Tesla Prime and the Regulus Event

by Douglas Equils, Matías González (Illustrator), Sheela Samir (Editor)

In “Tesla Prime and the Regulus Event”, a group of seven astronauts embark on a mission to explore the distant and alien world of Proteus. Twenty-seven years later, the crew of Tesla Prime returns to find that the Earth has vanished. The only clues are a cryptic message left by an engineer on the Moon and a giant ring structure larger than the Earth itself. The woefully unprepared group of scientists and engineers must band together and find a way to save the human race from extinction. With the fate of the world teetering, a last minute replacement, Daxman Spinner, rises to become an unwilling anti-hero in Earth’s final hour. At its core, “Tesla Prime” is an intelligent science fiction epic in the same subgenre as “Dune” and “Ender’s Game”.  It is a layered character driven novel, with complex and damaged heroes, mystery, betrayal, and a dash of romance.  Based on my work at NASA/JPL and lectures I have given as an astronomy professor, I’ve worked hard to make sure the story is grounded in real science and cutting-edge technology.

Genres: Science Fiction

469 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 6, 2020

Reviews

[Antonio Santana · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is "hard science". As always I am not going to get into the plot of the story in detail, but I am going to mention the technology behind it. The storyline or plot is a simple one, and it's very common. "A group of seven astronauts embark on a mission to explore the distant and alien world of Proteus. Twenty-seven years later, the crew of Tesla Prime returns to find that the Earth has vanished" (Goodreads).

There is the classic interstellar space travel which uses Alcubierre Drive technology; the concept of time dilation and of course the stasis chamber. All females friendly aliens that are not really friendly. The use of megastructures powered by black holes with the ability to transport entire planets-physically-. All science, not an ounce of magic or mysticism. The book was written by astronomy professor Douglas Equils.

The biology of the aliens is interesting because they are Parthenogenic. In science fiction,
it's a rarity to read about pathogenic races. One example is in the movie "Enemy Mine". As for the ship Telsa Prime, I am a bit confuse about internship communication. All done by AI. The design of the ship is neat. It is in all sense a science ship, And at the same time maintained as an individual entity which is the AI itself.

There's another technology used as well, they're called light benders is not an actual cloaking device what is a material that when the light hits it does not reflect. It almost worked like a chameleon. I think a doctor Who has what is called a chameleon Circuit where did TARDIS it's supposed to blend in with its surroundings. The doctor TARDIS Chameleon Circuit is defective has it always shows up as a police box. in the Telsa Story it is more like shield.

If you like hard science fiction, you will enjoy this book.

[Jason · Rating 2 out of 5]

Interesting premise; unfortunately, too much exposition. I couldn’t finish it.

[Beachpig · Rating 5 out of 5]

Enjoyable read of potential future event with an alien twist. Great first novel by Equils. Science fiction fans should enjoy the plot and excellent character development.