Jamesmichaelmoody

James Michael Moody

INTRODUCTION BIOGRAPHY

James Michael Moody is a lifelong Edgar Rice Burroughs fan and collector. He has contributed over two hundred articles to ERB fan-based publications such as Tarzine, Edgar Rice Burroughs News Dateline, ERBania, The Fantastic Worlds Of ERB and ERB-Amateur Press Association, for over forty-five years. He also operates an Edgar Rice Burroughs based blog titled, Greystoke Chronologist: James Michael Moody. In the classic old school ERB tradition of John Carter of Mars, Carson On Venus, and The Moon Men, Moody presents the first of a three-book Sword & Planet adventure series, Pioneers On Unium, Exiled On Unium, Swordsman On Unium.

ABOUT BOOK

Pioneers On Unium begins with three friends rescuing a baby during a lake speedboat racing accident. In return one of the boat racers, who happens to be very rich, offered the young men an all-expense-paid vacation at his resort in Puerto Rico which they accepted. Greg Vancover, the books main character, leaves one week in advance of the other two rescuers because of previous commitments. While flying through the Bermuda Triangle the passenger plane carrying one hundred thirty-four people on board is captured by a flying saucer. It turns out the alien’s home planet is being destroyed by a deadly virus and the space travelers are in the process of finding a new home. The aliens have three planets under consideration so they are in the process of collecting specimens throughout the universe and populating them for experimental purposes. The passenger plane and occupants are transported to the planet Unium where they will be closely observed by the aliens, but not interfered with

ABOUT BOOK

Book two of the Unium series, Exiled On Unium, takes up where book one, Pioneers On Unium, leaves off. Greg Vancover, the series lead character, has been found guilty of the forceable rape of Sally Swift, the fort’s nurse. After a failed hanging attempt, the young hunter’s death sentence was reduced to life banishment from Fort America, the name given to their new settlement. If the excommunicated criminal was caught within a day’s march of the young town, he was to be killed on site. Thanks to past service, the towncouncil voted to provide the outcast with a light bark canoe, food, provisions, and weapons. Saying farewell to his closest friends, the exiled earthman paddled downstream through the grassy savanna into the shadowy forest miles away. Continuing his way down the ever-broadiening river, the cautious canoeist made his way to a locality no human had gone before. On his own the isolated vagrant must find a way to safely feed himself, while at the same time protect himself from the savage denizens of the tempestuous forest.

ABOUT BOOK

‘Swordsman on Unium’ is written by James Michael Moody. The novel intends to take its readers on anotherworldly adventure that is full of challenges and mysteries. The story begins when a person named Greg is mysteriously anesthetized and wakes up on an unknown and incredibly outlandish planet, ‘Unium’, which is unique and very different from Earth in every imaginable way. As he gains consciousness, he is startled by this planet’s unique features and landscape, such as gigantic mountains that slice through the skies, periods of immense night darkness where even the moon dips below the horizon, and vast plains with beast men foraging for their prey. On this alien and distant planet, Greg meets Star, a cautious and charming young girl who lives with her veteran father, In-Kor. It is not easy for Greg to win the trust of the unearthly beauty, even though he risks his life to defend Star from a beast cat named Destra during their first encounter. However, through various instances of inquiry and confusion, they eventually form a bond. Later, Star introduces Greg to her father, In-Kor, a former grandmaster swordsman who, being a veteran, is far more reluctant to trust Greg. Despite this initial hesitation, the father and daughter eventually give safe refuge to Greg, and their bond strengthens. Star exposes Greg to the many perils of Unium, from eerie humanoids to gruesome slavers.Together, they form a bond where Star serves Greg as a guide to this new planet.