Neptune Crossing Neptune Crossing
Book 1 - Chaos Chronicles

Neptune Crossing

The Chaos Chronicles, Book 1

    • 4.1 • 295 Ratings

Publisher Description

When John Bandicut sets out across the surface of Triton, he’s hardly ready for the storm of chaos that’s about to blow through his life. The alien quarx that soon inhabits his mind is humanity’s first contact with an alien life—a contact Bandicut can reveal to no one. The quarx, part of an ancient galactic civilization that manipulates chaos theory to predict catastrophic events, seeks to prevent a cometary collision that could destroy the Earth. But it must have help. If Bandicut chooses to trust the quarx, he must break all the rules—indeed, sacrifice his life as he knows it—to prevent humanity’s greatest cataclysm. Leaving friends and lover behind, hurtling across the solar system in a stolen spaceship, Bandicut can only pray that his actions will save the Earth. Even if he doesn’t live to see it again. From the Nebula-nominated author of Eternity’s End. DRM-free ebook edition.

Original print edition by Tor Books. Now in trade paperback from Starstream Publications. Also available as an audiobook, narrated by Grammy winner Stefan Rudnicki!

REVIEWS AND QUOTES:

One of the best SF novels of the year — Science Fiction Chronicle

“Jeff Carver is a hard sf writer who gets it right—his science and his people are equally convincing. Neptune Crossing combines his strengths, from a chilling look at alien machine intelligence, to cutting-edge chaos theory, to the pangs of finite humans in the face of the infinite. If you like intriguing ideas delivered in an exciting plot, this is your meat.” —Gregory Benford

“Masterfully captures the joy of exploration.” — Publishers Weekly

“Reveals an alien encounter brushing hard against a soul, and takes us from there to the far reaches of the cosmos, all with the sure touch of a writer who knows his science. Jeff Carver has done it again!” —David Brin

“A complex and believable protagonist—an ordinary man rising to extraordinary circumstances—and an alien presence that is at once convincingly strange and deeply real. I’m really glad to have read this one.” —Melissa Scott, author of Dreamships and Trouble and Her Friends

“One of the very best things Carver has written, a traditional adventure filled with mystery and wonder and featuring a likable and believable protagonist thrust onto a stage for which he is ill prepared.” — Science Fiction Chronicle

“A roaring, cross-the-solar-system adventure of the first water. The kind of stuff that made us all love science fiction.” —Jack McDevitt, author of Seeker and Chindi

“High-octane space adventure: mystery, humor, theoretical physics, and one of the more interesting SF aliens you’ve likely encountered in a long while.” —Allen Steele

“With works such as The Infinity Link... and his popular Star Rigger novels, Carver won acclaim as a master craftsman of compelling hard science fiction. This captivating opener to a new series incorporating the emerging science of chaos theory should keep that reputation flourishing... Carver has created yet another electrifying scenario as well as a winning combination in Bandicut and the sometimes vulnerable yet superintelligent quarx. First-rate entertainment.” — Booklist

GENRE
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
RELEASED
2010
September 9
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
410
Pages
PUBLISHER
Jeffrey A. Carver
SELLER
Draft2Digital, LLC
SIZE
1.2
MB

Customer Reviews

mmcwaters ,

Hard sci fi with a human touch

Enjoyed the concepts in this book and watching the author weave them together: chaos theory, alien contact, life in the far distant future--and how not much has changed for humanity after all. We're still the same, messed up species we ever were....

zeusboo ,

Neptune crossing

imaginative technical writing with suspense and intriguing story telling

BobbiLeslie ,

Neptune Crossing: Confused

Main character evolves strangely, but main plot is very good, look forward to following novels!

From a Changeling Star From a Changeling Star
2014
The Second Science Fiction Megapack The Second Science Fiction Megapack
2011
Eternity's End: A Novel of the Star Rigger Universe Eternity's End: A Novel of the Star Rigger Universe
2010
Fantastic Stories Presents the Imagination (Stories of Science and Fantasy) Super Pack Fantastic Stories Presents the Imagination (Stories of Science and Fantasy) Super Pack
2016
Look to Windward Look to Windward
2001
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds VI Star Trek: Strange New Worlds VI
2003
Panglor Panglor
2014
Dragon Rigger Dragon Rigger
2015
Dragons in the Stars Dragons in the Stars
2015
From a Changeling Star From a Changeling Star
2014
Strange Attractors Strange Attractors
2010
The Chaos Chronicles (Books 1-3) The Chaos Chronicles (Books 1-3)
2010
Wings of Steele - Destination Unknown (Book 1) Wings of Steele - Destination Unknown (Book 1)
2012
Crimson Tempest Crimson Tempest
2017
Well of Furies Well of Furies
2014
Forbidden the Stars Forbidden the Stars
2010
Negation Force Negation Force
2018
Icarus Icarus
2016
Strange Attractors Strange Attractors
2010
The Infinite Sea The Infinite Sea
2010
Sunborn Sunborn
2011