For We Are Many

406 Pages·2017·1.25 MB·English

by  Dennis E. Taylor

F W A M
OR E RE ANY

Book 2 of the Bobiverse

Dennis E. Taylor
Titles by the author

The World Lines series:
Outland
Earthside (coming soon)

The Bobiverse series:
We Are Legion (We Are Bob)
For We Are Many
All These Worlds (coming soon)

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events and
incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a
fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual
events is purely coincidental.

This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner
whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher except for
the use of brief quotations in a book review.

Copyright © 2017 by Dennis E. Taylor - All rights reserved.

eBook edition published by Worldbuilders Press, a service of the Ethan
Ellenberg Literary Agency
Cover art by Jeff Brown

Author Blog: www.dennisetaylor.org
Dedication

I would like to dedicate this book to all the people who love good old-fashioned
space opera.
Acknowledgements

I am truly amazed and grateful for how We Are Legion (We Are Bob)
was received by science fiction fans. The response has been both
overwhelming and humbling. Thank you. It has been quite the
journey…and along the journey I have had great help.

First I would like to thank my agent Ethan Ellenberg for not only taking
me on but guiding me through all this. Your help has been invaluable
and I am grateful. To Steve Feldberg who saw the potential in We Are
Legion and the series…thank you so much for the opportunity you have
given me. Betsy Mitchell – thank you for editing my manuscripts and
for the words of encouragement.

It takes a “village” of sorts to create a novel, everyone from beta
readers, critiques, artists, editors, publishers and now a narrator. To Ray
Porter, thank you for bringing Bob Johansson to life.

I’d like to particularly mention the members of the Ubergroup and
Novel Exchange group on scribophile. I appreciate your input. And to
my beta readers – thank you.

Thanks in particular to:
Sandra and Ken McLaren
Nicole Hamilton
Sheena Lewis
Patrick Jordan
Trudy Cochrane
And my wife Blaihin

...for reading the raw draft and early versions.
It is not down in any map; true places never are.

— Herman Melville
Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
1. Sky God
2. Colony Site
3. Life in Camelot
4. Water Planet
5. Progress
6. Contacting Bill
7. Back to Work
8. Farming Satellites
9. Something is Out There
10. Genocide
11. Mating Dance
12. Bob Calling
13. Investigating the Others
14. Sabotage
15. A Visit From Bill
16. Hunted
17. We’ve Lost a Drone
18. It’s Getting Worse
19. Prey
20. Parasite
21. Attacks Continue
22. Fallout
23. VEHEMENT
24. Visiting Marvin