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Echo of a Distant Planet [Kindle Edition]

Wayne J. Lutz

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How would a alien intelligence contact earth? Shawna is an Air Force officer with remembrances of the future. Trapped in a structured military world, her unearthly memories persist for nearly three decades, culminating in a message from the stars.
This glimpse into the near-future is based on the author's extensive background with the C-130 transport aircraft, one of the world's foremost tactical cargo airplanes. The U.S. Air Force and the Air National Guard are the focus of this journey into military aviation science fiction that combines the author's extensive background with military transport aircraft and his training as a physicist. Extraterrestrial life meets the C-130, a credible plot that develops from routine military life in the jungles of Central America. A first contact novel of the recent past and the immediate future.

Product Details

  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 809 KB
  • Print Length: 296 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0978135776
  • Publisher: Powell River Books; 1st edition (Mar 24 2009)
  • Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B0023W6EI0
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • X-Ray: Not Enabled
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #22,758 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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Amazon.com: 4.7 out of 5 stars  3 reviews
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars How do you reconcile aliens and C-130s? By reading Wayne Lutz' exciting new novel, "Echo of a Distant Planet!" Oct 8 2010
By John Cathcart - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
As the reader considers the evocative cover art of Wayne Lutz' "Echo of a Distant Planet," depicting both C-130 Hercules transport aircraft and a distant galaxy, he/she will wonder how these very different images will be brought together in the novel. Trust me; the reader will not be disappointed with the answers found in this thoughtfully-crafted book.

USAF maintenance officer, Shawna Whitney is haunted by recurring and often frightening images. Over a period of 33 years, her life is impacted by strange and unexplainable events and by what appear to be glimpses into the future. Through the years, these intermittent "dreams" lead her to question her sanity and eventually to wonder if her concept of time is being challenged by forces beyond her control. Through the help of a friend and lover, she slowly begins to accept her fate and unravel the mystery when her future becomes her present.

"Echo of a Distant Planet" succeeds in large part because Lutz' main characters come across as normal human beings, living normal lives--"normal" within the constraints of military rules, culture and customs. The reader is slowly, but inevitably drawn into Shawna's life--and those around her--by measured narration, thorough character development, and level-headed story-telling.

This book is recommended for both the Sci-Fi enthusiast as well as anyone wanting to know more about the USAF, its flyers and maintainers and the venerable C-130 Hercules.

John Cathcart
Reviewer, Military Writers Society of America
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Award-winning author of "Delta 7"
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Echo of a Distant Planet Feb 14 2010
By William J. Ristuccia - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Fantastic story. Especially if one could relate to the different settings and occurances which the author wrote about.
Nice work, Wayne.
5.0 out of 5 stars Qualified Author! Jan 15 2013
By Steven Miller - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
Good book with a great background. As a -130 crew chief, I understood a lot about what was going on. Better than "Contact"

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