Pack your toothbrush, we're going to space...
The universe is an incredible place. The sheer vastness and mystery of it has inspired wonder, dread and exploration since the first human eyes looked up at the stars. New images from NASA’s Webb Telescope allow us to peer through time and space, displaying the vibrance of swirling galaxies and glittering nebulas whose light is only now reaching us from billions of years ago. It should come as no surprise that so much of the science fiction genre stems from the outlandish and alien frontiers that lie waiting to be discovered by both intergalactic travelers and those of us that read about them in our favorite stories. If there’s other intelligent life out there, what would it look like? Would it look like us? Act like us? Would that be a good thing? These are some of the key questions that my novel, Prodigal Seed: Indigo 03, seeks to explore. Initially set in the not-too-distant future of 2090, technology has improved, geopolitics have con...