Dark Orbit A Novel
Dark Orbit A Novel by Carolyn Gilman is a first edition published by Macmillan on July 14, 2015. This 304-page work of fiction delves into themes of alien contact, mystery, and murder as it follows a team of scientists investigating a newly discovered habitable planet. Exoethnologist Sara Callicot is tasked with monitoring her unstable crewmate, Thora, who has a troubled past and a history of prophetic delusions that led to her banishment from the interplanetary elite.
As the team arrives on the extraordinary crystalline planet, they encounter dark matter and unexpected challenges, including a murder and Thora’s mysterious disappearance. The planet, initially thought to be uninhabited, is home to a blind, sentient species that communicates through a unique vocabulary and extrasensory perceptions. Thora must navigate the complexities of this alien world while battling her own inner demons, ultimately striving to warn her crewmates of an impending danger and demonstrating that some phenomena may transcend scientific understanding.
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From Nebula and Hugo Award–nominated Carolyn Ives Gilman comes Dark Orbit, a compelling novel featuring alien contact, mystery, and murder.
Reports of a strange, new habitable planet have reached the Twenty Planets of human civilization. When a team of scientists is assembled to investigate this world, exoethnologist Sara Callicot is recruited to keep an eye on an unstable crewmate. Thora was once a member of the interplanetary elite, but since her prophetic delusions helped mobilize a revolt on Orem, she’s been banished to the farthest reaches of space, because of the risk that her very presence could revive unrest.
Upon arrival, the team finds an extraordinary crystalline planet, laden with dark matter. Then a crew member is murdered and Thora mysteriously disappears. Thought to be uninhabited, the planet is in fact home to a blind, sentient species whose members navigate their world with a bizarre vocabulary and extrasensory perceptions.
Lost in the deep crevasses of the planet among these people, Thora must battle her demons and learn to comprehend the native inhabitants in order to find her crewmates and warn them of an impending danger. But her most difficult task may lie in persuading the crew that some powers lie beyond the boundaries of science.
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