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    Dead in Space: Star Traveler, #2
    Dead in Space: Star Traveler, #2
    Dead in Space: Star Traveler, #2
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    Dead in Space: Star Traveler, #2

    By Jonathan J Snyder

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    After taking the leap into deep space, the crew of the Icarus must traverse the long void between star clusters. Everything would have gone according to plan if it was not for a simple error on the part of a manufacturer. Facing death in space or an ancient trap, Captain Sinclair Barrett must make decisions that could seal the fate of the entire crew. Will he make the right one or will they be forever stuck in orbit of a dead world?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEpic Worlds
    Release dateAug 6, 2023
    ISBN9781370528745
    Dead in Space: Star Traveler, #2
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    Jonathan J Snyder

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      Dead in Space - Jonathan J Snyder

      Chapter 1

      The room that Sinclair Barrett lay in was pitch black except for the dull, little, red light coming from the inactive computer monitor on his desk. The commanding officer of the Terran Confederacy vessel Icarus lay on his bed facing the ceiling and had his government-issued synth-wool blanket pulled up to his chin. For the most part, the room was silent except for the quiet hum of the FTL drive as it pushed them at superluminal speeds through space and the snatches of conversation that wafted through the door as people walked past.

      It had been two months since the Icarus had jumped out of the DS-1023 System in the Beta Kappa Cluster and were making their way across the void towards the distance Osha Ahova cluster. Many in the crew thought the idea of crossing this vast distance by FTL travel was on the verge of ludicrous as most travels between the clusters of star systems had been done by the ancient Star Traveler Network that spanned the known part of the Milky Way galaxy. The warping engine based on the initial designs of Doctor Miguel Alcubierre, a theoretical physicist, who had proposed the theory of warping space 466 years ago in 1994. Sinclair did not actually comprehend the whole mathematics.

      Sinclair knew it was a type of Lorentzian manifold and that it required exotic matter to create the negative energy behind the ship to effectively warp real space. He left all that up to Keith O’Reilly, the ship’s chief engineer. The civilian had spent years in the Terran Confederacy fleet working on engines and had graciously agreed to help even in his retirement.

      Even though it would be another five months before they would arrive into the unmapped cluster, their mission made it very difficult to sleep. An ancient race that was once thought dead had come back and destroyed an earth colony. The Terran Confederacy ordered him to pursue and scout out to see how much a threat the Kaon indeed posed. Except for the sphere in orbit of a dead planet and a Kaon robot that almost killed him, they had seen no other signs of the dreadnaught that had devastated the colony on Persephone.

      Turning over again in his agitated state, Sinclair forced his eyes closed and tried to let his mind roam at more kind thoughts. He thought about a sandy beach and the sound of rain, but as he was about to drift off to sleep, his vessel gave a massive lurch which pitched him out of his bed and onto the steel plate floor.

      All hands! the voice of Sinclair’s first officer peeled out over the speaker system. Brace for emergency deceleration! All hands, brace for emergency deceleration!

      Without hesitating, Sinclair grabbed the leg of his desk that was bolted to the floor and groaned as the ship shuttered and twisted sending vibrations of pain through his arm and body. When it was complete, he pulled himself to his feet and slammed his fist on the comm button.

      This is Barrett. What the hell happened?

      Captain, Sutton’s voice came across even but concerned. O’Reilly just picked up a massive spike in the equilibrium of our warping field. We almost lost the torus.

      The torus was the invisible shape that was wrapped around the ship and trapped real space allowing them to break Einstein’s cage.

      This is O’Reilly, Captain, The voice of the Irishmen cut in, his accent thicker than normal. The baffles are overloaded, and we’re losing containment on the exotic matter. I don’t know why but we’re going to explode if we don’t vent.

      Vent the exotic matter? Sinclair knew that was a death sentence for them

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