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    Trial Earth
    Trial Earth
    Trial Earth
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    Trial Earth

    By Duke Kell

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    What’s left of the human race is now called Human Acquired Labor or HALs for short. They are housed at bases on the Moon and Mars and used to strip what is left of their home planet. Two young men and a young lady find something that explains the past and how they became slaves. For the first time, they learn about Trial Earth, where the inhabitants of Earth were notified that an intergalactic governing body put Homo sapiens on trial. The charge in the trial is misusing of a planetary body and negligence in the stewardship of the planet. Information is dangerous, and they quickly find themselves stoking the embers of a resistance that had long lost its flame by igniting the memories of a reckoning.
    This is the third book in the point of origin universe, The Point Of Origin was the first, and Hawaiian Heart was the second. Each story is stand-alone but for a better understanding of the universe, they can be read in any order.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTwo Two Productions
    Release dateJan 27, 2021
    ISBN9781005970833
    Trial Earth
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    Duke Kell

    Duke is a registered member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation who grew up in the Denver Metro area. He was one of the founding members of Ghost Crew A hip-hop group in Southern California, and Bodhi an alternative rock band. After earning a B.A. in journalism from the University of Northern Colorado and completing his Graduate work in Education at Cal State San Bernardino, Duke became an Author and Educator. By age 27, he was the youngest professor on campus at Chaffey College, wrote and directed his first feature-length movie and signed on to teach at a school for troubled youth. Now in his 40's, he and his family have made Kailua Kona their home where he continues to be active in education and the arts.

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