by Paul Preuss
First published 2021
Professor J.Q.R. Forster's expedition to Jupiter's moon takes a shocking turn when ice geysers explode across the surface, tearing away the crust to expose something impossible: an ancient alien worldship. The vessel suddenly rockets toward a black hole, threatening catastrophe. Sparta, a woman whose beauty conceals superhuman abilities created through advanced biotechnology, must discover why the ship has begun this deadly journey. She faces a mysterious alien from an incomprehensible culture, knowing that failure means Earth's destruction. As the worldship follows its predetermined path through space, Sparta finds herself caught in the middle of an ancient galactic civil war. Her nemesis Sir Randolph Mays schemes in the background while she races against time. The fate of humanity rests on her ability to understand alien motives and prevent cosmic disaster. This final volume of the Venus Prime series combines mystery with hard science fiction.
Genres: science-fiction, adventure, mystery, space-opera
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: ancient-conspiracy, mystery, race-against-time
Setting: Jupiter, Venus
Period: Ancient, Contemporary
318 pages · Paperback · iBooks