Geo the Space Explorer: Book 1 Orsus

ABOUT ORSUS:
The pets of an Australian single parent and her little girl are launched in a rocket to search for alien races. After crash landing on the Planetary System of Luna Tribus, the Chocolate Labrador and a pair of opinionated albino rats embark on a perilous quest to find their way home. In a universe where it is an act of treason to harbour animals, Ro, an anxious cartographer from Kaleido, Octy, a naive Octavian and Ellie, a runaway from Rectangulum City, must find courage to protect Geo the Space Explorer. This is cozy with teeth fantasy for the armchair traveller ready to find their next binge worthy series, with relatable characters to love and hate.

Orsus' means beginning. These events trigger a cascade of events that will change the lives of generations, across multiple epochs, described in the installments that follow that take the magical realism genre in a new direction. Geo, the inspiration for the authors is a real, living dog. Find out more about him and join his world at www.geohickson.com or on social media @geohickson.

Carole Foot has been obsessed with imagining other worlds and realities since before she could read and write. She firmly believes that life is too short to be held back by convention and that anything is possible. Her vivid imagination and capacity to invent extraordinary people, things and places are captured in these epic tales. Carole comes from a modest childhood in Australia. She excelled in a career in critical care medicine before pursuing her passion for writing. She hopes her stories will be sources of entertainment, joy and instil hope that good will always conquer evil.Her writing partnership with Liz Hickson began when they were still practicing doctors. They are now bringing together a shared passion for writing, advocacy for literacy, especially in poorly resourced contexts, travel, food and photography with a love of dogs. They thought it would be impactful to encourage reading by drawing those who enjoy the magical realism genre to further squint between fantasy and reality by meeting the real protagonist of their books first-hand, as well as online.The ethos of their self-publishing company, 'The House of Hickson, Pty Ltd', is the 'more we sell, the more we can donate'. Two series are now available.'Geo the Space Explorer' is a completed 23 book, epic fiction series for adults, although the first 3 are suitable for a YA audience. 4-5 per year are being released. 'GJ the Earth Explorer' is a digital art series for younger readers and the young at heart, including those still mastering reading or learning English.Geo and GJ are their real dogs. GJ is a Therapy Dog in training whose energy and affection is termed 'GJ magic'. For a daily dose of heroes, villains and brown dogs visit their world @geohickson

Liz Hickson knew as a small child that the secret to a happy fulfilled life was one that comprised lots of travel to faraway lands and many dogs. It is no surprise that she now finds herself the author of fiction books inspired by her many real travel adventures and the Chocolate Labradors who continue to be a constant source of joy and reliability. Liz has always sought to be her best version, constantly striving for happiness and meaning, in at times, a difficult life journey. From her childhood in The United Kingdom, to a high-powered career in clinical medicine that took her to Australia, she is now in a chapter where health, authenticity and her own dreams, have resulted in stories that explore true friendship, other realms and the nature of darkness.Her writing partnership with Carole Foot began when they were still practicing doctors. They are now bringing together a shared enthusiasm for writing, advocacy for literacy, especially in poorly resourced contexts, travel, food and photography with a love of dogs. They thought it would be impactful to encourage reading by drawing those who enjoy the magical realism genre to further squint between fantasy and reality by meeting the real protagonist of their books first-hand, as well as online.The ethos of their self-publishing company, 'The House of Hickson, Pty Ltd', is the 'more we sell, the more we can donate'. Two series are now available.'Geo the Space Explorer' is a completed 23 book, epic fiction series for adults, although the first 3 are suitable for a YA audience. 4-5 per year are being released. 'GJ the Earth Explorer' is a digital art series for younger readers and the young at heart, including those still mastering reading or learning English.Geo and GJ are their real dogs. GJ is a Therapy Dog in training whose energy and affection is termed 'GJ Magic'. For a daily dose of heroes, villains and brown dogs visit their world @geohickson