Dear readers,

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I feel both anxious and delighted to introduce you about my career as a writer, and more particularly for the upcoming publication of the English version of my Planet Nine Trilogy on Amazon, Kobo, B&N and Apple book.

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My name is Sébastien Acacia, I am 48 years old and was born and raised in France. During my childhood, I was lucky to discover the great authors of science fiction, while I was dreaming of becoming an astronaut or a fighter pilot. Asimov, Kim Stanley Robinson, Philip K. Dick, Montgomery, and many others made me dreamed of different worlds and encounters of the third type.

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After studying art and anthropology, I committed body and soul to a career in the audiovisual production. I lived in Paris during ten years then in Rio de Janeiro during more than 12 years, city from where I often flew to discover the streets of New York and particularly Central Park, a place where you can meet people from all over the world and have good conversations.

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Ten years ago, the greatest adventure of my life came into the world. Anthony was born on the 16th of February 2012 under the sun of Rio de Janeiro. I wanted so much to be a father, having this deep and unfathomable desire for a long time. I could not wait to tell him the stories of humankind, how we got here, how we conquered the mountains, the oceans, and even walked on the moon. But I will never be able to share these stories with him. Indeed, Anthony is different. Suffering from severe autism and serious mental and epileptic issues, he will probably never speak or discover the conceptual meanders of human history. His universe is only the present time. A space-time from which he has the keys and where he is the game master. The intensity which connects us both has forced me to reinvent my life in order so I could be fully dedicated to him and take care of him with care and benevolence.

At the same time, my desire for telling stories grew and I decided to devote myself to writing. An old dream allowing me to have more time for Anthony, while traveling in the meanders of human imagination. A unique adventure. A privilege, I should say.

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Thus, I offer you today to be part of this adventure, to lay a stone of this fortress that I strive to build day after day with the sole purpose of offering a secure future to my little boy whose life will be eternally marked by immense dependence and vulnerability.

This stone could be a comment on a blog or review on the publishing platforms (Amazon, Kobo, Apple Book, B&N), a few emails sent to science fiction fan readers friends of yours, to inform them of the existence of this trilogy, or a simple encouragement and a smile.

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I have decided to distribute the first volume, The Signal, for free on the Kobo, B&N, Amazon and Apple Book platforms, and I hope you will enjoy this story as much as the french 8,000 readers who plunged into the adventure to join Professor Anthony Hallbrown and his sidekick Yoko Kobayashi to the confines of our solar system and ancient history.

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May you feel well, in peace and soul-inspired.