KEID
A Lost Civilization
by Robert G. Williscroft
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Pub Date Feb 13 2024 | Archive Date Sep 30 2024
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Description
Braxton Thorpe and his crew, who originate from three different star systems, are on a voyage of discovery in the starship Andromeda. As they approach the Keid triple-star system, they stumble upon a derelict Dyson Sphere. Suddenly, the starship is attacked by microbots, who are scavenging one part of the sphere to repair another. After narrowly escaping the bots, they travel through the unimaginably huge sphere, studying how such a structure could exist, and searching for the beings who built it. What they discover are several primitive races inside—humanoid, feline, and saurian, who are each unaware that the other races even exist. While they mount a study to learn what they can about these races, they receive data that indicates Dyson Sphere's star is about to produce a superflare that could destroy all life inside the sphere and even the Dyson Sphere itself. Can the explorers survive such an event? If so, are they able to save any of the sapient races and the builders whom they finally discovered?
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Advance Praise
This is cutting edge, hard science fiction at its finest. A huge starship discovers a derelict Dyson Sphere containing a sun that is used for energy. The crew investigate and find several sapient species inside the sphere. They also learn that the star will soon erupt, destroying both the sphere and its inhabitants. Only they can save them! All this would be more than enough for a great speculative novel, but Williscroft also includes MBH and MERT Drives, portal technology, electronic uploads of humans and others, plus a great deal more, much of it derived directly from current physics research. The effect of this broadminded, far-sweeping approach is both realistic and daring. The reader feels that yes, this is what the universe is like and what man's role in it will come to be.
—Professor John B. Rosenman, Norfolk State University
Former Chairman of the Board, Horror Writers Association
Author of The Inspector of the Cross Series.
Robert G. Williscroft's Oort Chronicles continue with the fourth in the series, Keid: A Lost Civilization, and Braxton Thorpe is becoming a modern-day Odysseus as his interstellar voyage takes yet another turn. This time it is to the star Keid (also known as 40 Eridani) where Thorpe and his crew discover an under-construction Dyson Sphere.
Along with his usual action and intrigue, Williscroft's trademark hard science attempts to answer the question I've yet to see anyone else in science fiction tackle: how do you build (and then maintain) a Dyson Sphere in the first place? The surprising answer reveals a threat to the starship Andromeda and its entire crew, and Thorpe's team is pushed to the limits. Great fun, and a must-read for anyone following the Chronicles.
—Alastair Mayer
Author of the T-Space Series
