Cronus Eclipsed

by Brian F.H. Clement

Ren has lived more than a century, witnessing the Final Transmission, the Strife Years that followed, the new world ushered in after Assimilation Protocol was initiated by Hul-net, and then the world reconfiguration of At-net. Now, she is tasked with a mission to uncover the reasons behind a mysterious emergency signal sent from an archaeological research base under the ice of Enceladus, in orbit of Saturn. She must assemble a team of specialists, including a sentient fungus, a curmudgeonly mollusc more at home deep beneath the Atlantic ocean, a reptilian rehabilitated assassin, a recovering "Psychomath," who lived only for the perfection of every new calculation, a highly intelligent corvid whose brain has been rewired with advanced neural technology, and a hive of cybernetic insects that functions as a collective unit within a mechanical enclosure. Outwitting pirates, cults, and an ideologically fanatical AI on the way, they must traverse the solar system, overcome their own minds to evolve beyond themselves, and make contact with a new form of intelligence.

247 pages, Paperback

Published March 16, 2020

About the author

I've been writing and directing low-budget films for years and decided to jump back into my childhood love of writing. My first novel, The Final Transmission, was published in late 2013, and the sequel, Assimilation Protocol was originally released in November 2017. After the publisher disintegrated, I re-released both along with the third in the series, Cronus Eclipsed, in March 2020. I'm also working on a comic series, Ghost Cats, and have a number of short stories either just released or about to be released in anthology form. I'm having a lot of fun writing and look forward to continuing to do so!