Earth Escape: Odyssey to the Edge of the Universe
- ISBN-10
- 1539119254
- ISBN-13
- 9781539119258
- Pages
- 452
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-09-29
- Publisher
- Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- Author
- Réal Laplaine
Description
EARTH ESCAPE is a relative sci-fi novel, an epic space odyssey with a metaphysical twist. The story is told from the perspective of Jim Tale, the Captain of the starship EVOLUTION, who wakes up after twenty seven years in sub-sleep-stasis and some 1400 light years from Earth - just weeks from arriving at their target, an exoplanet which they hope to colonize. Jim's only companion, until he awakens the rest of his crew, is CASS, the most advanced artificial intelligence ever devised. CASS is not only the mind of the ship, but she becomes Jim's most trusted adviser and friend throughout this epic voyage. A calm journey turns into a thrill ride, as they suddenly make First Contact with an alien race, fight off carnivorous raptors in the new world, and so much more. Each door they open leads Jim to ask the same questions - Who are we? Why are we here? How was the Universe created? His relentless search for answers takes him through gateways and galaxies, and only when he meets Prima, a woman of extraordinary beauty and insight, does the real adventure truly begin. Earth Escape breaks down the paradigms of mediocrity and challenges the Big Bang Theory and other theories of existence, and takes the reader not only on a journey through space, but a metaphysical and philosophical one which questions existence as we know it.
