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Earth Arrested

Earth Quarantined Book 2

by D.L. Richardson

Genre: SciFi Dystopian Thriller

A new threat is coming.

Earth Arrested follows the story of Kethryn Miller and Neah, twins who didn't know of each other's existence. One lived a celebrity lifestyle, the other lived in a hidden underground city. The existence of twins is forbidden under Truce Law, and Neah's escape from the hidden city brought humanity's crimes to the attention of the aliens who were keeping Earth under tight control.

In Earth Arrested, the race is on to achieve space travel before the fleet of ships sitting on the edge of our solar system arrives. This fleet contains the Criterion leader, and she is coming to do what the first alien colonists failed to do: destroy all humanity.

Humanity can't surrender to this new alien occupation. But our fragile planet also can't take another war. Then there is an important factor that both humans and aliens are forgetting: there is a third side arming themselves for this coming war, and they have already lost everything.

If you like dystopian thrillers that turn conventional ideas about space exploration on their head, stories with twists and turns, and thought-provoking reads, then you'll enjoy D L Richardson's Earth Quarantined series.

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Earth Quarantined

Earth Quarantined Book 1

World peace came with rules. We've just broken them.

Kethryn Miller is an award-winning actress, destined to rule State Seven of a unified Earth, but nothing will prepare her for the role she’ll take on when a strange woman who shouldn’t be alive turns up in the city, threatening to expose the lies that have kept peace on Earth for 200 years.

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In the year 2055, millions of humans were wiped out by a deadly virus. Our desire and need to get off the planet and into space became our highest priority. However, before any ships could be launched, First Contact was made by an alien race called the Criterion. To prevent this deadly virus from getting into space, they placed Earth under quarantine. Then they herded us into cities so they could control our dying population and the planet’s resources. They saved us.

But they also rule over us. And we've let them because, for the past three hundred years, they have kept offering us the technology to get into space. Yet we're still here on this dying planet.

The Criterion are lying to us.

What they don’t know is that we’re lying to them.

"If you like dystopian thrillers that turn conventional ideas about space exploration on their head, stories with twists and turns, and thought-provoking reads, then you'll enjoy D L Richardson's first book in the Earth Quarantined series" - BestThrillers.com

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D L Richardson writes speculative fiction, which encompasses science fiction, supernatural fiction, and fantasy. She lives in Australia with her husband and dob, and when she’s not writing, she can be found wandering in her yard waging war on weeds, watching back-to-back episodes on Netflix, playing her piano or guitar, curled up on the couch reading a book, or walking the dog.

She is the author of the 'Welcome to the Apocalypse' series and 'The Shivers Novellas'. She also conducts writing workshop and appears at Australian pop culture conventions as few times a year.

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 D L Richardson

Earth Arrested book tour April 13 to May 13

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Inspirations for the Earth Quarantined series

I’m sitting here on a rainy day – actually it has been a rainy week in Australia, with torrential rain. A great day for watching movies, reading a book, and writing a book. As I sit curled up under the covers, I am writing book 3 in the Earth Quarantined series. I have a book on the bed beside me, which I stop to read every hour. I love sci-fi, always have ever since I first watched Star Wars, Logan’s Run, Space 1999, and Planet of the Apes on TV. Being a fan of sci-fi was a huge inspiration for my writing, and it still is. I wanted to share with you a few books and TV shows that have helped me with writing the Earth Quarantined series.

The Passage by Justin Cronin. This is a well-written saga. It goes deep into the lives of the characters. It’s very suspenseful in places, and sometimes the pacing is slow and rich in description and emotion, yet there is often something happening to push the story along. I’m currently reading this while writing Book 3, Earth Reclaimed and this book is helping me bring my characters to life.

Altered Carbon, the Netflix series, season 1. This is the story of a man who is brought back to the real world to solve a crime. I remember watching this TV show and I was riveted. But I also realized that Earth Quarantined lacked the same ‘drive’. The characters in my book had a dilemma but nothing to solve. As soon as I gave them a puzzle to solve – why did the dead man try to escape to a world that he believed was contaminated? – the excitement level increased.

Leviathan Wakes, The Expanse by James S A Corey. I’ve read book 1 of The Expanse series, and I’ve watched 2 seasons on TV, and it was while watching the TV show that I realized that Earth Quarantined was a bit lie the Expanse if it was played out of Earth. And in Earth Quarantined I had to ask, what was the true cost of world peace?

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