Rough Rider [Diskette]

Nina M. Osier (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 30, 2000

Something is drastically wrong on Zorti because the Terran settlement there has become hauntingly quiet. Nineteen years earlier, Joy Grant, then Executive Officer on the 'Rough Rider', was the first human visitor to the planet. Now captain of the 'St. Petersburg', she returns to investigate the problem only to stumble into a rebel massacre and uncover an astonishing secret — one that she can never reveal to anyone other than her son.

*Nominee for the 2000 Frankfurt eBook Awards*

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"This one is a definite don't miss for science fiction fans," says Ann M. Beardsley. -- Scribes World Reviews

About the Author

Nina M. Osier was born with a suntan in the village of Camden, Maine. Her first home was on Friendship Long Island, off the Maine coast. She started "writing" at the age of two, when her parents decided to write down her stories and read them back to her. A librarian in the central Maine town of Gardiner, where the family lived during Nina's school years,introduced her at age 11 to the novels of Andre Norton,Madeleine L'Engle, and Alan E. Nourse - after which science fiction became her genre of choice.

Nina's first novel, Exile's End, was published in 1998 by Electra-Light Books of London, Ontario. She has completed several science fiction and mainstream fiction manuscripts that are in search of homes, and is currently at work on another in spite of the best efforts of her three cats.

Nina graduated from New Hampshire College, and has worked as a high school teacher and as an accountant. She now directs the Division of Records Management Services at the Maine State Archives,where she gets some of her best ideas! She lives in a turn-of-the-century Victorian house in Augusta, Maine, where she writes, gardens, and wishes humans didn't have to waste time sleeping.

Product Details

• Diskette: 159 pages
• Publisher: Adventure Books, Inc. (July 30, 2000)
• ISBN-10: 1553130545
• ISBN-13: 978-1553130543
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

More About the Author

Hello, I'm '9-UH' - daughter of a Maine fisherman and (wouldn't you know it?) a reading teacher. I usually write speculative and mainstream fiction, although I've also authored a couple of nonfiction titles. I'm especially interested in speculative fiction with strong, mature female protagonists, so much of my work centers on them. My latest Amazon release is HIGH PLACES, the first book of a trilogy. It's available as both a trade paperback and a Kindle eBook. For more detailed information about my books, plus a few articles and some great freebies, please visit me at http://www.geocities.com/nina_osier.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A good read!, March 2, 2010

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This review is from: Rough Rider (Kindle Edition)

I thoroughly enjoyed this book! Alien first contact, mystery, a little romance. Was a little confusing that it jumps around from the present to the past, but the story all ties together nicely in the end. If you like sci-fi then you will enjoy this. Don't buy it if all you are looking for is a space-romance, you will be disappointed.