The Anahita Chronicles
by Samuel Blondahl
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Pub Date Jan 01 2013 | Archive Date Dec 20 2018
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Description
The crew of the new star ship Mercury prepare for a short journey to Mars, both to test a miraculous new engine, and to serve in an assistance capacity to the first landing team to set foot on the red planet. Sabotage and mutiny strand Mercury and all hands deep in uncharted space.
The ship damaged, and the crew subject to the horror of knowing they may never see Earth again, they accidentally stumble across something that will shake our understanding of the universe. A story of raw human determination, achievement, and curiosity, set against all too human hatred, madness, and fear.
Samuel Blondahl’s Anahita Chronicles are thrilling and complex, a contemporary sci-fi epic like nothing that has come before.
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| ISBN | 9781546901808 |
| PRICE | $5.00 (USD) |
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Anthony P, Reviewer
Thoroughly enjoyed book. I am looking forward to sequel. I could not put the book down. Congrats to Blondahl on successful first publication.
John P, Reviewer
"The Anahita Chronicles Book I: Mercury" eBook was published in 2017 and was written by Samuel Blondahl (https://www.blondahl.ca). Mr. Blondahl has published three novels with this the first of this "Anahita Chronicles" series.
I categorize this novel as ‘PG’ because it contains scenes of Violence. The story is set in the not too distant future.
A new engine that will enable humans to travel great distances in space is about to be tested. The test is sabotaged, and instead of going to Mars, the spacecraft Mercury ends up near a habitable planet deep in space. They struggle to repair their ship enough to make it back to Earth. Due to the damage suffered from the earlier sabotage and unexpected events, the crew finds themselves stranded on the planet's surface.
They have been able to send the unmanned Mercury hurtling back towards Earth and asking for help. Now they must find a way to survive. Not only do they find that the planet is hospitable to humans, but they soon discover that they are not the only intelligent lifeforms on the planet.
I enjoyed the 8.5 hours I spent reading this 409-page science fiction novel. I liked this novel. There are several plot threads going on: survival on an alien planet, a conspiracy back on Earth, and first contact with an alien species. While the story in this novel does reach a conclusion, there are threads of the plot left to be explored and resolved in future books in the series. I give this novel a 4.3 (rounded down to a 4) out of 5.
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