David S. Goyer – Heaven’s Shadow & War – book 1& 2

Heaven’s shadow

by Goyer, David S.
Contributors: Cassutt, Michael.

Heaven’s Shadow 2011 – 1st book

Year/Format: 2011, Book, x, 398 p. :
Subjects:
• Human-alien encounters–Fiction.
• Space flight–Fiction.

My Review: I really liked this book and I have already read the 2nd book and have the 3rd book on hold.  It reminded me slightly of Arthur C. Clarke’s Rama.  It is the same idea – an alien ship arrives and humans get trapped inside.  The two story tellers tell very different stories and both are great reads.  The rest of the story is about us learning how and what is happening.  The 1st book is pretty scary and well thought out – regarding the strategies of various cultures and politics.

Library Summary/Review: “An object one hundred miles across, originating from Octans constellation, on a trajectory for our sun. Now its journey is almost over. And humanity’s journey is about to begin. As the Near-Earth Object–dubbed “Keanu”–approaches, two manned vehicles race through almost half a million kilometers of space to reach it first and land on the frozen, desolate surface: NASA’s Destiny, originally designed for flights to the Moon and Mars, and the untested lunar ship Brahma, representing the Russian-Chinese-Indian Coalition. Both crews have orders to do whatever it takes to triumphantly claim Keanu as their own. But when the competing missions both arrive on the contested entity, they find that Keanu is much more than a simple rock hurtling through the blackness. It has been sent toward Earth for a reason… A vastly more intelligent race is desperately attempting to communicate with our primitive species. And their interstellar courier carries a message that the very core of humanity has responded to since time began”–

Heaven’s war

Heaven’s War 2012 – 2nd book

by Goyer, David S.

Contributors: Cassutt, Michael. ; Paick, James.

Year/Format: 2012, Book, x, 448 p. :

Subjects:

• Human-alien encounters–Fiction.

My Review: – I was very pleased to see that the story gets even better in the 2nd book.  I was quite taken with the idea of a machine that is old that it is starting to break down and that it has parasites.  I also connected to the philosophy that you have nothing to loose if you try to fix it.  I am waiting for the 3rd book to arrive.

Library Summary/Review: In this astounding sequel to “Heaven’s Shadow,” it has been discovered that the asteroid Keanu is not in fact a space object, but a massive interstellar ship built by aliens. Now, humanity has begun to colonize the ship. The challenge for the refugee population is survival.

 

Heaven’s fall

Heaven’s Fall 2013 – 3rd book

by Goyer, David S., author

Contributors: Cassutt, Michael, ; Paick, James,

Year/Format: 2013, Book, xi, 415 pages ;

Subjects:

• Human-alien encounters–Fiction.
• Space flight–Fiction.

 

Library Summary: Spoiler Alert!

Mankind’s first contact with extraterrestrial life led to an incredible revelation. Their last may lead them to extinction.

Twenty years have passed since the mysterious Near-Earth Object nicknamedKeanu appeared in the night sky and transported an assortment of humans from all over Earth into its interior. There they discovered thatKeanu was an immense long-range spaceship and they were not its only inhabitants. They joined forces with the aliens called the Architects, who had come from a distant galaxy to seek help in fighting the viciousReivers. And they defeated them or so they thought.Now Keanu has reestablished contact with Earth and discovered that the Reivers have, in fact, taken over the planet, placing most of the population under their dominion. A few scattered pockets of humanity, constantly in danger of being assimilated, have mounted a resistance.

As the Reivers prepare a devastating strike against the Architects, Rachel Stewart, who grew up in Keanu, leads a small band of human survivors in an attempt to infiltrate the massive Reiver fortress in the American West. But their only hope for victory may yet be somewhere inside the NEO.

If the men and women still in Keanu cannot find it, humanity will be finished. And the galaxy will be next.