Prelude to a Star

JK Smith · Kimesimuliwa na AI na Anya (kutoka Google)
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Beset with an unexpected and growing catastrophe, humanity has limited time and makes a plan to ensure its survival. More than a science fiction thriller, it’s a human story that weaves together several subplots—a math thriller, astronomy, genetics, and archeology thriller. Also touches on contemporary problems that plague us, such as disinformation, but in a lighthearted way. Set in the near future and told through the experience of a female protagonist and her family, author tries to be true to the science, while still keeping the science accessible and enjoyable. Most character surnames were derived from known stars and star systems.

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Dew was beginning to settle out of the evening air, making the sparse grass moist all around. Lola stood quietly by while her father rolled out the mats with his usual ritual on these special moonless occasions. Then they both sat and gazed upward into the fresh night sky at their star—Oranos εpsilon

Stargazing had to be done in the early evenings now, before the stars would succumb to the strange, undulating lights of Aurora Helius, a reminder of the disaster enshrouding the Earth and the changes to the world of their memories. Like Aurora Borealis, Helius's lights would hue the evening sky from the delicate dance of the solar winds making passage high in the Earth's magnetosphere. Those winds were very full these days, and so Helius's lights arose from all directions of the horizon instead of just the Northern. Whereas Aurora Borealis had been held captive to Borealis, Greek god of the North Wind, Aurora Helius would be held captive by no one...


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Father, husband, son, brother, camper, sailor, friend. Sci-fi fan and science communication advocate. Spent a career in the biological sciences and MPH in Public Health, JHU, and former Peace Corps volunteer.

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