I was challenged to write a sci-fi novel about a Dyson sphere. I wanted to – so much! – but I said I couldn’t because I’d need to do months of research first. But, once that virus had entered my brain, there was no way I could get rid of it. My mind became full of images, characters, plotlines – and calculations! In the end, I gave in to it, did the work (the inside of a Dyson sphere is a really weird environment!) and wrote the book.
I called it Never-Ending Day and it is officially out today!
You’ll find it on all your favourite book retail sites (but only Amazon has the paperback version).
The back-cover blurb goes like this…
In the epic setting of an ancient Dyson sphere, two people discover themselves and each other. Together they change the fate of countless civilisations.
Taras Fraser, an agent of the League of Worlds, is chasing the terrorist known as Yuna through deep space. They are far from human habitation when they are both hijacked and taken into a gigantic and mysterious sphere, a massive structure built around a white dwarf star. From that moment on, their lives become ever more entwined as they struggle for survival in an adventure spanning the vast interior of the sphere, a world populated by thousands of alien species – most of them hostile to the two humans and to each other. It is a struggle that takes them to the heart of the mystery of who built the sphere and deep inside a plot which threatens to end with the deaths of billions.
…and the front cover, in all its glory, looks like this:
I hope you’ll all rush to your keyboards and buy it. More than that, I hope you’ll enjoy it. As well as the cool setting and the epic adventure, there’s a lot of humour in this book – mainly as the two main characters strike sparks off one another. I loved writing it and I’m hoping that comes across in the reading.