This isn’t a What If book, this is a When Will book. As a physicist and space specialist, Morris describes the journey of the international expedition through the hostile vacuum of space, using the latest scientific findings and technology trends as his inspiration. Brandon Morris, in his four-novel series The Enceladus Mission, The Titan Probe, The Io Encounter, and Return to Enceladus commits none of these sins. Morris comes a new novel for hard science fiction enthusiasts. However, shortly after takeoff disaster strikes the mission, and the chances of the crew making it to Enceladus, let alone back home, look grim.įrom internationally best-selling hard science fiction author Brandon Q. If life does indeed exist on Enceladus, it could only be at the bottom of the salty, ice covered ocean, which formed billions of years ago. The international crew is not just facing a difficult twenty-seven months: if the spacecraft manages to make it to Enceladus without incident it must use a drillship to penetrate the kilometer-thick sheet of ice that entombs the moon. Happily, he also pays heed to the human element, an aspect that can feel poorly engineered in many other hard-sci-fi books.
This sensational discovery shows that there is indeed evidence of extraterrestrial life. Fifteen years later, a hurriedly built spacecraft sets out on the long journey to the ringed planet and its moon. Morris is an exponent of highly technical sci-fi that details aerospace exploration and innovation practically down to the last rivet. In the year 2031, a robot probe detects traces of biological activity on Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons.
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