Solar Express
Solar Express by L. E. Modesitt, Jr. is a hard science fiction novel published by Macmillan on November 3, 2015. This first edition spans 448 pages and is presented in English. The narrative centers around the implications of militarizing space, a principle that has historically fostered peaceful international cooperation in space exploration. However, as resource scarcity and climate change intensify, nations such as India, the North American Union, and the Sinese Federation begin to shift towards militarization, igniting a race to control a mysterious alien artifact discovered by Dr. Alayna Wong.
As the story unfolds, the artifact, initially thought to be a comet, reveals itself to be an alien structure on a trajectory toward the sun. Captain Christopher Tavoian, a shuttle pilot trained for combat, must navigate rising tensions among nations while trying to understand the artifact’s effects on the sun. The novel explores themes of alien contact and the challenges of international cooperation in the face of impending crisis, offering readers a glimpse into the complexities of space exploration and the potential for revolutionary discoveries.
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Solar Express, the thrilling, new, hard science fiction novel from New York Times bestselling author L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
You can’t militarize space. This one rule has led to decades of peaceful development of space programs worldwide. However, increasing resource scarcity and a changing climate on Earth’s surface is causing some interested parties to militarize, namely India, the North American Union, and the Sinese Federation.
The discovery of a strange artifact by Dr. Alayna Wong precipitates a crisis. What appears to be a hitherto undiscovered comet is soon revealed to be an alien structure on a cometary trajectory toward the sun. Now there is a race between countries to see who can study and control the artifact dubbed the “Solar Express” before it perhaps destroys itself.
Leading the way for the North American Union is Alayna’s friend, Captain Christopher Tavoian, one of the first shuttle pilots to be trained for combat in space. But, as the alien craft gets closer to its destination, it begins to alter the surface of the sun in strange new ways, ways that could lead Alayna to revolutionary discoveries-provided Chris can prevent war from breaking out as he navigates among the escalating tensions between nations.
Solar Express is a thrilling, new, hard science fiction novel from New York Times bestselling author L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
Other Series by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
The Saga of Recluce
The Imager Portfolio
The Corean Chronicles
The Spellsong Cycle
The Ghost Books
The Ecolitan Matter
The Forever Hero
Timegod’s World
Other Books
The Green Progression
Hammer of Darkness
The Parafaith War
Adiamante
Gravity Dreams
The Octagonal Raven
Archform: Beauty
The Ethos Effect
Flash
The Eternity Artifact
The Elysium Commission
Viewpoints Critical
Haze
Empress of Eternity
The One-Eyed Man
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