A science fiction novel set at the edge of our solar system. The discovery of a strange virus has drastic implications for the understanding of mankind's place in the universe.
Duncan Schaefer is a chef in the Kuiper Mining Colony, at the edge of our solar system.
He has become infected by a virus that is baffling science.
With the help of his disfigured companion Maxan, he struggles to understand the physical changes his body is undergoing, which is earning him an unwanted celebrity status.
Everyone wants a piece of him.
Schaefer soon learns that the illness has a design of its own, and that there are greater things at stake than just his own life. Can he survive long enough to uncover the mystery of his illness, and make the connection between the physical changes in his body, and the future of mankind’s place in the universe?
Excerpt
"...My name is Duncan Schaefer. I live and work on the Kuiper Entertainment Station, one of many immense spinning stations that serve the leisure needs of the inhabitants of the Kuiper asteroid belt - a broad ring of stones that orbit the sun out beyond Pluto. This is your future and my present day. I will explain why I am telling you all these things later, but for now, please pay attention to what I have to say, because I have an important message for you..."
In the second book in the Ember Reign series, Megan and her friends decide to investigate a haunted mansion to discover it was once a secret government laboratory dealing with extraterrestrial biological entities.
