The Aspirant: A legend comes of age

by Nick Adams

Overview

Bache Loftt wants nothing more than to follow in his father's footsteps and be an engineering officer on one of the galaxy's most powerful, state of the art starships.

He has the grades, he has the aptitude – and his application for the naval academy is in. All he has to do is wait for the call up.

Then he witnesses a double murder.

Barely escaping with his life, can he evade the unlimited resources of a galactic syndicate hunting for him and uncover a conspiracy that involves the very institution he's determined to join?

The Aspirant: a tale of friendships, betrayals, unspeakable crimes – and greed.

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Product Details

BN ID:	2940163077533
Publisher:	Elliptical Publishing
Publication date:	10/25/2020
Series:	Bache Loftt , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	543 KB

About the Author

Nick Adams grew up in a small village near Maidstone in Kent, England and right from an early age was a fervent NASA, space and Apollo fan. After watching the first moon landing in 1969 and the subsequent moon missions that followed, he discovered science fiction books and cut his teeth reading Asimov, E. E. Doc Smith and Alan Dean Foster. In more recent times, Andy Weir and Peter F Hamilton to name but two, have joined them on the bookshelves.

After serving in the British Army for several years, Nick became a publican, managing and later owning his own village pubs for a number of years before moving to Brisbane in Australia where he began writing his own space opera, and the Fold series was born.

In late 2018 he returned to the UK, where the next adventures in the series evolved, along with the ‘Bache Loftt’ spin-off series.

Nick writes the kind of stories he would like to read. The Fold Series is set a little in the future and based around upcoming NASA technology. The series features normal everyday people put into extraordinary circumstances, with realistic reactions, humour and language. After all, nobody would say ‘oops’ if a 14km-long alien starship de-cloaked next to them.

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A personal note from the author

Hi guys.

For the benefit of my awesome readers across the pond, all my novels are written in UK English and may include a few colloquialisms and spellings that you don’t recognise.

There is, understandably, considering the circumstances, a bit of swearing involved too. We do swear a bit in England. Just put it down to eccentricity, or our spirited Anglo-Saxon heritage.

Another strange trait we sometimes have is using humour in really stressful situations. It helps to keep us sane – just ask anyone who’s been on active service in the British Armed Forces.

Cheers everyone, and I hope you enjoy the stories.

Nick Adams