About Author Kenneth Preston :
Kenneth Preston is the author of “The Perfect Moment Trilogy” and “The Clone Problem.” He was born and raised on Long Island and studied English at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. From literature to television to film, the myriad tales that painted his cultural landscape inspired him to begin writing his own stories.
Sci-Fi Fantasy Books by Kenneth Preston Include :
The Clone Problem – Immortality can be deadly.
It’s 2179. Humanity has discovered the fountain of youth. Cloning technology and the Great Database give humans the ability to transfer their consciousness to new and improved cloned bodies. Living multiple lifetimes is a reality. Immortality is a very real possibility.
But this scientific breakthrough comes at a steep price. The former United States finds itself in the throes of a Civil War. After decades of relentless persecution, the Clones have seceded from the Union, created the Pacific States of America and declared war on their tyrannical Mortal neighbors to the east. But it is a war the Clones have little hope of winning. They are outgunned, and they are grossly outnumbered.
Jack Callahan is a Clone. Disillusioned with a lifetime of war, he is looking for a way out of his seemingly hopeless existence. He finds a glimmer of hope in his search for a mythical world that is said to exist beyond the boundaries of the Great Database. It is there that he hopes to find a way to end the war once and for all. But finding this mythical world is a race against the clock. After decades of searching, the Mortals have located the Great Database. They’re on their way, and they’re determined to destroy the Great Database and the Clones in one fell swoop.The Trouble With Charlie – A mind-bending story of one teen’s descent into madness and another teen’s quest to prevent an unspeakable tragedy.
Fifteen-year-old Charlie Simpson is a ticking time bomb. If somebody doesn’t stop him, he is going to explode. Fellow student Sam Caffey has never met Charlie, but he’s been watching him. He knows that Charlie is dangerous, and he knows that if he doesn’t act fast, people are going to die.
But the more Sam learns about the enigmatic Charlie, the more he begins to question his own sanity. He wants to stop Charlie. He wants to tell somebody that Charlie has killed and is going to kill again. But he can’t. Something in his head won’t let him. Is Charlie controlling Sam’s thoughts? Or is Sam losing his mind?
Sam has seen Charlie kill, but nothing can prepare him for what Charlie is about to do next. Charlie wants revenge. He wants to kill everybody who has ever wronged him. Can Sam stop Charlie? Or will he be forced to join him?The Legend of Us – A supernatural game of cat and mouse that pits a fugitive with a death wish against an FBI agent who will stop and nothing to save him.
Brandon White robs banks. But Brandon doesn’t want the money. He wants something else, something that all the money in the world can’t buy. He wants to be a legend. He wants to go down in a blaze of glory. And he wants a worthy nemesis, a lawman who can bring him down and give his story the ending it deserves.
FBI Agent Alex Clarke is Brandon’s nemesis. He has never met Brandon, but he knows him. He knows Brandon as well as he knows himself because some mysterious force has brought them together. As a result, Alex is in Brandon’s head, and Brandon is in his. But Brandon has the psychological upper hand. He has the ability to manipulate Alex’s thoughts. He has the ability to make Alex do what he doesn’t want to do. And if he pushes hard enough, he can make Alex kill.
Alex is desperate to keep Brandon alive, but Brandon wants to die. And in this supernatural game of cat and mouse, there can only be one winner. Can Alex save Brandon, or will he be forced to kill him?