In the final days of the 21st
century, Daniel Medry and a crew of brilliant and talented scientists and
researchers leave Earth on a mission to the Gliese system - the first
extra-solar journey of its kind. Shortly after their departure, a terrible
virus is unleashed upon Earth, highly infectious and nearly 100% fatal. Soon
the colonists will learn that they are some of the last unaffected humans left.
And if the challenge of establishing a colony on a distant alien world and
re-creating the human race wasn't enough, someone on board is trying to kill
them all. Will Daniel and the rest of Calypso's crew survive the journey?
Gliese 581: Departure (SF/Apocalyptic)
Book 3 in the Kapalaran
Universe
By Christine D. Shuck
Independent Publishing
Platform
ISBN
#978-1523820498
Price
$13.95 (Paperback)
Price
$2.99 (Kindle)
312
Pages
Rating
5-Stars
It’s the later part of the 21st century, and our
planet has all ready experienced a second Civil War. Monsanto has become EcoNu,
and America is readying the Calypso, a space ship to take 250 top scientists to
Zarunina’s world, a newly located planet identified as Gliese 581, where humans
might live and start a new civilization. EcoNu hopes to conquer the pork market
on Earth by introducing genetic viruses into pigs. The project goes awry after
Calypso leaves the Earth for space, and the virus decimates the population left
behind. It’s a Level 5 extension event, killing 99.95 percent of the
population, which hasn’t occurred since the Permian-Triassic extension over 250
million years ago. Now it’s up to the men and women of Calypso to start that
new civilization on a distant planet, if they can survive the voyage, while the
15 million survivors left on Earth try to repopulate the planet. And the virus
in interfering with births at an alarming rate.
The author did her research on many subjects, including
viruses and their effects among world population. The story begins on the
Calypso after someone has sabotaged the bay where 200 men and women rest in
stasis. And if the system can’t be corrected, they will die. From there the
story jumps back and forth to different people and places before the virus and
after, and back and forth to the Calypso, also before the sabotage. Normally, I
don’t like stories that jump around so much. It’s too easy to forget characters
and why we met them in the first place, but the story line keeps the reader
involved, and the pure immensity of the situation makes you want to learn more.
This was a chilling prediction of what could actually destroy the human race,
if we aren’t careful. I highly recommend this to fans of apocalyptic science
fiction. You won’t be disappointed.
Tom Johnson
Author of PANGAEA: EDEN’S PLANET
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