John Egan
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John Egan is a Sydney poet who also lives on the south coast of NSW. He was a high school teacher of English for twenty-two years and Second Master of Bankstown Grammar School for nine years. Later he taught English as a Foreign Language and University Preparation courses at the University of NSW, Wollongong University College and Newcastle University, as well as English and Business Communication at JDW Business College. He retired in 2013. His first...
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English
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John Egan is a Sydney poet who also lives on the south coast of NSW. He was a high-school teacher of English for twenty-two years, Second Master of Bankstown Grammar School for nine years and later taught English as a foreign language and university preparation courses at the University of NSW, Wollongong University College and Newcastle University. For some years he also taught English and business communication at JDW Business College. His first...
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In 1755, the Portuguese capital, Lisbon, was almost totally destroyed by an earthquake and the resulting tsunamis, and by fire. Perhaps 90,000 people died and 85% of buildings were shattered, including the Royal Ribeiro Palace, home to the archives of all Portuguese exploration in and around the East Indies, including the voyages of Vasco da Gama. All records were lost. Did the Portuguese send voyages of exploration, secretly, across the treaty line...
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The book's premise is that a 100 Years’ War started in 1914 that rages ever onward onto the present day. It began as a European Civil War that eventually engaged Japan and the United States. It then evolved into a continuous World War with no end in sight. The war is a new sort where the primary targets are civilian non-combatants. Their deaths; the elderly, women and children mostly, far outstrip military ones. Every nation is now involved in it:...
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Hard working family man Jim Ignatius Wilson, witnesses the Sun reflect off an alien vessel as it dodges a satellite. The experience is long forgotten by the grind of daily life, and Jim moves north due to serious health issues on advice from the family doctor; taking his wife, Stella and only child, Timothy to far North Queensland.
Rogand, an eternal, decides on using Jim in a bold plan to help save Earth from extinction and blends microscopic life-forms...