Ben Kilgore

Ben Kilgore

Escape from Tridon is Ben Kilgore's third novel. He won a Literary Titan Book Award for Through the Raging Storm in 2023. 

His career has spanned a range of activity including graduate work in physics, corporate finance in a Fortune 100 Corporation, and founder of a software development business. He is a co-founder of Iringa Hope, a 501(c)3 non-profit that brings village level micro-finance to rural villages in Tanzania. His wide interests and extensive travel provide a palette for his stories. He still has a passion for science and weaves a little into his writing.

Finally, he encourages young people to take up reading. It is the most powerful tool for learning about the world and understanding others. Give a gift of a book. They provide a lifetime of pleasure and can inspire their future.

Escape from Tridon

Tridon's Space Directorate sends a mission unlike any ever attempted across the galaxy to establish a colony on earth. It' a tale of danger, romance and the clash of social classes. But their greatest challenge is survival after landing. The Tridonians are a species very similar to humans and are a technologically advanced society. But they come from a social structure very different from anything here.  This story will have you pondering our future and our past. Go with Commander Nireem and his crew on this life changing adventure.

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