{"id":33,"date":"2011-08-16T22:54:36","date_gmt":"2011-08-16T22:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nortoncreekpress.com\/wordpress\/one_survivor\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T15:49:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T22:49:10","slug":"one_survivor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nortoncreekpress.com\/wordpress\/one_survivor\/","title":{"rendered":"One Survivor"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.ncp-book{text-align:center;float:right;clear:right;margin:.375em 0 1.75em 1.75em;}.ncp-book--left{float:left;clear:left;margin:.375em 1.75em 1.75em 0;}.ncp-book--center{float:none;clear:both;margin:1.5em auto;}.ncp-book--none{float:none;margin:1.5em 0;}.entry-content .ncp-book a{box-shadow:none;text-decoration:none;}.entry-content .ncp-book a.ncp-book__cover{display:block;margin:0 0 .6em;}.ncp-book img{display:block;max-width:100%;height:auto;margin:0 auto;box-shadow:0 1px 4px rgba(0,0,0,.25);}.entry-content .ncp-book a.ncp-book__btn{display:inline-block;padding:.618em 1em;border-radius:3px;background:#1b4411;color:#fff;font:700 13pt\/1 Montserrat,sans-serif;letter-spacing:.046875em;text-transform:uppercase;white-space:nowrap;}.entry-content .ncp-book a.ncp-book__btn:hover{background:#003300;color:#fff;}@media (max-width:599px){.ncp-book,.ncp-book--left{float:none;clear:both;margin:1.5em auto;}}<\/style><div class=\"ncp-book ncp-book--none\" style=\"width:190px;max-width:100%\"><a class=\"ncp-book__cover\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nortoncreekpress.com\/wordpress\/product\/one-survivor\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nortoncreekpress.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/one-survivor-cover.jpg?fit=624%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"One Survivor book cover\" width=\"166\" height=\"272\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/a><a class=\"ncp-book__btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nortoncreekpress.com\/wordpress\/product\/one-survivor\/\" aria-label=\"Get the Book: One Survivor\">Get the Book<\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong>by Robert Plamondon<\/strong><br \/>\n<em> Norton Creek Press, 258 pages, ISBN 0981928447.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Robert Plamondon&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p><i>One Survivor<\/i> will remind you of Heinlein&#8217;s early work, but with a depth of background more like Jack Vance. It pits fifteen-year-old Beverly di Mendoza against her parents&#8217; 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.<\/p>\n<h2>From the Back Cover<\/h2>\n<p><i>Lost, Friendless, and Outgunned:<\/i> 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.<\/p>\n<p><i>One Survivor<\/i> is set amid the flotsam of the Terran Empire, now four centuries gone.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<h2>Read the Sample Chapters<\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;ve placed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nortoncreekpress.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/one_survivor_sample_chapters.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">One Survivor sample chapters<\/a> online, so you can read the first part of the book before you decide to buy a copy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lost, friendless, and outgunned: Young Beverly di Mendoza knew something was up when her father cut short their Terran layover<br \/>\n   and changed their route to pass through Barigost, a planet she had never heard of. 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