Science fiction master, Sydney J. Bounds, presents a new novel and a classic novelette about mankind exploring the cosmos.
In The Windhaven Encounter Erik Norden is part of a Hunter Team, bound by an empathic link to a genetically modified big cat, and is tasked with conducting investigations on colony worlds. When he receives an assignment to solve an emergency on Windhaven, he is greeted amicably by the people, but his suspicions are piqued by an oddly acting mayor. The same mayor who sent out the distress call is now saying it was a mistake, that everything is fine on the colony world. But a young girl demands answers about her father's odd condition.
The man is, for all intents and purposes, dead. But the skin remains warm to the touch and he doesn't seem to be decaying... just suspended, permanently.
Another man turns up in this condition and the long-range radio tower is sabotaged, so Norden sets out to find what is going on on Windhaven. Along the way he'll discover things that will shift life in the universe as man knows it.
Adaptable Planet joins exploration ship Research III as it explores the Jose Maria star system. The dying sun has two ice planets... and a surprising third that seems to have life despite the sun not giving off enough light to support it.
When Second Officers Ken Shaw and Lewis McQueen go aboard the planet, there is an absence of plant life, but an odd pulsating city with evidence of at least one inhabitant shakes them. As they return to their ship, they find a sudden outgrowth of aggressive plant-life.
Quickly following their retreat, the crew finds that the plant has created Earth-like plants and atmosphere... as if it was specifically designed for them.
Who (or what) is controlling this planet's eco-system, and why?
Sydney James Bounds was an English author. He wrote over forty novels and hundreds of short stories, many published under pseudonyms or anonymously. He was best known for his science fiction, but also wrote horror, westerns, mysteries and juveniles. Starting in 2007 his name has been honoured by the British Fantasy Awards' Sydney J. Bounds Best Newcomer Award (a revival of the earlier Icarus and Newcomer Awards), which is sponsored and funded by his estate.
Genre: Science Fiction
In The Windhaven Encounter Erik Norden is part of a Hunter Team, bound by an empathic link to a genetically modified big cat, and is tasked with conducting investigations on colony worlds. When he receives an assignment to solve an emergency on Windhaven, he is greeted amicably by the people, but his suspicions are piqued by an oddly acting mayor. The same mayor who sent out the distress call is now saying it was a mistake, that everything is fine on the colony world. But a young girl demands answers about her father's odd condition.
The man is, for all intents and purposes, dead. But the skin remains warm to the touch and he doesn't seem to be decaying... just suspended, permanently.
Another man turns up in this condition and the long-range radio tower is sabotaged, so Norden sets out to find what is going on on Windhaven. Along the way he'll discover things that will shift life in the universe as man knows it.
Adaptable Planet joins exploration ship Research III as it explores the Jose Maria star system. The dying sun has two ice planets... and a surprising third that seems to have life despite the sun not giving off enough light to support it.
When Second Officers Ken Shaw and Lewis McQueen go aboard the planet, there is an absence of plant life, but an odd pulsating city with evidence of at least one inhabitant shakes them. As they return to their ship, they find a sudden outgrowth of aggressive plant-life.
Quickly following their retreat, the crew finds that the plant has created Earth-like plants and atmosphere... as if it was specifically designed for them.
Who (or what) is controlling this planet's eco-system, and why?
Sydney James Bounds was an English author. He wrote over forty novels and hundreds of short stories, many published under pseudonyms or anonymously. He was best known for his science fiction, but also wrote horror, westerns, mysteries and juveniles. Starting in 2007 his name has been honoured by the British Fantasy Awards' Sydney J. Bounds Best Newcomer Award (a revival of the earlier Icarus and Newcomer Awards), which is sponsored and funded by his estate.
Genre: Science Fiction
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