Fog Planet

Fog Planet (2007) Post 370

Fog Planet was the first of the Arkies series, introducing Pace (who narrates this story), Singer, Lyam and Merlinna, ArkMa and the EarthNet agents, Farla and Tench. 

In this story, the arkies land on a planet covered in a perpetual fog. ArkMa, the sentient ship's computer of Ark3, is disinclined to land, but eventually gives in. Once on the surface, the arkies find a bleak, grey world with no variation in vegetation. Nevertheless, they explore. Because of the conditions, Pace uses his MatCon (matter converter) far more than usual, and, to his bewilderment, drains the battery. Because it generally charges via solar and wind power, he is at a loss. The EarthNet agents turn up, intent on capturing the arkies and repatriating them to Earth... in a nice school that has bars in the windows. And there's something out there in the fog...

The EarthNet agents have their own agenda throughout the series. They want to prevent the arkies from exploring fresh planets. They pay lip-service to leaving planets pristine, but their real motive is purely political and financial. If they can close down the arkie program, there will be more funding for their own space stations!

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The goal for 2017 was to write a post a day profiling the background behind one of my books; how it came to be written, what it's about, and any things of note that happened along the way. If you're an author, an aspiring author, a reader or just someone who enjoys windows into worlds, you might find this fun. The books are not in any special order, but will be assigned approximate dates, and pictures, where they exist. 2017 is now behind us, but I ran out of year before running out of books, so the blog will continue for at least the next month or so.