"EXODUS" intro **READ ME FIRST**

Hello all tens of my "fans" that were interested in reading my NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month, in which I attempt to start and complete a novel in the month of November) entry "Exodus" I would like to set up some things first.

THIS IS MOST IMPORTANT: Part of NaNoWriMo is you ignore your inner editor. There are some things I wish I could go back and change, but NO TIME! I must press on. So while reading this you will see some errors, most notably, errors in tense. Sometimes it is told in present tense and sometimes told in past tense. This will get fixed in editing later. Just know it is supposed to be told in present tense.

Secondly, I know the very, very end of the story, but as of now do not really have an idea of the middle part just quite yet, so if it feels kinda random, that's why. Again, that will get cleaned up at a later time.

Thirdly, I would LOVE your comments.... but please don't leave comments like "Cool." That is not helpful at all. OR "gay" which is equally not helpful, but doubly hurtful. Leave your thoughts as in what you think of the character, or story, or questions you have so I can fix them later in editing. You are my first editor. Congratulations.

Now onto the story. It is important to note that this is a Young Adult novel, so if you think it's weird I'm writing about a 16 year old boy and his adventures, that's why. I like YA, I blame my wife for that. But there is a huge market, and its fun to write too.

My posts will be my daily additions to it, so it will not be broken up by "chapters" or anything, but rather, just what I wrote for the day.

I will give you a set up to the story now, or if you want to be spoiler free, go ahead and begin reading.
The story takes place on Earth in the near future. We have made contact with an alien race from the planet Zola. They remarkably look a lot like us. They have built a device that will allow humans to transfer their consciousnesses to clone bodies on their planet so we can learn from their culture. These people are called Ambassadors. There were supposed to be 500 of them. 1, the main character, Erroll Redd, got in a fight and was punished and not allowed to go so he has to remain behind hanging out with the empty bodies of his friends and family while they are off learning exciting things from the Zolans... until we find out that contact has been lost and there is reason to believe that something bad has happened on the planet. Since Zola is too far away for the military to travel to, the only option is to send Erroll to the planet since he is the only one with a body up there. What he discovers is far from anything they could have imagined. For it is much, much worse on Zola and his fact finding mission has now turned into a rescue mission.


ENJOY!