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The Depth of Darkness
The year is 3050.
River Goldstein, inventor of the Galactic Highway and a brilliant scientist is far from extroverted; the only person that could be deemed a friend is his childhood companion, Stuart Slate. So when Stuart, a military fighter pilot, is shot down amidst seemingly normal circumstances in the line of duty, River is the only one to question the occurrence, having seen his friend just prior to his tragic death.
But River's probing and unwillingness to accept the official findings uncovers a hidden evil, setting in motion a frantic and deadly chase across the solar system. Thrust into a full-scale war of terror with a descendent race known as the Hessr, River Goldstein may be the only thing standing in the way of humanity's evisceration.
River Goldstein, inventor of the Galactic Highway and a brilliant scientist is far from extroverted; the only person that could be deemed a friend is his childhood companion, Stuart Slate. So when Stuart, a military fighter pilot, is shot down amidst seemingly normal circumstances in the line of duty, River is the only one to question the occurrence, having seen his friend just prior to his tragic death.
But River's probing and unwillingness to accept the official findings uncovers a hidden evil, setting in motion a frantic and deadly chase across the solar system. Thrust into a full-scale war of terror with a descendent race known as the Hessr, River Goldstein may be the only thing standing in the way of humanity's evisceration.
246 pages, Paperback
First published February 20, 2014
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About the author
Kevin Craig Mortimer
5 books3 followersKevin Craig Mortimer is an author and business owner.
He finished high school in 1997, and unlike most of his classmates decided to follow the route of apprenticeship in IT rather than a formal tertiary education. For 10 years Kevin Craig was a corporate drone when in 2007 he decided to start his own business with two friends, with whom he had been working with for a few years already.
In 2004 he started writing in earnest, after having been an avid science fiction and fantasy reader since middle grade. Primarily Kevin Craig had read epic fantasy, and since he had been a Game Master in various role-playing engines (the traditional D20 kind, with pen, paper and books), he was already adept at building worlds. Kevin Craig began work on my first epic fantasy, The Pallus Trilogy, building the world for 5 years. He aggressively began working on the first novel in 2008 and finished it in 2012. He now works on any number of projects simultaneously.
Sportwise. He is an avid tenpin bowler, and works with a provincial body to grow awareness of the sport in South Africa. He enjoys his football (soccer), fanatically supporting the team his family has supported for many generations, Liverpool. He hardly misses a game and can get quite passionate while watching.
Lastly, Kevin Craig Mortimer speaks, reads and writes German fluently, and primarily thinks in German translating on the fly, often leading to weirdly constructed spoken sentences. You will often find he has assume he has said parts of a sentence, not actually having verbalized them.
He finished high school in 1997, and unlike most of his classmates decided to follow the route of apprenticeship in IT rather than a formal tertiary education. For 10 years Kevin Craig was a corporate drone when in 2007 he decided to start his own business with two friends, with whom he had been working with for a few years already.
In 2004 he started writing in earnest, after having been an avid science fiction and fantasy reader since middle grade. Primarily Kevin Craig had read epic fantasy, and since he had been a Game Master in various role-playing engines (the traditional D20 kind, with pen, paper and books), he was already adept at building worlds. Kevin Craig began work on my first epic fantasy, The Pallus Trilogy, building the world for 5 years. He aggressively began working on the first novel in 2008 and finished it in 2012. He now works on any number of projects simultaneously.
Sportwise. He is an avid tenpin bowler, and works with a provincial body to grow awareness of the sport in South Africa. He enjoys his football (soccer), fanatically supporting the team his family has supported for many generations, Liverpool. He hardly misses a game and can get quite passionate while watching.
Lastly, Kevin Craig Mortimer speaks, reads and writes German fluently, and primarily thinks in German translating on the fly, often leading to weirdly constructed spoken sentences. You will often find he has assume he has said parts of a sentence, not actually having verbalized them.
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September 5, 2014
The way space travel is done is about to change, from journeys of months to journeys of minutes/hours. It must feel like the difference between planes and ships. That is what the main character in this book River changes. The Galactic Highway. An amazing invention that changes everything.
But not all is glory and life of leisure, sinister things are happening in the background right beneath everyone's noses. A hidden force that has changed the path of history over millennia. It's up to River and his space captain friend Stuart to oppose this threat.
Kevin has fleshed out a magnificent solar system where a lot of the planets have been colonized and the human race is just beginning to master space. It feels like the characters could to go to any of these places and explore, unlike say in a Spaghetti Western where all the buildings are just fake fronts and nothing is real.
The book gives you time to soak in the atmosphere and get to know the characters before the tension and story line ramps up. The grip gets tighter right until the end and doesn't let go until the time is right.
Overall the story is great and not too complex that a casual reader can't pick it up. It's one of those stories that will stay with you for a while and you will want to return to for more.
But not all is glory and life of leisure, sinister things are happening in the background right beneath everyone's noses. A hidden force that has changed the path of history over millennia. It's up to River and his space captain friend Stuart to oppose this threat.
Kevin has fleshed out a magnificent solar system where a lot of the planets have been colonized and the human race is just beginning to master space. It feels like the characters could to go to any of these places and explore, unlike say in a Spaghetti Western where all the buildings are just fake fronts and nothing is real.
The book gives you time to soak in the atmosphere and get to know the characters before the tension and story line ramps up. The grip gets tighter right until the end and doesn't let go until the time is right.
Overall the story is great and not too complex that a casual reader can't pick it up. It's one of those stories that will stay with you for a while and you will want to return to for more.
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