Divergence: The Go David Chronicles Book One

by David Melde, Jamie Whyte (Illustrator)

In a future reshaped by rising seas and digital consciousness, David Schreiner undergoes a neurocloning procedure that creates a copy of his mind. While the original David remains on Earth with his wife Amy, his neuroclone—who names himself “Go David”—embarks on a thirteen-hundred-year voyage aboard the starship Paradise, bound for the stellar nurseries of Orion.

As Paradise travels farther from Earth, Go David wrestles with identity, memory, and transformation. Alongside Temper Tom, the neuroclone of his oldest friend, he must lead two million digital colonists while forging a life that is no longer borrowed.

When the ship nears Point Alpha—the threshold beyond which consciousness transfer becomes impossible—Go David must confront the final severance from Earth. What does it mean to be a copy becoming an original? And can love survive the distance between stars?

283 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 28, 2025

About the author

David Melde is the author of The Go David Chronicles, a four-volume science fiction series that explores identity, memory, and belonging across centuries and stars. His work blends speculative philosophy with emotional depth, following a digital consciousness named Go David as he evolves from neuroclone to guardian, navigating loss, love, and legacy in a future shaped by interstellar travel and time manipulation. David publishes through Bright Thread Books, an independent imprint dedicated to transformative fiction.

Reviews

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is not my kind of genre but after the first chapter I wanted to keep reading to see what would happen next. It kept me entertained and is a very different type of love story/sci fi/fantasy book. I def will be reading book two.