Saturday, August 9, 2014

Excerpt Tour: LIEUTENANT HENRY GALLANT BY H. PETER ALESSO


Congratulations to Rosie D., winner of the tour prize and to Mixed Book Bag, the host winner.

Goddess Fish Promotions is organizing a Virtual Excerpt Tour for Lieutenant Henry Gallant by H. Peter Alesso, a Science Fiction book available August 21, 2014 from Video Software Publications. The tour will run September 1 - 12, 2014, and this tour will not include interviews or guest blogs; however, a blurb, exclusive excerpt and author bio will be provided to every host for inclusion on their blog. Additionally, a PDF copy of this story is available for review in conjunction with a promo post.


The author will be awarding a $50 Amazon/BN GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter, and a $25 Amazon/BN GC to a randomly drawn host between this tour and the Review Tour, here.


In an era of genetic engineering, Lieutenant Henry Gallant is the only Natural (non-genetically enhanced) officer left in the fleet. Many of his superiors, including rival Anton Neumann, have expressed concern he is not up to the challenge. However, his unique mental abilities have proven essential to the defense of the United Planets in its fight against the Titan invaders.

Serving on the first FTL prototype, the Intrepid, on its maiden voyage to Tau Ceti, Gallant finds a lost colony on the planet Elysium. Cyrus Wolfe and his son, manipulate planet politics against the democratic opposition led by James Hepburn and his granddaughter Alaina. Wolfe has allied himself with an ancient Artificial Intelligence which had lain dormant on the planet for millennia, but is now willing to protect the colonists against the Titans.

With Alaina’s help, Gallant discovers the ancient AI has a sinister ulterior motive and he matches his unique and exceptional mind against the complexity of machine intelligence to escape the ultimate trap and prevent the extermination of humanity.

In Lieutenant Henry Gallant, one man pits the naked human mind against the perspicacity of machine intelligence.


September 1: Straight from the Library
September 2: Unabridged Andra's
September 3: Laurie's Thoughts and Reviews
September 4: Carly's Book Reviews
September 5: Deal Sharing Aunt
September 8: Welcome to My World of Dreams
September 9: It's Raining Books
September 10: Long and Short Reviews
September 11: Edgar's Books
September 12: Bunny's Review