5/26/2023 0 Comments Across the universe book![]() Space enthusiasts will appreciate the starship setting, but they are sure to be disappointed at the “Star Trek” physics used in the design and operation of Godspeed. When other “frozens” are murdered, and Elder discovers Eldest has been keeping secrets from him, he and Amy join forces to find the murderer and uncover the truth about the ship’s progress toward Centauri-Earth. But Eldest, the current leader, warns that Amy’s differences will only bring trouble. She witnesses her parents’ freezing and then she joins them in a nightmarish dream state that ends with her unscheduled thawing, and near drowning, inside her glass coffin.Įlder, a 16-year-old dark-haired, dark-skinned boy, born on Godspeed and destined to become the leader of the thousands of mono-ethnic “shipborns,” is captivated by the unusual Amy. The story begins with Amy, a 17-year-old redheaded girl who is the only teen among the frozen, a perk granted to her scientist mother and military father who have skills considered essential to the survival of the colony. ![]() One hundred carefully selected colonists are frozen for the journey while thousands of others live out their lives, generation after generation, as members of the crew. The destination is Centauri-Earth, and the trip is to take 300 years. ![]() ![]() Sometime toward the end of this century, a group of investors has decided to send the first generation starship to an exosolar planet. ![]()
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