Science Fiction
From Goodreads:
Mars is
supposed to be dead.…
Bizarre
quakes are rumbling over the long-dormant tectonic plates of the planet,
disrupting its trillion-dollar mining operations and driving scientists past
the edges of theory and reason. However, when rocks shake off their ancient
dust and begin to roll—seemingly of their own volition—carving canals as they
converge to form a towering structure amid the ruddy terrain, Lt. Jain and her
JSC team realize that their routine geological survey of a Martian cave system
is anything but. The only clues they have stem from the emissions of a
mysterious blue radiation, and a 300-year-old journal that is writing itself.
Lt.
Thomas Weatherby of His Majesty’s Royal Navy is an honest 18th-century man of
modest beginnings, doing his part for King and Country aboard the HMS Daedalus,
a frigate sailing the high seas between continents…and the immense Void between
the Known Worlds.
With the aid of his fierce captain,
a drug-addled alchemist, and a servant girl witha remarkable past, Weatherby
must track a great and powerful mystic, who has embarked upon a sinister quest
to upset the balance of the planets—the consequences of which may reach far beyond
the Solar System, threatening the very fabric of space itself.
Two Earths – Two Different
Times. That is the premise of The
Daedalus Incident.
I loved the world building. While one Earth is set in 2132 with
science that matches ours the other is set in 1779 and the science is nothing
like ours. In fact it allows
sailing ships to travel in space used alchemy to keep gravity and air as they
sail the Void. The first two chapters introduce both worlds and as the story
progresses those worlds begin to interact and not in a good way.
The two main characters for each
world have to match their time.
They have one thing in common.
Both are members of the British Royal Navy. Lt. Jain from 2132 is female and a pilot. Lt. Weatherby has the attitudes from 1779
and does not think females are the equal of males. It is fun when they finally meet.
While there are similar plots
around what makes this book unique is the setting. Lt. Jain is faced with events that make no sense. The danger Lt. Weatherby faces is
revealed early in the book. Both
are related. It takes a long
journey for Jain to realize what is going on. Weatherby also faces a long journey to stop the danger to
both worlds. It does take
characters from both worlds working together in the end.
Martinez dishes out clues in very
small doses. There was just enough
in each chapter to keep the story going.
I found that once I started reading I did not want to stop. There is a solution at the end
but that solution leaves a big problem for the next book in the series, The
Enceladus Crisis. Book three, The
Venusian Gambit will be released in May this year. There is also a novella, The Gravity Affair.
This is a great book for Science
Fiction lovers but will also satisfy Alternate History fans.
Night Shade Books published TheDaedalus Incident by Michael J. Martinex in 2013.
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