Bear Pond Books is pleased to present science fiction authors Allen M. Steele and James L. Cambias. Both authors will be appearing at the store to read from their works, and to discuss the challenges and opportunities in spaceflight, and what our future holds for us away from planet Earth.
Allen M. Steele is the author of the recently released novel Arkwright, which follows a visionary author, Nathan Arkwright. At the end of his life, he set into motion a plan that would ensure his legacy for generations to come.
Convinced that humanity cannot survive on Earth, his Arkwright Foundation dedicates itself to creating a colony on an Earth-like planet several light years distant. Fueled by Nathan's legacy, generations of Arkwrights are drawn together, and pulled apart, by the enormity of the task and weight of their name.
James L. Cambias is the author of Corsair, about two computer hackers, Elizabeth Santiago and David Schwartz, who met at MIT. A decade later, David has become wealthy working for international thieves, while Elizabeth works in intelligence preventing international space piracy. With robotic mining in space becoming a lucrative part of Earth's economy, shipments from space are dropped down the gravity well into the oceans, with both fighting against one another in a dangerous world with high stakes.
Join us to talk about our future in space with two leading authors in the genre!
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