Sellenria: The Starship and The Citadel

by Chuck Boeheim, Daniel Elswit (Contributor)

It came as a shock to archaeologist Stenn Gremm to find that his ancestor had been a warlock. 

As a scientist, Stenn didn't believe in magic. But when a monster from legend shreds his equipment into dust, Stenn is forced into roles for which he hadn't prepared. Apprentice to an assassin for one, advisor to the heir to the throne for another. When archaeological digs are conducted via telepresence, he didn't expect to get dirt under his nails and blood on his hands. Now his fate hinges on his ability to embrace his greatest the new warlock.

Readers have called this a cross between Star Trek and Lord of the Rings, as well as a tale of self-discovery, set in a journey through a fantastic land. All legends have a kernel of truth, but the full story can be surprisingly different.

546 pages, Paperback

Published October 22, 2018

About the author

Chuck Boeheim brings his career in science and technology to tales of science fiction and fantasy while leaning into the "sufficiently advanced technology" trope. He's prone to filling his notebook with celestial mechanics calculations and other research for accuracy before telling the human stories set against that background. (Don't worry, the math doesn't end up in the stories.) His debut novel Sellenria has appeared on the Amazon top Hard Science Fiction list, while Knots is an exploration of a magical world based on topology. His short story Charon recently appeared in the anthology "Of Gods and Globes III."

Chuck lives with his wife, Chidori, and two cats, Rumplethumpkin and Yomogi, on the edge of Cayuga Lake in Upstate New York. When not writing, he enjoys reading, gardening, cooking, and traveling the world. He's visited most places in the world with high-energy physics labs and is now busy filling in the gaps in between.