Conglommora Found

by Andy Hunt

Conglommora sat there as it always did, stationary in the deep dark cold of space. Charlie Neylan and his son Alain thought their adventures were over, as they settled into the shape of their new lives on Conglommora. But things get complicated as Alain risks his life to find answers to the secrets from their past, and their very world gets a lot larger than anyone thought. The new hidden undersea base, Denisova, was a trove of scientific data and opportunity. So much new to study, so much to see—but safely, hidden from their descendants. The People of Conglommora couldn't reveal themselves without jeopardizing their future. They had to keep them isolated, alone. What was left of humanity was utterly alone. Until it wasn't.

234 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 1, 2018

About the author

see also Andrew Hunt

Andy Hunt is a programmer turned consultant, author and publisher.
He co-authored the best-selling book "The Pragmatic Programmer",
was one of the 17 founders of the Agile Alliance, and co-founded
the Pragmatic Bookshelf, publishing award-winning and critically
acclaimed books for software developers.

Andy started writing software professionally in early 80's across
diverse industries such as telecommunications, banking, financial
services, utilities, medical imaging, graphic arts, and of course,
the now-ubiquitous web.

Source: Amazon.com

Reviews

[Ivan · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the second book of the series and I got to say that the story is excellent and the characters are all interesting. This book had me turning pages and forgetting about what I need to do.

[Torben Rasmussen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Strong follow-up!

Wow! Andy Hunt’s sequel, Conglammora Found, is excellent.
The writing and composition is many levels up from the first novel. The first book was largely single-threaded, but the follow-up makes use of a multithreaded narrative to keep the reader engaged.
The book ends very open-ended and the groundwork is in place for several more stories in the Conglammora universe.

[Alfredo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Este libro, por motivos que no entiendo muy bien cómo llegaron a ser, me lo regaló el autor como ebook autografiado (whatdaf...). Es el segundo libro de la pronto a ser trilogía de Conglommora, una colonia espacial donde lo que queda de humanidad se aglutina, perdida en el espacio. Pero de algún modo, la humanidad no sólo ha encontrado el camino de vuelta a la Tierra Muerta, y ya no es la Tierra Muerta sino que es de nuevo la Tierra Verde, incluso con humanos primitivos en ella. ¿Cuál es el deber de los humanos espaciales?¿Ser el protector, vigía, de los humanos terrestres, o serles completamente ajenos?¿Se puede alejar nuestro mal de su inocencia?¿Estamos realmente solos en el universo?¿Por qué es así?

Con un carácter levemente menos antifascista que el anterior, este libro explora más bien la responsabilidad y torpeza humana. La acción es rápida y entretenida, la historia original, aunque se encuentra a veces algunos McGuffin que uno pensaría que nunca van a dispararse y que a final dejan la sensación de hilos sueltos. Por otra parte, hay que considerar que toda obra central de una trilogía DEBE dejar hilos sueltos, porque o si no ¿de dónde parte a tercera estrofa?

Resumiendo: Ciencia Ficción de acción rápida. Recomendable.

This book, for reasons that I don't get too much, was given to me as an autographed signed ebook by the author (whatdaf... you are great, Andy!). This is the second book of the soon to be Conglommora trilogy, a space colony where what's left of humanity sticks together, lost in space. But somehow, humanity has not only found the way back to Dead Earth but Dead Earth is not dead anymore but Green Earth again, even with native people. Which is the duty of the space humans? Being the protector, watch, or being absent? Can our evil be off their innocence? Are we really alone in the universe? Why?

With an slighly less antifascist character than the former book, this explores the human clumsiness and responsability. The action is quick and entertaining, the story is very original, even when some McGuffin seems that are never going to be shot and looks like loose threads. On the other hand, every middle play in a trilogy has to have loose threads so the third act can start, isnt?

TL;DR: Fast paced SCI-FI. Recommendable.

[Bruce · Rating 5 out of 5]

For those of you who don't know him, Andy is an especially gifted technical author and the owner of a publishing company. He's also a good friend, so take this review with a huge grain of salt. This is his second fiction book. As a technical writer who someday would like to do the same, I simply can't be fully objective.

I don't quite know why but this book really resonated with me, but it did. The world seems true to me and the author seems to bring out the right details at the right time. The characters have a bit more depth and mystery than the first novel and that's important to me. I read a few dozen pages every evening before going to sleep and it was perfect.

I love both the world building and the pace. One of my favorite authors, Sanderson, once said "readers like characters who do things". This book has characters who do things. The book doesn't bog down in internal dialog or fall into unnecessary descriptive paralysis. I feel that I know the characters in this book in ways I didn't in the first Congommora to this book.

Some day I will write a fiction novel and I hope my attempt is as good as Andy's.

[Rachel Nefeke · Rating 5 out of 5]

Conglommora had been found. And new piece to my collection of favourite pearls of science-fiction as well.
From what I read, it was a continuation of an amazing adventure of father and son, who tried to enjoy every moment of existence, leaving all past behind them... But something was really bothering me, the reason why they ended up there, on the edge of the universe. Was it done on purpose to keep them unknown? Seems so. I will be very happy to know if Conglommorans will found a new friend or foe. The second part of Conglommora taught me about the importance of unknowledge. It can be used both ways. For good or bad. Interesting reading which makes you think about what's this all about.

[Kevin Barnes · Rating 3 out of 5]

Like the first book in the series, some interesting things to think about, a drive forward that keeps you interested, but also some let downs – intriguing elements explained away, buildups that fizzle out. I enjoyed it but was also a tad frustrated.