Thinwalker
The Pilots of Borealis "Classic sci-fi in the vein of Ben Bova."--Library Journal (Skyhorse Publishing/Talos Press, New York, 2015)
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Release Date: August 11, 2015
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The Pilots of Borealis
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Goodreads: 4 Stars "...transcendentally lush writing." -July, 2015 (See full review below)
Library Journal: "Verdict: Told from the point of view of world-weary hero and killer Clinton Rittener, this debut novel is a throwback to classic space opera and should be suggested to fans of authors such as Ben Bova." (July, 2015)
See "Media Links" below for articles/interviews/reviews and more
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“A far-future, nanotechnological 'vaccination' tale like none other—some thousand years from now and a hundred lightyears away." — Times of Israel.
"Terrifying, unpredictable, intelligent sci-fi ending not so much with a whimper but with an unfathomable bang.--WOBH, Auckland, New Zealand
"Do we really wish to travel through time?"--Newsmax
Worldshapers, Regina, Canada, "The Politicization of Classic Science Fiction," Feb 5, 2024 (Interviewer: Edward Willett)
Thinwalker:Where Christian and Jewish Voices May Not Speak,Times of Israel, Jerusalem,Nov 27, 2023
WOBH, Auckland, New Zealand's The BFD, "Settled Science Fiction Doesn't Pull its Own Weight," Dec 20, 2023
"Top Gun" heads to outer space in this throwback to the classic science fiction of Asimov, Clarke, and Heinlein."--Edelweiss
Pump one tenth body weight in each fist for as long as the arms can stand it, pushing on wings the size of a pterodactyl's. Do that under a pressurized dome at one atmosphere sea level, but subject to one sixth gravity on the Moon. Now contend with a swarm of chiseled, fearless, superbly trained flyers, buffeting the air space around you like peregrine falcons. This was the sport of piloting. After helium-3, it was one of the first things that entered anyone's mind when Borealis was mentioned.
It was helium-3 that powered humanity’s far-flung civilization, feeding fusion reactors from the Alliances on Earth, to the Terran Ring, Mars, the Jovian colonies, and all the way out to even distant Titan. The supply, scooped up from the surface of the Moon, had once seemed limitless. That was a long time ago, though. Borealis, the glittering, fabulously rich city astride the lunar North Pole, had amassed centuries of unimaginable wealth harvesting it. She was the first to realize that those innocent days of ostensibly boundless supplies were now over.
The helium-3 was running out, and the energy crisis was real.
Even memories of the horrific and seemingly endless planet-wide devastation spawned by the four Petroleum Wars wasn't enough to counter this new unquenchable demand, triggering a ruthless contest. Those powers determined to dominate the remaining supplies of He3 would discover through the indomitable spirit of an Earth-born, war-weary mercenary turned piloting enthusiast, that the most powerful force in the Solar System wasn’t mined on the lunar surface, but was instead found so much closer to home.
"Nabhan's impressive use of language and exposition takes the reader on a ride that explores mankind's social, political and economic differences, and in the face of imminent threat, arrives at a logical yet unexpected conclusion."--J. Dalton Jennings, author of Solomon's Arrow.
"A page turner that kept me on the edge of my seat from the first page to the last. What an ending!"--David Pierre, author, Double Standard
"Captivating! An intricately designed and superbly entertaining tale of intrigue, politics and well-written science. If a few tears don't well up in your eyes as you read it, check your pulse."--Dr. Paul Burton, Publisher, Burton Digital Books
"Science writer David Nabhan ( Earthquake Prediction: Answers in Plain Sight, 2013, Forecasting the Catastrophe, 2010; Predicting the Next Great Quake, 1996) crafts the intelligent foundation on which an incredibly fast-moving, highly literate, and thoroughly unpredictable view of the future is built, one that is astounding, sublime, terrifying, and more than anything…plausible." BISAC: Fiction/Science Fiction/General
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Contact the author: davidwrites200@aol.com
MEDIA LINKS:
Christian News Journal "A Media that Prefers Science Fiction to Religion" (North America's largest Christian news venue) October 9, 2021
Sonoma County Gazette, October, 2019 NASA Stardust Project, "Capturing a Comet's Tail"
Sailing to the StarsCaptain's Quarters Science Fiction Review November, 2016
NEWSMAX "Shaking Up Science" articles on space travel concerning: aliens? nuclear fusion powered by the Moon? time travel? space elevators? black holes? light speed? life on Mars? mining the Asteroid Belt? extraterrestrial civilizations? Predicting earthquakes from Earth orbit?
Church of England's official news font, "Church Times,"Christmas 2018 edition: "They make a desert and call it peace." RE: Calgacus & Scottish ex-pats on the asteroid Valerian-3.
WISR 680 AM"It's Your Turn"Metro Pittsburgh 10-9-15 Hosted by Dave Malarkey "Pilots of Borealis and the Hugo Awards Controversy" MP3*
Cleveland's John Carroll University, "Carroll News" Op-ed, "Sci-fi With a Message" Ben Gebhardt, Editor (9/20/15)
My Bookish Ways Excerpt & Giveaway Contest! Win a copy of Pilots of Borealis
Revolution SF Review Critique by Editor, Joe Crowe
Burns...Through her Bookshelf Review, by Erin Burns
The Qwillery Interview of David Nabhan Aug 11, 2015
TerribleMinds "Five Things Learned Writing Pilots of Borealis" Aug 12, 2015
The Big Idea "A Universe of Matter...AND...Energy" Aug 13, 2015