A New World – Contact
MD Neu
Publication date: February 4th 2019
Genres: LGBTQ+, Science Fiction
A little blue world, the third planet from the sun. It’s home to 7 billion people with all manner of faiths, beliefs and customs, divided by bigotry and misunderstanding, who will soon be told they are not alone in the universe. Anyone watching from the outside would pass by this fractured and tumultuous world, unless they had no other choice. Todd Landon is one of these people, living and working in a section of the world called the United States of America. His life is similar to those around him: home, family, work, friends and a husband.
On the cusp of the greatest announcement humankind has ever witnessed, Todd’s personal world is thrown into turmoil when his estranged brother shows up on his front porch with news of ships heading for Earth’s orbit. The ships are holding the Nentraee, a humanoid race who have come to Earth in need of help after fleeing the destruction of their homeworld. How will one man bridge the gap for both the Humans and Nentraee, amongst mistrust, terrorist attacks and personal loss? Will this be the start of a new age of man or will bigotry and miscommunication bring this small world to its knees and final end?
Excerpt
The scene is a confrontation scene between one of the alien
generals, Gahumed, and the leader of the alien race, Mirtoff. For me this scene
is a lot of fun and it shows off these two powerful women who aren’t afraid to
stand their ground:
Taking a seat at
the table, Mirtoff waited for Gahumed to join her. “I assume you’re here to
talk about my suggested plan for dealing with these humans?” Gahumed almost
hissed out the word ‘humans.’
“I am.” Mirtoff
pulled out her datapad and loaded the information, then swiped it over to the
largest of the monitors on the wall. The image started with the Earth rotating.
Once it hit the area of the planet she wanted, she zoomed in on a small island
continent. The image moved in closer to a smaller island mass off the island
continent’s coast. “Your proposal to occupy the area known to the humans as New
Zealand is dangerous.”
“I don’t agree.”
Gahumed rested her hands on the table. “I picked that area with defense in
mind. It’s remote. The land mass is small enough, and we can easily control the
surrounding space. They have a limited population of four point six million
that can be relocated to Uztralia—”
“I believe they
call it Australia,” Mirtoff interrupted.
“Regardless, they
share a similar language and background. I don’t see an issue.” Gahumed brought
up demographic information of her own. “New Zealand can be made to become
sustainable for our needs and allow us business options with the humans.”
“A forced
relocation won’t work.” Mirtoff’s ears started to swell and warm up.
Relax.
Don’t let this plan anger you.
Mirtoff took a
breath. “How will that help us build a positive enough relationship with them
so we can conduct trade?”
“We could offer
them helium-3 for the territory,” Gahumed countered.
“And what if the
Australians don’t want four point six million new humans?”
“Why not?”
Gahumed smirked. “They have the land mass, and from the reports, the two
territories have good relations.”
“The issue, as I
understand it, is none of Earth’s governments are willing to give up their
territory to us—”
“Madam Speaker,”
Gahumed interrupted, “they are a barbaric species that fight among themselves
for land all the time.”
“And how would we
be any different?”
“It’s not the
same thing,” Gahumed said.
It’s exactly the same thing. You don’t want to see it. You’re
a hypocrite.
“We can’t trust
them.” Gahumed swiped her hands over her datapad. “They won’t work with us in
peace and certainly we can’t trust them to be truthful with their motives.
Despite what you and the vice speaker may think. We can easily go there and use
our military to take over the area. Then we move the humans and make
reparations.” She picked up her datapad. “Denes and my staff have run the
scenario based on the information we’ve gathered. The losses were negligible.”
She swiped the data up to the monitor.
“Yes, General
Gahumed, I’m sure the work of your son is admirable and perfect.” She rubbed
the tips of her ears. “Just like him—”
“Are
you mocking the abilities of my son? He is a fine male with a brilliant
military mind. He is the type of male that every Nentraee of his gender should
strive to be.” Her full lips pulled into a stiff line, and her ears started
turning an angry shade of blue.
Author BioM.D. Neu is a LGBTQA Fiction Writer with a love for writing and travel. Living in the heart of Silicon Valley (San Jose, California) and growing up around technology, he's always been fascinated with what could be. Specifically drawn to Science Fiction and Paranormal television and novels, M.D. Neu was inspired by the great Gene Roddenberry, George Lucas, Stephen King, Alice Walker, Alfred Hitchcock, Harvey Fierstein, Anne Rice, and Kim Stanley Robinson. An odd combination, but one that has influenced his writing.
Growing up in an accepting family as a gay man he always wondered why there were never stories reflecting who he was. Constantly surrounded by characters that only reflected heterosexual society, M.D. Neu decided he wanted to change that. So, he took to writing, wanting to tell good stories that reflected our diverse world.
When M.D. Neu isn't writing, he works for a non-profit and travels with his biggest supporter and his harshest critic, Eric his husband of eighteen plus years.
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