Artifact

by Shane Lindemoen

When a relic is discovered beneath the surface of Mars, physicist Lance Kattar is offered a chance to take part in what could be the most important discovery in a device containing nanotech far beyond human ability, left by an ancient civilization. But the moment he studies the object, Lance triggers a series of events that threaten the very fabric of existence.

Genres: Science Fiction

292 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 18, 2013

About the author

Shane Lindemoen is an award winning novelist from Minnesota and the owner of Mobius Books, a boutique publishing company focused on contemporary genre fiction. Shane received a Glimmer Train nomination for his short story Lucretius in 2007. His debut novel, Artifact (Boxfire Press, 2013) received the Golden National Independent Book Award for Science Fiction. His second novel is Breathless (Beacon Publishing Group, 2019).

Reviews

[Greg · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed Artifact more than I thought I would after reading the first couple of chapters. Totally worth staying with it until the end.

This book is very fragmented from the beginning making it somewhat difficult to read. The main character keeps jumping from one storyline to another rapidly making it hard to keep track of what is going on in each one. For the first half of this book it is kind of annoying enough that I wanted to shelve it but I'm glad I kept going. The climax of this book was excellent and I completely didn't see it coming. All of the different stories being followed finally made sense and the way the book was written in hindsight was perfect.

Artifact had it all, sic-fi, action adventure, zombies, and totally had a philosophical twist of the difference between purpose and meaning.

[Kat · Rating 4 out of 5]

Halfway through I had to stop and make sure I was still actually reading the same book. It was awesome and gross and not what I expected.

[Julie Bartz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome,