Conrad Altmann is a green mountain yankee living in the highlands of ardeal.
He writes speculative fiction exploring humanity’s connection to nature and relationships between cultures and families. He is a husband, adoptive father, graphic designer, small orchard owner, and amateur botanist. He drinks his coffee black and has since he was ten years old. You may see the following titles as written by his alter-ego Andr Moș.
Fifty years ago the Manisae claimed Earth’s red neighbor as their new home. Since then, humanity has fostered a suspicious and fragile relationship with them. Now, Earth’s first ambassador has just passed away, survived only by his three estranged children.
Their inheritance: his memories, divided between the three of them. Will they be able to follow the hints that their father has woven into his memories to uncover the truth of his work, the lie of their neighbors, and their mother’s death a decade before?
Both Humanity and the Manisae must come to terms to understand a legacy that is larger than either civilization.
When two descendants of a formerly lost people suddenly reappear in Sol System, Kep, an inexperienced guide with few aspirations, is handed the task of showing them around… and figuring out their true motives.
But convoluted bureaucracies, hungry corporations and corrupt guilds conspire to acquire any advantage in a technologically stagnant system.
So when a secret is revealed, it’s up to Kep to make sure that it doesn’t land in the wrong hands.
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