They're Raping Our Moon and Other Tales of a Near Future

THEY'RE RAPING OUR MOONTwo weeks before the American inauguration in January 2017, a flash of light in the distant Kuiper Belt heralds the approach of an "Anomalous Natural Object" heading toward Earth, setting off a crisis in America and across the globe. Astronomer Pauline Theodorakis, PhD, is one of the first to see it, using a 1.2 meter telescope at a very small observatory in southwestern New York state. Deciphering its intent is critical, but is a response possible? Or does the world stand by even as the new incoming president-elect tweets, "They're raping our Moon."The question on everyone's mind: Where will the Object go next?THE ZIPPER ZAPPERAn Almighty Widgets Corp product tester must outwit the latest "smartjacket" he wears before it kills him.RENEWALSA man's brain keeps getting new bodies to live in as decades pass.

B. B. Irvine was born in New York City in 1959. He graduated from the High School of Music and Art N.Y. (1976 music), New York State University at Stony Brook (1980 B.A. liberal arts), and in 1982 received a certificate as a Physician Assistant from the Bowman Gray School of Medicine in North Carolina. He has worked in settings including emergency medicine, AIDS research, and addiction treatment in New York City, where he lives. In 1994 he earned a second degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do from Grandmaster Richard Chun. His novels and screenplays evidence his knowledge of people and frequently weave medicine, science, history, romance, and martial arts into the action.