Showing results by author "David R. Beshears" in Literature & Fiction

John Smith is the first person ever sent downstairs due to a mix-up in the paperwork. While this is sorted out, he is assigned to work at Hades' local television station, where he must deal with strange characters and stranger programming. All the more bizarre, he arrived just in time for Founder's Day.

A cluster of old buildings sits isolated on a quiet, desolate plain. Overhead, the sky is a smear of reds and purples, a shell enclosing the world. Here, strangers who have banded together for survival must strike out into the alien wilderness in search of a way home.

The Black Tower Serial contains 13 short novellas, with each novella consisting of one of those one hour episodes along the storyline, including transitioning scenes of the intervening episodes, taking the reader from the first floor of the Black Tower, culminating on the eightieth floor and the final confrontation with the creator of the mysterious monolith.

Thirteen year old Jim survives a fiery crash landing in the desolate landscape of ShadowWorld, only to come face to face with bizarre aliens, mystifying cultures, and an unforgiving planet as he searches for rescue. First in a series of adventures following Jim, future Prince of the Frontier Worlds.

A team of scientists travels the 80 floors of a strange black tower, where each floor is an alternate world fraught with danger. They are striving to reach the top floor and the dark force behind the creation of the looming monolith.

"I bequeath to my nephew, Jacob Quigley, all that I own, all that I dream, and all that I am, in the hope that my life's quest will become his quest." Last Will & Testament of Tobias Quigley Those few cryptic words send Jake into a world that couldn't possibly exist. Traveling the Gateways, he will befriend the eternal Guardians and stand against an ancient enemy.

A team of scientists travels the eighty floors of a strange black tower, where each floor is an alternate world fraught with danger, striving to reach the top floor and the dark force behind the creation of the looming monolith. Novella serial based on the television pilot screenplay The Black Tower and its accompanying series bible. The television series concept and design spans 100 one hour episodes.

“She is obsessed by her purpose. Such is the failing of a zealot.” Aldwyn stood before the portal. “I believe the greater danger, by far the greater danger, is the disruption that is created by her efforts. She is tearing apart the web of the universe. Worlds are being thrown into chaos, landscapes laid waste; entire planes are being set adrift.”

The 11th episode in the serial. A team of scientists travels the 80 floors of a strange black tower, where each floor is an alternate world fraught with danger, striving to reach the top floor and the dark force behind the creation of the looming monolith.

The invasion had ended long ago. The remnants of humanity survived as best they could on reservations or in tiny communities out of sight of the masters of the planet. Most had never known a world not dominated by the Shylmahn, content now to live out their lives in the shadows. Some were not content.

A team of scientists travels the 80 floors of a strange black tower. Each floor is an alternate world fraught with danger. The scientists strive to reach the top floor and discover the dark force behind the creation of the looming monolith.

A team of scientists travels the 80 floors of a strange black tower, where each floor is an alternate world fraught with danger, striving to reach the top floor and the dark force behind the creation of the looming monolith.

Brings gritty realism to the nightmare of an overwhelming invasion of Earth. This is not "slam-bam-welcome-to-Earth" stuff. This could happen.

A team of scientists travels the eighty floors of a strange black tower, where each floor is an alternate world fraught with danger, striving to reach the top floor and the dark force behind the creation of the looming monolith.

Novella serial based on the television pilot screenplay "The Black Tower" and its accompanying series bible. The television series concept and design spans 100 one hour episodes.

The sixth episode in the serial.

A team of scientists travels the eighty floors of a strange black tower, where each floor is an alternate world fraught with danger, striving to reach the top floor and the dark force behind the creation of the looming monolith. Novella serial based on the television pilot screenplay The Black Tower and its accompanying series bible. The television series concept and design spans 100 one hour episodes.

A team of scientists travels the 80 floors of a strange black tower, where each floor is an alternate world fraught with danger, striving to reach the top floor and the dark force behind the creation of the looming monolith.

A team of scientists travels the 80 floors of a strange black tower, where each floor is an alternate world fraught with danger, striving to reach the top floor and the dark force behind the creation of the looming monolith.

A team of scientists travels the 80 floors of a strange black tower, where each floor is an alternate world fraught with danger, striving to reach the top floor and the dark force behind the creation of the looming monolith. Novella serial based on the television pilot screenplay The Black Tower and its accompanying series bible. The television series concept and design spans 100 one-hour episodes.