2022

The Menace from Farside by Ian McDonald

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The novella “The Menace from Farside” by Ian McDonald was published for the first time in 2019. It’s part of the Luna series.

Cariad Corcoran was born and raised within a ring family, a complex social structure that can change over time. A new bond brings Sidibe, a new sister to Cariad, who feels threatened by the arrival of another teenager who shows off thanks to her wings. She decides to involve her in an adventure out of the ordinary together with her brothers Jair and Kobe in search of the first footprint left on the Moon by Neil Armstrong.

Stargazer: The Ultimate Artefact by Ivan Ertlov

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The novel “Stargazer: The Ultimate Artefact” (“Stargazer: Das letzte Artefakt”) by Ivan Ertlov was published for the first time in 2021 and translated from German by Marly Gram. It’s the first book in the After Terra series.

Frank Gazer is a prospector who has worked hard to get command of a spaceship. For a human, it’s not easy to get high positions, even among prospectors, because his species’ reputation is still negative two thousand years after the war in which an interstellar alliance almost wiped out humanity. A mission that targets a comet takes Frank and his crew in an unexpected direction.

The relationship between the Plachtharr Alliance and the Protectorate are decidedly tense and the situation worsens due to the possibility of finding technologically advanced remains of an ancient civilization that could change the balance of power between the two coalitions. A war could be inevitable.

Views of the molar TNH2-1

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An article published in the journal “Nature Communications” reports the discovery in today’s Laos of a tooth that was attributed to a little girl that belonged to the Denisovan species, an archaic human species still mysterious in many ways. The molar was dated between 164,000 and 131,000 years ago from the analysis of the sediments in which it was found in the Cobra Cave (Tam Ngu Hao 2), in the Annamite Chain, in Laos. The warm and humid conditions in that area offer little hope of still finding pieces of DNA but the proteins and appearance of the molar, very similar to that of a jawbone discovered in Tibet and attributed to a Denisovan, led the researchers to that conclusion.

God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert

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The novel “God Emperor of Dune” by Frank Herbert was published for the first time in 1981. It’s the fourth book in the Dune saga and follows “Children of Dune”.

Siona Atreides led a group of rebels to the Emperor’s fortress, where they stole some of his secret journals. Discovered, they are chased by the Emperor’s D-wolves and only Siona manages to survive thanks to the sacrifice of one of her fellow rebels.

The latest in a series of Duncan Idaho gholas attempts to kill the Emperor after accusing him of oppressing humanity. His attempt fails and he’s killed. A new ghola is produced and the Imperial majordomo, Moneo Atreides, must manage him and Ix’s new ambassador, Hwi Noree, while trying to uncover every possible new plot against the Emperor.

Santiago by Mike Resnick

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The novel “Santiago” by Mike Resnick was published for the first time in 1986.

Even for a very high-profile bounty hunter like Sebastian Cain, the 20 million credits offered by the Democracy for the capture of the legendary Santiago is a huge bounty. The problem is that no one seems to know what he looks like and there are people who even claim that he doesn’t even exist.

When Sebastian Cain discovers information that might finally allow him to find Santiago, everything changes. The collaboration with the journalist Virtue Mackenzie seems unlikely but for her, interviewing Santiago would be the scoop of her life. Their search involves meeting various unique and generally dangerous people.