by Robert Plamondon
Norton Creek Press, 258 pages, ISBN 0981928447.
Robert Plamondon’s novel is the kind of old-school SF adventure you love, with competent, strong-willed characters, believable technology, fast-paced action, humor, mystery, murder, betrayal, and a touch of the supernatural, all set against the backdrop of the ruined Terran Empire.
One Survivor will remind you of Heinlein’s early work, but with a depth of background more like Jack Vance. It pits fifteen-year-old Beverly di Mendoza against her parents’ murderers, on a backward planet whose inhabitants owe her nothing. With the help of two other teenagers and their battered space ship, Beverly survives the initial onslaughts and soon moves to the offensive.
From the Back Cover
Lost, Friendless, and Outgunned: Young Beverly di Mendoza knew something was up when her father cut short their Terran layover and changed their route to pass through Barigost, a planet she had never heard of. But she did not expect these events to lead to murder and betrayal.
One Survivor is set amid the flotsam of the Terran Empire, now four centuries gone.
Robert Plamondon is a former infant who is currently a writer and engineer. He has also been a farmer and a hypnotherapist. He lives in Oregon.
Read the Sample Chapters
I’ve placed One Survivor sample chapters online, so you can read the first part of the book before you decide to buy a copy.
