Science Fiction

The Highest Science by Gareth Roberts

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The novel “The Highest Science” by Gareth Roberts was published for the first time in 1993. It’s No. 11 in the “New Adventures” range by Virgin Publishing and follows “Transit”.

The Seventh Doctor is trying to locate the Fortean flicker, a peculiar metaphysical phenomenon associated with events that are supposed to be random, generating coincidences and removing people and things from their proper time and place. This search leads him and Bernice Summerfield to a planet that might be the legendary Sakkrat.

The travellers are forced to confront the Chelonians, an aggressive species that views humans as parasites. Humans transported from various places and eras are targeted by the Chelonians. Bernice is poisoned by a chemical that causes her to lose her memory. A spaceship reaches the planet carrying an entity created to pilot it and led by Sheldukher, the most wanted criminal in the galaxy.

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

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The novel “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley was published for the first time in 1932.

For Bernard Marx, a vacation at the Savage Reservation represents an opportunity to detach himself from the problems he’s experiencing as a result of his criticism of the society in which he lives. Threatened by his boss with exile to Iceland, he’s struggling with his work as a psychologist, a problem that adds to the inferiority complex caused by his below-average height.

Along with Lenina Crowne, Bernard Marx witnesses a brutal ceremony of the Savages. The two overcome their strong emotions with soma but meet Linda, a woman left behind on the Reservation following a pregnancy that happened by mistake. She and her son, John, are accompanied to London but struggle to adapt to a society that is almost forgotten for Linda and unknown to John.

Heroes of Invisible Wars by Claude Francis Dozière

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The novel “Heroes of Invisible Wars” (“Eroi di guerre invisibili”) by Claude Francis Dozière was published for the first time in 2021 and translated into English by Amanda Blee.

Jane Hattaway is in her first command of a spaceship on what is supposed to be a routine mission to perform some operational tests. However, when she discovers two wrecks in space, all traces of normality vanish, because one of the spaceships belonged to the human fleet and the other to the alien Hurack fleet.

The orders Captain Hattaway receives when she informs Admiral James Edwards of the discovery are to maintain absolute secrecy and destroy the recordings she recovered. She begins to suspect that something strange is going on and decides to disobey, attempting to decipher the recordings instead of destroying them.

Prelude to Space by Arthur C. Clarke

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The novel “Prelude to Space”, occasionally published as “Master of Space” or “The Space Dreamers”, by Arthur C. Clarke was published for the first time in 1951.

Preparations for the launch of the Prometheus mission have begun. This is a historic moment because it will be the first mission to land astronauts on the Moon, so historian Dirk Alexson is tasked with watching the events and gathering testimonies from the people working on it.

One of Dirk Alexson’s goals is to recount what scientists and engineers working on the project told him in a way that ordinary people can understand. To provide the full story, he follows the various phases of the project, first in England and then in Australia, where the launch will take place.

Ghosts by Mark Dawson

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The novel “Ghosts” by Mark Dawson was published for the first time in 2014. It’s the fourth book in the John Milton series and follows “The Driver”.

In Texas, John Milton gets into trouble when he decides to intervene with a pair of bullies, one of whom turns out to be the local sheriff’s son. He knows he has very little time to escape from the prison where he’s been held before his former colleagues come for him, and is surprised when he ends up in the custody of an FBI agent instead.

When the two of them leave, the woman reveals that she’s actually a Russian intelligence agent and knows John Milton’s real identity. Her Russian superiors want him to do some work for them, and, in exchange, offer him the life of Captain Michael Pope, a man who saved John’s life and is now a Russian prisoner. To save Pope, John must find Beatrix Rose, who used to be Number One in Group Fifteen years earlier, until Control betrayed her.