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Gravity Wave
Seven large spaceships leave Earth to colonize an uninhabited planet five light years away.
The spaceships are huge monolithic shaped crafts, each with three nuclear engines at its stern. The ships are one kilometer in length. Large enough to carry supplies and equipment to build a colony. Each country on Earth that participated in the colonization effort has its own ship.
The Portuguese spaceship is the only ship to successfully arrive at the desert planet Ruba. What happened to the other ships from the other six countries?
Alexio is the leader of the Portuguese colony on the otherwise uninhabited barren desert planet Ruba.
Alexio is undaunted by the seemingly hopeless situation. The success of establishing a colony is the top priority on his mind. He is not going to fail.
The few hundred Portuguese colonists are supported by several thousand very sophisticated robots.
After discovering evidence of an extinct alien civilization, Alexio and his fellow colonists spend the next two decades trying to find answers about the alien culture and what happened to them. They appear to have met a very violent ending.
However, the colonists do learn about gravity wave technology from the previous inhabitants of planet Ruba. And that changes everything!
Alexio must adapt his plans to assure that the Portuguese colony will survive in this part of the galaxy.
Will they suffer the same awful fate of the previous inhabitants?
Will the Portuguese colony be stable enough to produce the second generation of colonists?
The spaceships are huge monolithic shaped crafts, each with three nuclear engines at its stern. The ships are one kilometer in length. Large enough to carry supplies and equipment to build a colony. Each country on Earth that participated in the colonization effort has its own ship.
The Portuguese spaceship is the only ship to successfully arrive at the desert planet Ruba. What happened to the other ships from the other six countries?
Alexio is the leader of the Portuguese colony on the otherwise uninhabited barren desert planet Ruba.
Alexio is undaunted by the seemingly hopeless situation. The success of establishing a colony is the top priority on his mind. He is not going to fail.
The few hundred Portuguese colonists are supported by several thousand very sophisticated robots.
After discovering evidence of an extinct alien civilization, Alexio and his fellow colonists spend the next two decades trying to find answers about the alien culture and what happened to them. They appear to have met a very violent ending.
However, the colonists do learn about gravity wave technology from the previous inhabitants of planet Ruba. And that changes everything!
Alexio must adapt his plans to assure that the Portuguese colony will survive in this part of the galaxy.
Will they suffer the same awful fate of the previous inhabitants?
Will the Portuguese colony be stable enough to produce the second generation of colonists?
541 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 1, 2017
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September 15, 2019
Wow! A powerful story!
First, allow me to disclose that I know the author personally, working with him for a couple of decades. That doesn't affect my opinion of the story.
Basically, "Grav-OH!"
So many stories serve the standard model of paying. This story, though, keeps the reader satisfied along the way. There is suspense, but it resolves enough to keep the story moving. Each chapter left me wanting more, but not obsessing over some suspenseful crisis. It flows like a story about a colonization effort should. The story page matches the pace reality should. Of course the ending is shocking, leaving an obvious book for future books, but that's a it should be.
I'm eager to drive into the next book in the series.
First, allow me to disclose that I know the author personally, working with him for a couple of decades. That doesn't affect my opinion of the story.
Basically, "Grav-OH!"
So many stories serve the standard model of paying. This story, though, keeps the reader satisfied along the way. There is suspense, but it resolves enough to keep the story moving. Each chapter left me wanting more, but not obsessing over some suspenseful crisis. It flows like a story about a colonization effort should. The story page matches the pace reality should. Of course the ending is shocking, leaving an obvious book for future books, but that's a it should be.
I'm eager to drive into the next book in the series.
July 17, 2017
Gravity wave weaves the tale of planet colonization in another galaxy far from Earth. Romance, mystery, history, colonization struggles and triumphs, engaging characters and relationships, family dynamics, strange new aliens, thought-provoking new science and technology are just some of the topics pulling the reader into the novel. Ending twist that leaves the reader begging for a sequel.
August 24, 2025
An interesting and fun read
There are many interesting original ideas and concepts. I look forward to reading the next book in the Charma series.
There are many interesting original ideas and concepts. I look forward to reading the next book in the Charma series.
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