About Deep Marine:
Ender’s Game meets Underwater in this high-stakes military thriller.
It’s July of 2065: twenty-one years into humanity’s quiet march toward extinction. The discovery of a potent, non-lethal, addictive wonder drug—extracted near the Wreck of the Titanic—has decimated the world’s productivity and birth rate. Delaney “Del” Martin is among the few who has elected to avoid it. Instead, he has committed himself to advancing America’s nuclear program. Unfortunately, the mega-corporation that produces the drug doesn’t care about energy. Only profits. And more addicts means a higher bottom line.
Following a violent attack and coming within inches of getting forcefully hooked on the drug, Del finds himself in a state of limbo and instability. In this moment of weakness, a retired officer of the U.S. Navy attempts to recruit Del for an ultra-secret mission. Code-named “Operation Trident,” the mission will occur in the perpetual night of the deep Atlantic, with two miles of crushing seawater overhead.
It’s the definition of a suicide mission: a Hail Mary intended to save the world from itself. And it is expected to cost many lives. The trouble is…Del is a pacifist. And pacifists don’t mix with military operations.
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Author Bio:
Towards the end of the twentieth century, Nick Balgaard entered the world. Making an otherwise lackluster year excellent, he also managed to make Michigan his home. Six years and a million gallons of apple juice later, Nick began taking time away from Brother Harassment and launched his career as a writer.
Per some fatherly advice, Nick took five years away from his career and got a master’s in accounting (strictly to pay the bills). Now, after decades of planning, honing his craft, and goofing off, he has officially entered the indie publishing scene. With the sixteen-novel Ring of Radicals saga outlined and in process, he often wonders how he has time for his day job.
When not writing or doing accountanty things, he spends time with his wife, daughter, sons, brothers, etc.