Book description
On a distant planet called Nova Prime, the United Ranger Corps
defends the galaxy's remaining humans from an alien race known as the
Skrel and their genetically engineered predators, the Ursa. But one
ordinary man may have just found the key to humanity's last stand: a
secret weapon hidden deep within his own psyche.
Ghost Stories: Hunted is the first of six ebook short stories
that lead up to the events of After Earth, the epic science
fiction adventure film directed by M. Night Shyamalan and starring
Jaden Smith and Will Smith.
For all his charm, looks, and skills on the holographic battlefield,
Daniel Silver has been drifting through life in Nova Prime City. After
proposing to his girlfriend and getting rejected in the cruelest way
possible, Daniel has no choice but to accept an altogether different
kind of proposition. Sigmund Ryerson, an eccentric energy magnate, has
asked him to lead a civilian expedition to take down an Ursa, the
flesh-eating beast that Daniel has only ever faced in simulations. The
excursion could get them all killed, if a patrolling Ranger doesn't
arrest them first. But when Daniel's death-wish nearly comes true, a
twist of fate leads him to make a discovery that will change his life
- and life on Nova Prime.
Peter David
's novels include the fantasies
Tigerheart, Sir Apropos of Nothing,
The Woad to Wuin, Knight Life,
and the quirky werewolf story
Howling Mad
. He is famous for writing some of the most popular original
Star
Trek: The Next Generation
novels, including
Imzadi
and
A Rock and a Hard Place
. He collaborated with J. Michael Straczynski on the
Babylon 5
novels and comic book series, and with Bill Mumy he created the
Nickelodeon television series
Space Cases
.
