David R. Beshears

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Award-winning screenwriter and author of dozens of titles in science fiction, fantasy and adventure. David's work has been praised by literary professors and by PhDs in science, by fans and by book reviewers around the world. His miniseries screenplay adaptation of his popular novel "The Shylmahn Migration" won the Pacific Northwest Screenwriting Competition in 2007.

David lives on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State with his wife Sylvia. When not writing, he can usually be found on any one of a dozen northwest mountains.

Visit his author page at www.davidrbeshears.com

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The Shylmahn Migration (The Shylmahn Trilogy Book 1) Feb 9, 2012

by David R. Beshears

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The Shylmahn Migration brings gritty realism to the nightmare of an overwhelming alien invasion of earth. Intelligent, award-winning science fiction...

Prior to the arrival of the Shylmahn, a blanket of normalcy lay comfortably over the Britton family, a quiet ordinariness that would stand in sharp contrast to what their lives would become.

Their individual stories play out across the epic landscape of the invasion, plots intertwining as each narrative progresses toward the inevitable climax at which all paths converge for one final confrontation.

From the perspective of the Shylmahn, it is not an invasion at all but a grand adventure, an exciting journey to a new world. The epic interweaves the stories of EsJen, TohPeht and NehLoc through the stories of the human characters, providing a shocking contrast to the overall conflict.

This is not ‘slam, bam, welcome to earth’ stuff. There will be no fairy dust sprinkled into the atmosphere to miraculously kill off the bad guys.

Book One of the Shylmahn Trilogy

The miniseries screenplay adaptation of the novel won the Pacific Northwest Screenwriters Competition.

"Intelligent science fiction"
William C. Brown, Ph.D.
Author of 'The Evolutionary Science of Extraterrestrial Life'

"Outstanding writing in a fine story"
"Very well designed and very well executed"
David L. Powell, Ph.D.
English and American Literature

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Andover (Sutherland House Book 1) Jun 28, 2019

by David R. Beshears

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Sutherland House Episode One...

Sutherland House
a five episode series

Matthew and Jennifer Sutherland, father and daughter, wage a secret war against a hidden society of immortals with extraordinary abilities, a society that Sutherland House once dominated. Now estranged from the other Primary Families, they are all that stands between humanity and the mysterious, terrifying agenda of the Society.

Episode One – “Andover”
Matthew investigates strange goings-on in a small northwest community while he and Jennifer come to grips with the death of Matthew’s wife.
... Victor, Father of the Society, welcomes home his two young children, recently showing sign of the Abilities.
... and nine year old Mary, living at the Academy, may be the most powerful Member in the history of the Society.

Novella adapted from the one hour first episode screenplay of the five episode miniseries “Sutherland House”.

Other Formats: Paperback

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Serpent's Keep Jan 23, 2012

by David R. Beshears

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Recipient of the Readers' Favorite Five Stars Award

"I bequeath to my nephew, Jacob Quigley, all that I own, all that I dream, and all that I am, in the hope that my life's quest will become his quest."
-- Last Will & Testament of Tobias Quigley

Those few cryptic words send Jake into a world that couldn’t possibly exist. Traveling the Gateways, he will befriend the eternal Guardians and stand against an ancient enemy.

Exciting scifi/fantasy adventure for everyone, 12 to 112 and beyond

"If you need to take a break or get a cup of coffee, do so at this point as you'll be glued to this book moving forward. "– five stars
Diana L, top 500 reviewer

The miniseries screenplay adaptation of the novel was a top-ten finalist in an international screenwriting competition.

Other books in the series:

Serpent’s Keep Two – the Six Temples

Serpent's Keep 3 - the Outland

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Threads (Sutherland House Book 4) Jan 30, 2022

by David R. Beshears

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Sutherland House Episode Four...

Sutherland House
a five episode series...
Matthew and Jennifer Sutherland, father and daughter, wage a secret war against a hidden society of immortals with extraordinary abilities, a society that Sutherland House once dominated. Now estranged from the other Primary Families, they are all that stands between humanity and the mysterious, terrifying agenda of the Society.

Episode Four – “Threads”
Threads, fourth in the five episode series…

The hidden threads within the Society, hints of civil war between the Families, the rise of Mary, the potential impact on humankind by the Agenda.

Coming soon...
Sutherland House Episode Five - "Phoenix"

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The Summit (Sutherland House Book 3) Mar 28, 2021

by David R. Beshears

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Sutherland House Episode Three...

Sutherland House a five episode series...
Matthew and Jennifer Sutherland, father and daughter, wage a secret war against a hidden society of immortals with extraordinary abilities, a society that Sutherland House once dominated. Now estranged from the other Primary Families, they are all that stands between humanity and the mysterious, terrifying agenda of the Society.

Episode Three – “The Summit”
The Summit, third in the five episode series… Matthew and Jennifer attend the annual Society summit, when all the Families come together. They walk a very fine line while facing the expansion of the Society Agenda and the underlying threats to Sutherland House, all while seeking out potential allies and evading clandestine enemies.

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Gryphen (Sutherland House Book 2) Jan 7, 2020

by David R. Beshears

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Sutherland House Episode Two...

Sutherland House A five episode series...
Matthew and Jennifer Sutherland, father and daughter, wage a secret war against a hidden society of immortals with extraordinary abilities, a society that Sutherland House once dominated. Now estranged from the other Primary Families, they are all that stands between humanity and the mysterious, terrifying agenda of the Society.

Episode Two – “Gryphen”
Gryphen, second of the five episode series… The decades-long relationship between Matthew Sutherland and Phillip Gryphen is threatened by a violent crime that sits at the foot of Gryphen House. This as Matthew meets with Victor, Father of the Society, only weeks after the incident at Andover. All set against the backdrop of the growing truths underlying the shadowy, ethereal web of the Agenda, and of Mary’s flowering evolution, the growth of her six Abilities, and of what this means to the future of the Society.

Available now...
Sutherland House Episode Three - "The Summit"
Sutherland House Episode Four - "Threads"

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Genesis (The Shylmahn Trilogy Book 3) Sep 23, 2015

by David R. Beshears

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A tenuous truce between Shylmahn and Human had kept the peace for more than five years, but there was never a doubt as to who were the masters of the planet. Earth belonged to the Shylmahn.

But the Britton Family, waging a clandestine war with the invaders for thirty years, had one last desperate, insane plan to get their world back. Succeed or fail, it would change the face of the planet forever.

Genesis is the final book in the Shylmahn trilogy.

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The Occupation (The Shylmahn Trilogy Book 2) Mar 30, 2012

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The invasion had ended long ago. The remnants of humanity survived as best they could on reservations or in tiny communities out of sight of the masters of the planet. Most had never known a world not dominated by the Shylmahn, content now to live out their lives in the shadows.

Some were not content. The Britton Family, legends from an all-but-forgotten war long since lost, fading into the obscurity of a human history soon to vanish, they now fought a war that no one knew was being waged.

Book Two of the Shylmahn Trilogy.

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The Caravan Feb 5, 2014

by David R. Beshears

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Novella (66 print pages) adapted from the post-apocalyptic scifi/horror screenplay.
Novella placed finalist in a recent literary competition.
Screenplay placed short-list finalist in a recent screenwriting competition.

The Caravan is just one more tribe traveling a post-apocalyptic landscape, foraging through the dead cities of the past. The tribe is friendly and well-adapted to the nomadic life. But there is something unsettlingly dark underlying the pleasantness.

After months on the trail, they settle outside an abandoned city for the winter. Foraging teams go in, looking to fill their wagons with supplies. Meanwhile, a band of marauders watches. They have their own way of getting what they want.

And they want everything.

This time, however, they are in for a bit of a surprise.

Industry feedback of the screenplay:
“Character descriptions are vivid… the dialog is excellent.”
“The concept is a very clever one, immediately calls to mind the tropes and conventions of a classic western while also mixing in the high concept of a science fiction story.”

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The Serpent's Keep Trilogy: The Complete Serpent's Keep series Nov 12, 2021

by David R. Beshears

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Three full length novels in one omnibus volume

The Serpent's Keep Trilogy
Serpent's Keep
Serpent's Keep Two - the Six Temples
Serpent's Keep 3 - the Outland

The first novel in the series was the recipient of the Readers' Favorite 5 Stars Award

The miniseries screenplay adaptation of the first novel in the series was a top ten finalist in an international screenwriting competition

Book One: Serpent's Keep
'I bequeath to my nephew, Jacob Quigley, all that I own, all that I dream, and all that I am, in the hope that my life's quest will become his quest.'
-- Last Will & Testament of Tobias Quigley
Those few cryptic words send Jake into a bizarre world that couldn't possibly exist. Traveling the Gateways, he will befriend the Eternal Guardians and stand against an ancient enemy.

Book Two: Serpent's Keep Two - the Six Temples
The long-awaited sequel to Serpent's Keep...

"She is obsessed by her purpose. Such is the failing of a zealot.” Aldwyn stood before the portal. “I believe the greater danger, by far the greater danger, is the disruption that is created by her efforts. She is tearing apart the web of the universe. Worlds are being thrown into chaos, landscapes laid waste; entire planes are being set adrift."

Book Three: Serpent's Keep 3 - the Outland
The Outland was pulled apart millennia ago, six disparate landscapes sent to six isolated realms of the universe...

The Outland is whole once again, brought back together with the Six Temples, some abandoned, some in ruin, others populated by those sent away so long ago... including the Ancient Monks.

The Outland, brought together and yet torn from the rest of the universe. It exists now as a world unto itself.

The Outland is alone...

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Next Exit Oct 27, 2019

by David R. Beshears

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This novella (76 print pages) adapted directly from the screenplay.

The eight-room motel sits isolated on a lonely desert highway, a never-traveled secondary ribbon of road crossing a barren landscape.

Half the rooms are occupied, permanent residents choosing for their own reasons to live in this ethereal world that is untouched, unseen by the outside world.

This world is threatened by a powerful research facility seeking to retrieve their property: several of the residents of the motel, including “Mother”, an elderly woman living in the upstairs apartment of the motel/café owners Lee and Jan.

Mother forever stands watch...

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Kimara Crossing (Jim, Future Prince of the Frontier Worlds Book 2) May 26, 2019

by David R. Beshears

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Two years have passed since Jim's ordeal on ShadowWorld. Now fifteen years old, the son of the governor has spent these intervening years on Kimara, capital of the Frontier Worlds.

When the Founders Guild attempts to kidnap him en route from the training academy to the governor’s estate, Jim finds himself on the run. He and his two friends must cross Kimara and reach the estate before Jim is captured and turned over to the Silver Pirates.

Kimara Crossing is the second title in the series following Jim, future Prince of the Frontier Worlds...

The first title in the series, "Shipwreck on ShadowWorld", is available in print, ebook and audiobook format.

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