The Trouble with Tourists
By Saxon Andrew
2021
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Humans have inhabited a deserted alien community on a desert planet. The original inhabitants left thousands of years earlier leaving the community behind. Earth's scientists discovered that the structures in the community cold not be damaged or changed in any way. Even the most powerful lasers had no effect on them and the technology inside the city was far beyond anything Earth was capable of duplicating. After a hundred years of studying the community, Earth decided to allow colonists to go and live on the planet. It was determined before the original inhabitants of the community left that numerous intelligent civilizations had been eradicated that were located close to the desert planet. A new discovery of advanced alien technology was uncovered under one of the buildings in the community which caused Earth to send one of its best scientists to investigate. Along with one of the colonists, he finds there is a good possibility that the species that built the community were probably coming back...and soon. If it was this species that eradicated the ancient civilizations, then Earth and its other colonies were in danger of destruction. This is another page-turner from Saxon Andrew that starts fast and picks up speed. The impacts on humanity are monumental and will have long term effects on its survival. Excerpt from; The Trouble with Tourists Scott turned to her, “This is an energy reader, and it shows there is an electronic field surrounding the house. It’s about fifty feet out from the rear of the house.” Alexandra shrugged, “Well, it might be some sort of home security system to warn if anyone is approaching the house.” “How did you come up with that?” “Well, we have them; why wouldn’t the aliens that built the house have them as well?” Scott picked up a rock and threw it. The rock went through the field unabated. He walked up to it and looked closely; flying insect like bugs were flying through it unharmed. He stuck out his hand and felt nothing. He stared and couldn’t see anything. “What are you thinking?” Scott shrugged, “I want to try a little experiment.” He went to the back of the house and picked up a chair. He walked through the field and put the chair down. He went in the ship and came out carrying a hand blaster and a roll of tape. “What are you going to do?” “Set a timer to have it fire a blaster beam into that field.” “I think we need to move further away,” Alexandra said nervously. “I also don’t want my house damaged.” Scott shook his head, “Alexandra, before we left we fired a warship’s blaster at one of these structures and it didn’t faze it; your house won’t be damaged. We’ll be fine, there’s no danger.” Alexandra turned and walked eighty yards away to a berm running behind her property. She moved behind it and looked out over the top. Scott shook his head and rolled his eyes. He set the timer on the blaster and walked back to join her. He moved behind the berm and saw Alexandra squatting down behind it. “I’m sure there’s no danger.” Scott waited and suddenly saw a brilliant flash. He threw himself back into the berm as a hot beam blew over it burning everything for a hundred yards. Alexandra rushed to him and helped him to sit up. His face was beet red and his hair smoking from the closeness of the beam that blew over him. “No danger the man says! We’ll be fine! Are you an idiot?!” Scott was shaking from his close call with death as Anthony ran out from next door wanting to know what was going on. He saw Alexandra standing behind the berm and shook his head at the burned ground leading out to it.
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Saxon Andrew
Author · 95 books
Saxon Andrew is a former social worker with a degree in Psychology and Education from Mercer University. He has taught school, managed several sales organizations and owned his own business. He has devoured science fiction since he first learned to read and his stories are the product of years of personal experience and exposure to the universes created by the genre’s great authors. He lives in Tampa, Florida with his wife and two dogs who still appreciate his sense of humor after all these years. "Dogs are always ready to smile."
