Coastal Event Memories, Volume V

Voyage of Discovery

By: A.G. Kimbrough

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Length: 1 hr and 56 mins

Publisher's summary

In galactic terms, the Earth lives in a dangerous neighborhood. Seven times in the past humanity has reached for the stars, only to have their civilization destroyed by an extinction event. The scattered surviving pockets of humanity returned to a meager agrarian existence, with little or no retention of their prior technology and knowledge base. As fuel and food stocks were depleted, those survivors without the ability to acquire more, perished. This Novella tells the story, set 60 years after the event, of the start of a voyage of discovery by the decedents of the event survivors. They embark on an around the world sea voyage to seek out and discover other pockets of humanity. Their objective, is to establish trade and consolidate the knowledge base that humanity has retained. Their forefathers came through the event due to a combination of fate, tenacity, and a will to live that helped these individuals survive where millions have perished. The world changed forever, before they were born, and while survival is no longer an issue, the challenge of retaining at least a small part of the technology and civilization which had been reaching for the stars is a reality they are now dealing with.