Will-power alone could not propel them to their destinations. Young adults also remember well the training wheels on their first small bicycles. Young adults have a somewhat clearer memory that when they graduated elementary school, they were not immediately movers and shakers of the world, but instead found themselves in middle school. Much adult science fiction is based on the assumption that the human race will be in charge, or at least high up on the pecking order, when we venture to the stars.
Note: I am not attempting to list all the books I've ever read on GoodReads, but just those I've written, and a few that have passed my way very recently. In his spare time, he flies helicopters and airplanes. He finds fascinating those few individuals who can transcend the limits of our common human nature and the dictates of our cultures. His primary profession as a mental health counselor, specializing with families and young adults, gives him many stories of personal growth, and the motivation to develop his team of young critiquers and readers.Īll his life, he has been drawn toward a broad understanding of human nature, especially those physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual situations in which our capacity to function seems to reach its limits. He has studied many subjects, formally and informally, including psychology, philosophy, education, and performing arts, but remains a generalist. Colby now lives and writes deep in a forest of the Pacific Northwest. It is truly a grand adventure in which the characters come to understand a beloved saying of the Nebador Transport Service: "Personal power is the ability to stand on your own two feet, with a smile on your face, in the middle of a universe that contains a million ways to crush you."īorn in the Mojave Desert, J.
These stories are filled with wit-sharpening and skill-honing challenges - mental, emotional, and spiritual - for both the characters and the reader. SELECTION is the third book in the NEBADOR series of twelve or more novels. Finally, the selection is made and the new crew members learn the basics on their ship, even as the priests stir up the people against them.
One student fails the ultimate test, and Ilika makes the biggest mistake of his life. This epic young-adult science fiction adventure continues as the women of a mysterious mountain monastery rescue the group and allow them to witness their most sacred ritual.
NEBADOR - the incredible journey of five young adults from poverty and oppression to respected citizenship in the wide universe.
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