by H. Peter Alesso (Author)
Can a Natural survive in the 22nd Century genetically engineered space navy?
Lieutenant Henry Gallant is the only Natural left in the fleet. In spite of his shipmates' concern that he is not up to the challenge, his unique mental abilities are essential to the defense against an alien invasion. Serving on the first FTL prototype, the Intrepid, to Tau-Ceti, Gallant finds a lost human colony on the planet Elysium. An ancient Artificial Intelligence which had lain dormant on the planet for millennia, comes to life and threatens the colony. Henry Gallant must pit his naked human mind against the perspicacity of machine intelligence. The struggle of the space fleet for the galactic empire. A space opera adventure.Author Biography
As a scientist and author specializing in technology innovation, H. Peter Alesso has over twenty years research experience at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). As Engineering Group Leader at LLNL he led a team of scientists and engineers in innovative applications across a wide range of supercomputers, workstations and networks. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy with a B.S. and served in the U.S. Navy on nuclear submarines before completing an M.S. and an advanced Engineering Degree at M.I.T. He has published several software titles and numerous scientific journal and conference articles, and he is the author/co-author of seven books.
Number of Pages: 324
Dimensions: 0.73 x 8 x 5.25 IN
Publication Date: September 06, 2014