March 2022

The New Unusual by Adrian Sherlock and Andy Frankham-Allen

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The novel “The New Unusual” by Adrian Sherlock and Andy Frankham-Allen was published for the first time in 2018.

A normal car journey risks turning into tragedy for Anne Travers when her driver suddenly seems prey to hallucinations in which he’s convinced he’s flying. A strange egg the man is holding seems to be the cause of his strange behavior and Anne manages to snatch it from him, bringing him back to reality.

Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart isn’t convinced that the problem is within his competence because new drugs are spreading but Anne Travers shows him that the egg is more than just a package and its effects are even more negative than the immediate ones. The investigation leads to an Australian lead and from there comes the call from Owain, who is traveling across Australia with Dylan, after the two young men met people who use the strange eggs.

The Stone Sky by N. K. Jemisin

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The novel “The Stone Sky” by N. K. Jemisin was published for the first time in 2017. It’s the third book in The Broken Earth trilogy and follows “The Obelisk Gate”. It won the Hugo Award, Nebula Award, and Locus Award in the fantasy category as the best novel of the year.

Essun has awakened from the coma-like state she had fallen into and must deal with the aftermath of the events, what she did, and the powerful magic connected to the Obelisk Gate. She recovers but the Moon is approaching and will soon reach the closest point to Father Earth, a moment when Essun can try to bring it back into its ancient orbit. To do this, she has to go to Corepoint, on the other side of the world, and the stone eater Hoa offers to transport her across the planet.

Nassun showed that she has enormous power despite being just a little girl. She has her own idea of ​​what to do with the Moon and she decides to go to Corepoint to try to carry out her plan together with her Guardian Schaffa. Mother and daughter have different ideas on how to end the Fifth Seasons, a further complication in plans that require them to manage immense powers.

Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and Q (John de Lancie) in Penance (Image courtesy CBS All Access / Amazon Prime Video)

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“Penance” is the second episode of the second season of the TV show “Star Trek: Picard” and follows “The Star Gazer”. It’s available in the USA on the CBS All Access streaming platform and in many other countries on Amazon Prime Video.

Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) finds himself in a situation he doesn’t understand and Q (John de Lancie) tells him it’s penance and little else. 7 of 9 (Jeri Ryan) discovers she’s known only as Annika Hansen but she has the resources at her disposal to find other people who may have passed through the space-time anomaly.

Kevin Mandia in 2016 (Photo United States Naval Academy)

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Google announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire Mandiant Inc., a leader in the field of cybersecurity, paying $23 per share for a total of approximately $5.4 billion. The company will become part of Google Cloud adding Mandiant’s security services to increase customer protection at a time when cyberattacks are more numerous than ever. Recently, there were various acquisition rumors regarding the company founded by Kevin Mandia, also by Microsoft, but it eventually became part of the Google family.

The Lost Fleet: Courageous by Jack Campbell

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The novel “The Lost Fleet: Courageous” by Jack Campbell was published for the first time in 2007. It’s the third book in The Lost Fleet series and follows “The Lost Fleet: Fearless”.

Captain John “Black Jack” Geary managed to get the Alliance fleet out of the traps set by the enemy in Syndic territory. However, it’s become increasingly difficult to use new strategies and tactical variations to prevent his moves from becoming predictable.

On his journey, Geary must manage several damaged spaceships with difficulties in repairing them without being able to stop and the problem of supplies emerges. The fleet includes support ships that have the machinery to manufacture what is needed but raw materials need to be found and that increases the risks.