Back for Progress
Second chances at the edge of space - A Novel
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Beschreibung
Roughly 150 years from now, humanity has reached the stars. Europe is still there: respected, managed, culturally admired. But the star-ships belong to those who never let go of their digital and technological future.
At the edge of the solar system, the research vessel "Hypatia" receives a mysterious signal from a distant moon. On its surface lies a vast nonhuman being: stranded, injured, and apparently dying.
Mira Hartmann wants to understand what the signal means. Daniel Halloran wants to keep the crew safe. Wolfgang Brenner, a retired admiral, is given a mission that asks more of him than experience and rank. And HYPA, the "Hypatia"'s ship intelligence, listens more closely than anyone expects.
The crew has to help before it fully understands what it has found. It has to decide what protection means when a nonhuman life must not become a resource. And it has to learn that progress sometimes begins not with control, but with listening.
"Back for Progress" is hopeful science fiction with an ensemble crew, mystery, dry humour, a quiet romance, and a nonhuman being on the ice.
For readers who enjoy adventures among the stars and future stories where conscience, responsibility, and the willingness to learn matter as much as technology and pace.
Autor*in
Oliver Niehus
Oliver Niehus writes about technology, digital sovereignty, and the question of how people and institutions remain capable of acting in a world that changes faster than they do.
After his non-fiction book "OFFLINE", "Back for Progress" brings that perspective into a hopeful science-fiction story about second chances, lost knowledge, responsibility, and the hope that progress can be learned again.
Themen in »Back for Progress«
Science Fiction novel space Hopeful Science Fiction Space Opera ensemble crew Artificial Intelligence AI novel Alien being ice moon Digital crime mystery Digital sovereignty - Future Europe