Echoes of a Lost Earth Part One

Suddaby, Mark J.: - "MARK J. SUDDABY - Born in England, in the year of Apollo 13 and Luna 17, Mark grew up sitting in front of the telly, in paisley pyjamas, staring wide-eyed as Doctor Who (Tom Baker), Space 1999, and Blake's 7 romped across wobbly sets in garish outfits and big hair. Mark grew up in a large family which conversely meant playing alone, constrained only by a boundless imagination.
At sixteen, realising that he was unlikely to become an actual space hero, Mark joined the Army. After a career bookended by Sandhurst and War College - gaining a Masters in Defence and Strategic Studies along the way - Mark left the military after 25 years, having reached the dizzying heights of the sixth floor of the Ministry of Defence, where he worked as a staff officer, preparing papers for senior officers and wishing he was anywhere else in the universe.
Mark now lives in the West Country where he is endlessly fascinated by technological advances, philosophical questions, geopolitics, the universe, and wondering what it would be like, if..."