Primordial Threat

Written by M.A. Rothman

Narrated by Tim Campbell

The year is 2066 and the world is oblivious to the threat it faces.

The fate of humanity lies on the shoulders of Burt Radcliffe, the new head of NASA's Near Earth Object program. He's been rushing the completion of DefenseNet, a ring of satellites that are both part of an early-warning system as well as the means to eliminate incoming threats.

Yet Burt knows that despite the world's best efforts, nothing can be done about the alert he's just received. Coming out of deep space is a danger that's been approaching since the dawn of time. A black hole. An unstoppable threat that promises death for all in its wake.

Dave Holmes was a modern-day Einstein. As the original architect of DefenseNet, he'd had visions of this Primordial Threat before he disappeared, yet he'd left behind no details on how the problem might be solved. Can Holmes be found, and if so, will his solution even work?

The world has less than a year to find out.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
• Release date: May 28, 2019
• ISBN: 9781400170272

Reviews for Primordial Threat

[sheiladeeth_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Fast-flowing action and increasing tension make it hard to put this novel down, while well-timed reminders keep the reader in tune with various characters as the plot flits into and out of their lives. There’s a discredited scientist hiding out on the moon, a military man longing to spend more time with family, men and women on the brink of scientific discoveries and new relationships, and even touches of politics and terrorists. It’s a heady mix, but primarily it’s a “hard” science fiction tale, modeled on real science, and amply proving that science is both useful and fun.In a world that’s about to be torn apart, how much do you tell the populace? How do you deal with a doomsday cult determined to make that destruction real? And how do you save a planet from a black hole!The solution’s intriguing, the science is sufficiently convincing to have me checking Google over and again (and nicely supplemented by real facts in an afterword), and the settings are varied and well imagined, from the strangeness of a lunar base to almost normal scenes in Seattle and New York, to the jungles of Ecuador. Moderate future history (the story’s set not too far from today), believable inventions based on present day science, convincing political mis-alliances, and cool details of weapons, computer security, and space exploration, all provide the background for a tale that blends questions of why we care for each other with why we care for our planet. And care we must.It’s a cool tale with multiple threats, clever science, neat future history and a fine cast of characters, highly recommended.Disclosure: I was given an ecopy and I offer my honest review.