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Ginger Gelsheimer became part of the surf & ski writing team in 2009, when the Aurora Conspiracy franchise came to life over a great bottle of vino. What if he lived-they wondered about the alien that crashed into a windmill in 1897...and that's how Aurelius was born.
With writing partner Christina Keats, Ginger took a leap of faith and embarked on her own adventure of a lifetime with the Aurora Conspiracy trilogy, kicking her corporate job to the curb. Together, these ladies have explored the outer limits of where life could actually take them. The freedom and boundary-less adventure in Aurora Conspiracy has truly become a reflection of the freedom they have demanded and achieved in their lives.
Ginger has also written another series called The Dark Days, which is loosely based on a prequel to The Hunger Games. She has written three episodes so far with her daughter, Taylor Anderson.
Ginger lives in Tampa, Florida where the ocean inspires imagination. She lives with Taylor and a house full of black furry animals and four huge fish in the pond.
Reviewed by Lee Ashford for Readers' Favorite
Episode 1, Crash Landing of the Aurora Conspiracy series, is an ideal example of an authentic attention-grabber for the first episode of any type of series. In Crash Landing an unidentified, cigar-shaped metallic object, flying through the air, crashed into the windmill belonging to Judge Proctor. Quickly grabbing his rifle, the judge ran to the scene of the accident, while instructing his daughter, Emily, to go fetch the doctor. Lying on the ground near the burning wreck was the body of a man… or at least something very similar to a man. For 1897, this was a very unusual and unexpected event, which soon drew gawkers from miles around to the judge’s farm. With the doctor’s arrival, he and the judge quickly decided to hide the “man,” who still exhibited vital signs indicating he was alive. He wasn’t conscious yet, but at least he was alive. He came to just long enough to tell them his name was Aurelius.
Under orders from President McKinley, the army arrived on the scene to confiscate all the wreckage “for national security” (that sounds familiar). The judge and the doctor told them the body just burned up and disintegrated. Despite their efforts to hide the being, the army appears again to take the captive away. He promises the judge's daughter he will return for her.
Thus ends Episode 1. Gelsheimer and Keats have devised a compelling story of a spacecraft crash landing on a farm in the year 1897. The utter curiosity of the citizenry in general comes across as being extremely believable. The government’s interference likewise seems a foregone conclusion. These two authors have created the start of something that I personally hope will continue for some time to come. Aurora Conspiracy includes all the elements of a very engaging series; one which I believe will be followed by many fans.
