As the years roll by, the world changes from that which we know. Even in spite of impressive new strides in technology and what long seemed a forgiving end to further climate change, the various nations and unions of the Earth . . . not to mention the land itself . . . still bear the almost incalculable burden of ever increasing human population. Bach Kanavagh, a quietly . . .
Set in a world where high school meets high treason, Mind + Body sees protagonist and narrator Chris Baker under fire from rogue elements inside the Marine Corps, the FBI, and a handful of paid killers as he attempts to uncover a conspiracy that seems to envelop his entire life. Chris leads an entirely normal life until his father, . . .
In the near future a message is received from Proxima Centauri 4.3 light years away. A massive operation is put into action to build a ship to send a crew of six to investigate the signal. They arrive after 150 years only to discover that the signal came from a very obscure and unexpected source. . . .
Mind+Body is a modern thriller very reminiscent of the movie version of The Bourne Identity. At times, it does not suffer from the comparison. At other times, it does.
The story is told first person, past tense by Chris Baker, a typical 17-year-old living with his family in a quiet suburb [more . . .]
"The Daedulus Transfer" is science fiction, but not the lasers and aliens kind. It’s more "hard" science fiction, with its science rooted in the real world. The author seems to have gone to great lengths to understand the physics behind space travel, as well as the technology.
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