Introducing 'Europa Rising' by Sean MacUisdin
In the depths of space, millions of kilometres beyond Jupiter, the European cruiser, Onbevreesd, detects an extraordinary signal. Two days after she alters course to investigate, the ship disappears and so occurs the catalyst that begins a chain of events that will endanger the entire human race.
Commander Charles Kwetche is appointed to the elderly NASA frigate, Cabot; his mission, investigate the disappearance of the Onbevreesd beyond the Jovian system. As he probes into the loss, Kwetche finds an unnerving mystery involving the exobiological expedition of an industrial conglomerate on Europa; the alarming actions of a rogue United Nations cruiser, and the mysterious signal aimed at Europa.
Europa Rising is available on Amazon, Ibooks, Sony Books, Diesel Books, Smashwords, Barnes & Noble and Kobo.
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“This is an excellent book! Sean takes his knowledge of military science and translates it to near future outer space travel. He builds the suspense of the novel by incorporating the time required to travel between action points in the storyline.” – Gordon McCague
”An excellent first novel. The style is fast and focused on the plot but with a superb eye to just the right and just enough characterization to keep you engaged with the people who inhabit these future warships. And there was just enough technical detail to give the sense the ships and their crew are real and this is a future just a few years from now. I literally lost a night to this book – I simply could not put it down once I started.” -Skipper1 on Amazon.com
“MacUisdin has a knack for action scenes, and these, for me, are a highlight of his writing. Whether it’s the complex navigation and engineering of a battle between two ships, or a rough-and-tumble long gun shootout aboard a vessel, MacUisdin’s narrative is bang on.” – Adam La Rusic.
This is Sean's first novel, a full length military sci-fi with a hint of techno-thriller mixed in. It is also a near future look at the Terran expansion into space with multi-national conglomerates and resource driven governments driving the rapid movement beyond the inner solar system. Europa Rising is also an examination of that life in space where weeks and months of travel in cold enclosed environments are marked by wearying repetitive routine in a lonely and very unforgiving environment.
Please enjoy this novel and watch out for the sequel, Jupiter Rising, coming out December 2012.
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