Viruses Come in Many Forms

  The Softwire: Virus On Orbis 1, by author PJ Haarsma.

Suppose you were raised on board a spaceship along with a large group of other children all aged the same as you? Suppose all the adults who started out on this long voyage to the stars have inexplicably died off, leaving the children at the hands of the computers to continue the voyage to a planet none of these children know anything about? Suppose once the voyage ends all these children are placed in indentured servitude in order to pay the expense of the trip from their place of origin to this new planet, Orbis 1?

For Johnny Turnbull that's exactly the life he lived. Born and raised on a ship with Orbis 1 as its destination he and all the others of his age are faced with paying the debt their parents incurred. The intent was to give their children a better life on a new world. Reality is far from the dream as these children become indentured servants, working at low-level jobs, often very dangerous jobs, in order to make any type of living on their new home.

Johnny Turnbull, however, has always been different. While living aboard the ship he alone was able to communicate with the ship's computer by using nothing other than his mind, not that he ever told anyone about this unique "talent" he possessed. Now on Orbis 1 everyone is hooked into what is called a softwire so they may learn the history and social life of this planet. Johnny is able to pick everything up straight from the computers themselves. As if this isn't bizarre enough a turn in his new life, when the main computer on Orbis 1 begins to mafunction - something it has never done before and should not be doing now - Johnny becomes the main suspect, because of his unique talent.

How is Johnny supposed to make a living when everyone around him believes him to be the worst criminal ever to set foot on this world?

In The Softwire: Virus On Orbis 1, author PJ Haarsma weaves an intriguing and off-beat tale of life on another world from the perspective of those not born there. Intriguing and quirky, The Softwire: Virus On Orbis 1 is a story worth reading. Available only on Amazon.

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