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And All The Stars A Grave
We reached the stars but they didn't want us!
It is the twenty fourth century and mankind has finally achieved the dream and travelled to the stars. Unfortunately when he got there, it was to find that the stars were already filled with advanced alien races, and that humans would have to earn their place in the Interstellar Community through a probationary period. But worse was to follow, as that normal probation of fifty standard years, became over a hundred in mankind's case, for no known reason, and with no end in sight.
In this dark time for mankind, Dr. Daryl Chalmers, a xeno-archaeologist working alone on a dead alien world, is co-opted by a scientific expedition sponsored by the Interstellar Community to take part in one of the greatest xeno-archaelogical quests ever attempted. They intend to back track the exodus of the Calderonians from the local sector of the galaxy, ten thousand years earlier. This in the hope that their journey will in turn will lead them to the almost mythical race known only as the ancients.
This will be the expedition of a lifetime, but trapped for at least a year on a military ship, surrounded by aliens that detest him, given the task of breaking into ancient cities filled with deadly defences, and likely unable to return home, Daryl knew it would not be easy. And that was before they threw him in the brig, before the attempts on his life, and before he discovered a race of human beings living in the Community.
It was also before he accidentally triggered an interstellar war.
120,000 words.
It is the twenty fourth century and mankind has finally achieved the dream and travelled to the stars. Unfortunately when he got there, it was to find that the stars were already filled with advanced alien races, and that humans would have to earn their place in the Interstellar Community through a probationary period. But worse was to follow, as that normal probation of fifty standard years, became over a hundred in mankind's case, for no known reason, and with no end in sight.
In this dark time for mankind, Dr. Daryl Chalmers, a xeno-archaeologist working alone on a dead alien world, is co-opted by a scientific expedition sponsored by the Interstellar Community to take part in one of the greatest xeno-archaelogical quests ever attempted. They intend to back track the exodus of the Calderonians from the local sector of the galaxy, ten thousand years earlier. This in the hope that their journey will in turn will lead them to the almost mythical race known only as the ancients.
This will be the expedition of a lifetime, but trapped for at least a year on a military ship, surrounded by aliens that detest him, given the task of breaking into ancient cities filled with deadly defences, and likely unable to return home, Daryl knew it would not be easy. And that was before they threw him in the brig, before the attempts on his life, and before he discovered a race of human beings living in the Community.
It was also before he accidentally triggered an interstellar war.
120,000 words.
373 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 17, 2011
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October 13, 2018
3.5 stars. Interesting concept, great MC, fun intrigue but somewhat lacking in action for most of the book. And then there was the explicit sex scene turned into a chapter, much more than I wanted to read about. I admit it, I skimmed the pages. Great ending, though. Worth reading and although dry at times, entertaining.
June 24, 2019
Space Sci Fi Archaeologists Love Story
Something like that should have been the name and description for this book. It’s a very entertaining story that leaves you feeling bittersweet.
Something like that should have been the name and description for this book. It’s a very entertaining story that leaves you feeling bittersweet.
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