Journey to the Black City (After: the New Earth) - Hardcover

In this world there is only a tentative peace; there are those in the Black City of the West for whom only one thing matters; the power to dominate and subjugate; the power to kidnap and enslave children & women into a sexual bondage purporting to save their souls, but in reality to supply wealth to a priesthood whose hearts are as black as the zeppelins they fly. Into this steam-power world, two young people must journey. It will be a journey from innocence that will carry them from their tribe into the black heart of the basalt city. It will be a journey that will change them forever; and bring them closer together than they'd thought possible.

Keith Mueller was born in Tucson, Arizona in 1949, the youngest of three siblings. Raised in Tucson, he attended Tucson High School. He then enrolled in the University of Arizona, Keith ultimately finished with degrees in art and art education, after a 6 yearbreak during which he served in the US Air Force. He completed training as afirearms instructor at Lackland AFB in Texas, where he was assigned to therange and subsequently asked to join the Air Force Pistol team stationed there. He also served as an instructor at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs and at Davis MonthanAFB in Tucson, where he met and married his wife. After leaving the Air Force, Mr. Mueller finished his degrees and moved to Phoenix. Both Mr. Muellerand his wife followed their interest in antiques and built a business of buyingand selling antiques at shows and in antique malls. They bought a store in SunCity, which they sold in 2009, and retired when Mrs. Mueller became ill. A fewyears after her passing, Mr. Mueller decided to begin a new path as an authorof science fiction and fantasy. Today Mr. Mueller still lives in the Phoenix area, pursuing his new passion of writing.