The Elders of Otarka
Edition: 2nd Edition
Series: Otarka I
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2016
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 510
ISBN-13: 978-1523312795
Copyright date: January 8, 2016
First sentence: Joshua often felt something was missing. Although life on the Station orbiting New Mars was what most teenagers back on Earth could only dream about, it was not easy to feel excited about facing the same cramped and unchanging environment day after day, month after month, year after year. Most of the adults on the station did not seem to have a problem with this, and perhaps this was not surprising, since they were often immersed in various kinds of academic or scientific research which evidently caused them to lose touch with their surroundings. But for an energetic youngster, the confined area of only a few square kilometers was both oppressive and restrictive.
Description: The year is 2233AD. Joshua has lived most of his fifteen years on a station orbiting the planet Epsilon Eridani d. Life on the station is dull for teenagers, and Joshua yearns for the kind of adventure he has read about in books. Then, one day an opportunity presents itself when the shuttle bay doors are mysteriously left open. Joshua, his cat, and his friend Suli ‘borrow’ a shuttle and go down to the surface of the planet. They really only want to get a look at the archeological excavations firsthand, but things become serious when an alien entity causes them to crash through the surface of the planet into a hidden area. A trans-dimensional portal then takes them to Sissakh, another world where they find two astronauts who went missing half a century ago. Why have they been brought to this alien planet, and whom should they side with in a war of ideologies which may decide not only the future of Sissakh, but also that of the entire human race?
Table of contents: title: Chapter Titles; title: Chapter 1   	On New Mars Station; title: Chapter 2 	The Beginning of the Adventure; title: Chapter 3		An Impulsive Decision; title: Chapter 4		Encounter; title: Chapter 5		Portal; title: Chapter 6		Paradise; title: Chapter 7		Kleeder; title: Chapter 8		At Ekik’s House; title: Chapter 9		City of the Elders; title: Chapter 10	A Lesson in Martian; title: Chapter 11	The Suspicions of Joshua Goodman; title: Chapter 12	Ukah; title: Chapter 13	Ferguson; title: Chapter 14	The Hope of Return; title: Chapter 15	What Suli Found Out; title: Chapter 16	Suli’s Dream; title: Chapter 17	Leaving Otarka Again; title: Chapter 18	A New Friend; title: Chapter 19	Joshua Remains Unconvinced; title: Chapter 20	Monolith; title: Chapter 21	Suli Alone; title: Chapter 22	The Real Ferguson; title: Chapter 23  	Lost; title: Chapter 24	Reunion; title: Chapter 25	Vision; title: Chapter 26	The Council of Otarka; title: Chapter 27	The Key; title: Chapter 28	Playing for Time; title: Chapter 29	A Cat's Contribution; title: Chapter 30	Lost Again; title: Chapter 31	Found; title: Chapter 32	Answers; title: Chapter 33	A Desperate Attempt; title: Chapter 34	Farewell to Sissakh; title: Chapter 35	Home