Part I. Beyond the Milky Way
Three astronauts go to space in search of a planet that probably has water—one of the basic elements for humanity to survive. Do they find it? What else do they find? They encounter something—something strange—beyond their wildest imaginations, and their mission-to-explore becomes a mission-to-survive.
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3.9 rating based on 89 ratings (all editions)
ISBN-10: 1522858512
ISBN-13: 9781522858515
Goodreads: 28449482
Author(s): Publisher: Season Ball
Published: 1/4/2016
Are we alone?
Three astronauts go to space in search of a planet that probably has water—one of the basic elements for humanity to survive. Do they find it? What else do they find? They encounter something—something strange—beyond their wildest imaginations, and their mission-to-explore becomes a mission-to-survive.
They experience something that makes them question their beliefs. All the things they had taken for granted, everything they had seen and learned, don’t seem to apply any longer.
Something happens along the way that makes them yearn to come back to Earth. After all, home is where the heart is.
This is not just another science fiction. Rather, it will make you question your own beliefs—may they be scientific, religious, political, or something else.
In the first installment of The Galaxy Series, find out about the strange world they discover.
Part II. Return to Earth
After their shuttle meeting with an accident and accidentally landing on a strange planet, the three astronauts return to Earth with the help of the aliens. However, they end up returning in the wrong time—in the future.
What they experience truly shocks them. They return to a time when separation, division, and hatred rules. Indeed, they return to Earth. But is it really home? What has happened to their beloved planet? And what has happened to their country, the most powerful nation on Earth? Is it still the most powerful country on Earth? Whose doing is it?
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3.8 rating based on 31 ratings (all editions)
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Goodreads: 33827670
Author(s): Publisher: Season Ball
Published: 1/20/2017
After their shuttle meeting with an accident and accidentally landing on a strange planet, the three astronauts return to Earth with the help of the aliens. However, they end up returning in the wrong time—in the future.
What they experience truly shocks them. They return to a time when separation, division, and hatred rules. Indeed, they return to Earth. But is it really home? What has happened to their beloved planet? And what has happened to their country, the most powerful nation on Earth? Is it still the most powerful country on Earth? Whose doing is it?
In a place where a human sees and treats a fellow human defines his existence. In a time when survival is the most important thing, the human spirit of endurance and sharing shows how life can be when things become dire.
In this second book of The Galaxy Series, join the adventures of the three astronauts and an alien on Earth. Take an emotional rollercoaster ride as they travel through America, see what they see and ask yourself—‘is this what I want to leave my next generation?’
Why I Wrote Return to Earth
I began writing Return to Earth on the night Donald Trump won his first presidential election—and I published it on the day of his inauguration. That wasn't coincidence. It was defiance.
That night, I felt something shift in the American soul. The values of empathy, truth, and progress that once defined our national optimism seemed to crumble under the weight of anger and denial. I couldn't sleep. So, I wrote. What poured out became both fiction and warning—a story about humanity's potential for greatness shadowed by its capacity for self-destruction.
When I wrote the first book in The Galaxy Series, Barack Obama was president. Hope felt tangible; the future, bright. But by 2016, the dream had soured. The same civilization capable of interstellar exploration had turned on itself. That contradiction—how a species could reach the stars yet forget its humanity—became the heart of Return to Earth.
The book mirrors my fears for our planet and our politics. It's not just about astronauts returning to a broken world—it's about us returning to the moral truths we've abandoned. It asks whether humanity, blinded by pride and division, can still rediscover its conscience before it's too late.
I know some readers will hate this book. That's fine. I didn't write it to comfort anyone. I wrote it because silence, in the face of moral decay, is complicity.
Return to Earth is my act of witness—a reflection of despair, but also of hope. Because even in darkness, I still believe in the power of humanity to come home to itself.
