Forbidden Horizon: Abyss of Might follows the grandson of the first commander to make contact with aliens who become involved in the brutal war between two companies trying to control the space industry. What was the inspiration for the setup of your story?

Initially, Forbidden Horizon was designed as a stand-alone novel, with its main protagonist, Commander David Blackstone leading the first manned mission to the nearest star, Proxima Centauri, and meeting the mysterious aliens, who had secretly organized mankind’s venture into interstellar space. The idea for a sequel came to me after I was doing research on the Internet about interstellar travel for my novels archive. I felt that there was another story I could tell that involved the Blackstone family, and the inspiration the younger generation takes from the great achievements of the older. I wanted to explore the human-alien contact further, presenting the challenges humanity might face in the future even with the advances in high technologies.

What was one scene in the novel that you felt captured the morals and message you were trying to deliver to readers?

The story is about human beings of the 22nd century, facing many problems that did not go away with the advances in radically new technology. There was a scene in the novel that captured the morals and the message I tried to bring out in the story. The scene involved the meeting between the president and two powerful corporate kings, who thought of themselves as being above the law and too big to fail. The main message of the novel was that our technological advances far outpace our morals. The story features dirty political maneuvering and insatiable greed for power and wealth, which aliens in the novel despise in human beings.

Is this the first book in the series? If so, when is the next book coming out, and what can your fans expect in the next story?

Forbidden Horizon: Abyss of Might is the second and final novel in this duology. I was glad to create a sequel to the first book and will now work on new ideas, exploring different themes. There is so much information to work with, and during the last ten years, I have amassed a large archive of story ideas that I plan to turn into novels and share with readers around the world.

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