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 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 song from beneath the ice. Under the surface of a distant moon lies Sangkita, a vast nonhuman being, stranded, injured, and apparently dying. Chief Science Officer Mira Hartmann wants to understand what Sangkita is singing. Security Chief Daniel Halloran suspects sabotage. Retired Admiral Wolfgang Brenner recognises traces of a past that never truly passed. And HYPA, the "Hypatia's" ship intelligence, must show that personhood does not begin with having a body.
What begins as a rescue mission becomes an investigation: into a decades-old crime, digital power, lost knowledge, buried guilt, and the question of whether progress this time means saving a life - not turning it into an asset.
"Back for Progress" is hopeful science fiction with an ensemble crew, mystery, dry humour, a quiet romance, and a nonhuman being in 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