Apple Declined, by Robert P. Wills
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Earth sets its sights on an alien paradise! Earth is dying. Its resources are used up or contaminated. Plagues have decimated the planet's population to a mere two million- a population number not seen for fifty-thousand years. With time running out, Earth sends probes to search for suitable planets. Several planets are found that will support a portion of Earth's population- Humanity will live on, it will just be spread across fifty light-years. Then a planet that will sustain all of Earth's inhabitants is found. Project Arcturus is born. As part of Earth's plan for immediate colonization, an advance party is sent to the distant world of Arcturus to eliminate the indigenous population. From what the probe has seen, the peaceful Post Iron-Age civilization will not be a threat at all. The planet doesn't have a military, or even a police force- easy pickings for the invading force armed with cutting edge weapons and monstrous battle robots. So much so that barely over a hundred soldiers are sent. On planet Arcturus, peace reigns thanks to a decision made eons ago when an apple was declined and sin did not gain a foothold. The upcoming harvest festival and sacrifice is their foremost issue. As the Arcturians become aware of the impending arrival of these brothers from another planet, they turn to the One that provides all their guidance. Thanks to a single decision thousands of years ago, God still moves among His people. Even though they do not understand the intentions of the Humans, they know they can trust in their Father as they always have. Earth's plans for an easy conquering of the planet are wrong. Very wrong. AUTHOR'S NOTE- On Arcturus, the covenant between the locals and God has not been broken so He still moves among the people. I have not presumed to give a form to God, nor have I put words in His mouth. God in my story presents Himself as a warm breeze, or as a pillar of smoke or fire as described in the Old Testament. I would not have felt comfortable presenting God in any other way. I also write about the results of prayer, NOT the actual discussions between God and the locals.
Apple Declined, by Robert P. Wills- Amazon Sales Rank: #815105 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-03-01
- Released on: 2015-03-01
- Format: Kindle eBook
Review Five Stars:"Florida author Robert P. Wills is an inventor, a retired Army man who wrote intelligence reports while in the service, an entrepreneur, a writer of wildly hilarious fantasy books about Gnomes and a first class comedian. For an entertaining read, absorb his biography! His books range from adventure, horror, to fantasy.Robert manages to pull all of his propinquities into this novel, very cleverly titled APPLE DECLINED and illustrated on the cover by Sara Allen's telling art. His keen since of Intelligence writing, his vision of the absurd, and his manner of addressing the apocalyptic closure of the planet earth as uninhabitable could, in other hands, be pure sci-fi, but with Robert's keen wit and turns of experience with the military and the government there is a rather searing political statement about the manner in which we have treated the planet that seeps through the well constructed plot." - Gary Harp. "Hall of Fame", "Top 100 Reviewer", "Vine Voice" on August 11, 2015.
From the Author This story came to me while teaching children's church to a bunch of kindergartners while stationed in Stuttgart, Germany. The lesson for the day was Original Sin. After the lesson- which was very simplified for the young audience, I was picking up the extra coloring pages to put them away (waste not, want not!) when I thought "What if Eve had turned down the serpent?"That thought stuck with me for the rest of the day. The next day I decided to write a short story based on the idea of Eve, Earth's Eve declining Satan. As I sat in front of my computer, I thought "But there will be no conflict. A plot needs conflict to move along. Then I thought I could write about Satan returning to tempt a future Eve. But it started to sound in my head like I was writing a "This Present Darkness", and since I love Frank Peretti's works, I thought I couldn't do justice to that. Then I thought I could make this a science fiction story instead. You've always wanted to write a science fiction story, right?" "Right, I replied."Yes, I often speak to myself.So I sat down and actually wrote the last chapter of the book first- the interaction between the Earthling and the town leader. It flowed out of my in all of 30 minutes. Once I finished that, I decided to write how these two strong characters ended up at that point.The entire story - 72,000 words, took four months to write. Once I finished it, it was about 90% of what was published. What makes this remarkable was during those four months (October- January), I was retiring from the Army. That means I was dealing with medical appointments, mandatory retirement appointments, moving my entire household from Stuttgart to Central Florida, and also my wife's surgery.. This also included a trans-Atlantic sailing (Queen Mary 2- I highly recommend it), and coming home to our retirement home being destroyed by the tenants who had skipped out just two weeks prior to us getting there.The story just happened. And it really came out well, I think.I am now (thanks to the request of a publisher who then turned down the book) working on the sequel to the story and have three more books planned out in my head.I am hoping to get them all done by the end of 2017.Unless, as usual, I am eaten by a shark first.
From the Inside Flap Other Stories by Robert P. Wills FantasyTales From a Second HandWand Shoppe series:Book1- They Were the Best of Gnomes, TheyWere the Worst of GnomesBook 2-Gnomes, and Halflings, and Assassins! Oh My!Book 3 -Here's Looking For You, GrimBook 4- ANew HopeBook 5- Grimbledung and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Mine. (Early2016)Book 6- It's the Election, Stupid (late 2016) Horror/AdventureDiary of a Madman- The Haunting of Terrance Brushwood (a short)Easy Street Unpaved- A Vampire's Change of Fortune (20K word prelude to a three part series: Hugh- Vampire, Hunter, King)(2016)The Sailings of Pirate Nonn (mid 2016)
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. `You might just have to kill someone today, handsome devil.' By Grady Harp Florida author Robert P. Wills is an inventor, a retired Army man who wrote intelligence reports while in the service, an entrepreneur, a writer of wildly hilarious fantasy books about Gnomes and a first class comedian. For an entertaining read, absorb his biography! His books range from adventure, horror, to fantasy.Robert manages to pull all of his propinquities into this novel, very cleverly titled APPLE DECLINED and illustrated on the cover by Sara Allen's telling art. His keen since of Intelligence writing, his vision of the absurd, and his manner of addressing the apocalyptic closure of the planet earth as uninhabitable could, in other hands, be pure sci-fi, but with Robert's keen wit and turns of experience with the military and the government there is a rather searing political statement about the manner in which we have treated the planet that seeps through the well constructed plot.Robert provides an apt synopsis: `Earth is dying. Its resources are contaminated. Plagues have decimated the population to a mere two million - a population number not seen on Earth for fifty thousand years. With time running out, Earth sends probes to find suitable planets to move its population to before their impending extinction. Project Arcturus is born. An advance party is sent to the distant world of Arcturus to eliminate the current population. The force does not expect the Post Iron-Age civilization to be any threat at all. On Arcturus peace reigns. The upcoming harvest festival and sacrifice is their foremost issue. As the Arcturians become aware of the impending invasion, they turn to the One that provides all their guidance. Thanks to a decision thousands of years ago, God still walks among them. Earth's plans for an easy conquering of the planet are wrong. Very wrong.'One keen aspect of this novel is the fact that it mirrors a lot of reality - in ecology, in the manner in which we treat natives (read `racism'), in our negligence of the broader meaning of life (the Arcturians did not follow the path of Adam and Eve so God still walks among them and hence the title), and in the attitude of colonization (a larger parallel to our misguided entry into other countries' problems with warheads). Still, the novel - at least for this reader - works on every level, and not being a devotee of science fiction, enjoying this variation of sci-fi adventure is to the author's credit.We are dealing with humans here, not unlike ourselves, and there is a strong message in that. This is a seriously entertaining novel by a man who has a gift beyond gnomes. Grady Harp, August 15
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Interesting premise and enjoyable read By Munkykween I enjoyed this book - particularly since I am not all that into science fiction. There were several aspects that made this an easy and enjoyable read. Mr. Wills did a good job of developing the characters and presenting them with different voices and personalities - some of which I really disliked and others I absolutely adored. The storyline moved smoothly along with some humor, a bit of intrigue, and a touch of heart warming charm. I did feel that the end was a bit clipped and would have liked it explained a touch more, but I understood it just fine and could see why he wrote it the way that he did (gave it a shock factor).The premise of the story, without giving away any real details, is that earth is on its last legs and humanity has a short window to find another habitable planet for the remaining population. After ruining their own world, using up all the resources, and fighting - basically tossing their humanity out the proverbial window - those left have taken to space to find a new home and they did. The problem is that the new planet that would be perfect for humans to start over is already inhabited by what they consider a lower life form - a humanoid species that is Iron Age equivalent in development. Instead of trying to live with them, the humans deem their need greater and the indigenous population irrelevant (sound familiar - my Native American heritage was shaking its fist in anger!), so their plan is to go in and wipe them out and take over. The phrase, "The best laid plans of Mice and Men . . ." comes to mind at this point. Those "irrelevant" smaller humanoids did not blow it like Adam and Eve, so God is still among them, talking and helping them day by day. So, the humans have a wake up call if they think it's going to be a walk in the park to clean house.The book flows nicely between the humans, as they prepare and travel to the new world, and the key people of the main town on the new planet. There are times when I could appreciate the struggle and relate to some of the situations of the humans, but for the most part, by the middle of the book, I was shaking my head at them and not only because of their complete lack of humanity, but their hubris and selfish nature as well. On the other hand, the people of the new planet were warm, endearing, open, kind, and all together wonderful people that I couldn't help but get behind and cheer on every step of the way. Granted they had a naivete that the humans did not share, but it was charming and not presented as stupidity or cloying. I found myself wishing for an end of earthlings and wanting to move to that new planet.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Suweet Story! By John Dzwonkowski I feel a little queazy writing a review of this book, ...er, ...uh, ...because I'm the guy who narrated the audiobook version. But, for what it's worth, I reviewed about a hundred books this month for possible narration, and Robert's writing just jumped out at me. Phew. He's created some mighty memorable characters--the good, the bad, and the ugly. What a fun, dynamic, suspense-filled story! Whoa. The premise of the book alone is ...well, damn clever! I just wanna say thank you, Robert, for a very delightful, action-packed, ...and dare I say, even inspirational roller coaster ride.
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