Todd and Tim Wynn are brothers who write screenplays and novels. They have written several award-winning screenplays and are at work on their next book.

WynnBrothers.com