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Title:
COMMANDER HENRY GALLANT
Author: H. Peter Alesso
Publisher: Video Software Lab
Pages: 350
Genre: Science Fiction
Author: H. Peter Alesso
Publisher: Video Software Lab
Pages: 350
Genre: Science Fiction
Henry Gallant
thought Alaina loved him, but now she’s found someone else. A tidal wave of
loss and grief has left him miserable, despondent, and lethargic.
Despite his
emotional travails, he is ordered on a dangerous mission to an invading aliens’
home world in the Gliese-581 star system. There he uses a neural interface to
penetrate their communication network and steal a high ranking alien’s
identity. Through this artifice, he learns about their history and society, and
discovers a way to hinder and possibly defeat them.
A side-effect of
linking into this network—which was created to service autistic savants—is that
Gallant’s mind is stimulated and enhanced to the point that he begins to
experience superintelligence abilities.
Upon returning from
his mission, there is concern that Gallant might pose an even more serious
threat than the aliens. While he struggles to fend off those who doubt his
loyalty, he fights to win back Alaina.
This is the fourth
book of The Henry Gallant Saga and can be read as a standalone story.
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Book Excerpt:
Alaina told him to
leave.
Gallant thought they
were in love, but now she’s found someone else.
He’s racked his
brain—sifting through the wreckage of their relationship—trying to piece
together what went wrong.
A tidal wave of loss
and grief has swept over him, leaving him undecided about what to do next, or
how to move forward—which is ironic because he’s always prided himself on his
ability to reach difficult decisions during a crisis. Is this a crisis? Maybe
it’s worse because his brain is numb and won’t process facts or ideas—it just
kept replaying the breakup over and over again.
***
TWO MONTHS EARLIER .
. .
The Warrior was
Henry Gallant’s first command. It was the culmination of everything he’d worked
for since entering the academy. Her rocket-shaped hull was over a hundred
meters long, equipped with stealth technology, an antimatter sub-light engine,
and a dark matter FTL drive.
The ship was on
course for Elysium, a warm-water planet with oceans coving ninety per cent of
its surface and dotted with numerous islands supporting abundant life including
birds, mammals, reptiles, and a multitude of plant life. Home to a displaced
United Planets’ colony, it was the second of five planets orbiting Tau Ceti, a
mustard-yellow dwarf star about 11.5 light-years from Earth.
Sitting in the
command chair, Gallant noticed that the bridge was unusually quiet despite the
background hum of machinery and the chatter of the bridge crew. There were no
alarms, or sirens, or exclamations of concern, all of which was a good thing,
but in his heighten state of anticipation he was left with an eerie sense of
emptiness.
He could barely
contain his excitement at the prospect of seeing Alaina for the first time in
nearly a year. His mind was alive with memories—many of which included Alaina’s
alluring figure—quickening his pulse. There was nothing auspicious or dramatic
about the images—it was just their sheer untimeliness and incongruity that was
troubling.
Standing up
abruptly, he shook my head to cast off my distracting torpor.
All eyes on the
bridge turned toward him.
Chagrinned, he drew
a breath and sat back down.
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About the Author
As a
scientist and author specializing in technology innovation, H. Peter Alesso has
over twenty years research experience at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
(LLNL). As Engineering Group Leader at LLNL he led a team of scientists and
engineers in innovative applications across a wide range of supercomputers,
workstations, and networks. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy with a B.S. and served in the
U.S. Navy on nuclear submarines before completing an M.S. and an advanced
Engineering Degree at M.I.T. He has published several software titles and
numerous scientific journal and conference articles, and he is the
author/co-author of seven books.
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