![]() ![]() Morris is an exponent of highly technical sci-fi that details aerospace exploration and innovation practically down to the last rivet. The prospect of extraterrestrial life awaiting discovery in the solar system prompts a worldwide effort under NASA to recruit, train, and finally send several scientists on a 2046 mission to explore below Enceladus’ surface in the Valkyrie, a manned vessel described as “a drill that could swim, not a submarine that could drill.” Its co-pilot is Martin, a cool-headed Jet Propulsion Laboratory contractor who seems to have no fear of death due to a personal tragedy the epic unfolds from his point of view during the risky, monthslong voyage. ![]() In 2031, a long-range automated spacecraft confirms biological material on Saturn’s ice moon Enceladus, where a liquid ocean exists beneath the frozen surface. A probe’s discovery of organic molecules on a moon of Saturn-proof positive of alien life-prompts an international team of scientists to embark on a dangerous journey in Morris’ ( Der Riss, 2018, etc.) hard-sci-fi novel. ![]()
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