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Nucleation

ISBN-13: 9781616963392

Author(s): Kimberly Unger

Subjects: FL

Publisher: Tachyon Publications

Publisher Imprint: Tachyon Publications Ebook

Publication Date: 13-11-2020

Format: Ebook

Availability: In stock

£9.50
Nucleation

About the book

2022 Compton Crook Award Finalist

Recommended for fans of Richard K. Morgan s Altered Carbon and Martha Wells Murderbot series.
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In this riveting debut science-fiction technothriller, a top-notch VR pilot encounters a disaster during the highest profile space-faring project of her career. Now she must unearth a critical truth: was her discovery due to a betrayal, a business rival, or a threat to humanity itself?


Helen Vectorvich just botched first contact. And she did it in both virtual reality and outer space.

Only the most elite Far Reaches deep-space pilots get to run waldos: robots controlled from thousands of lightyears away via neural integration and quantum entanglement. Helen and her navigator were heading the construction of a wormhole gate that would connect Earth to the stars . . . until a routine system check turned deadly.

As nasty rumors swarm around her, and overeager junior pilots jockey to take her place, Helen makes a startling discovery: microscopic alien life is devouring their corporate equipment. Is the Scale just mindless, extra-terrestrial bacteria? Or is it working and killing with a purpose?

While Helen struggles to get back into the pilot s chair, and to communicate with the Scale, someone or something is trying to sabotage the Far Reaches project once and for all. They ll have to get through Helen first.