Year 7007 Fable of a Forgotten Planet : Science Fiction Book

Year 7007 is a superb blend of a page turner suspense and thought provoking commentary on the direction of scientific research and human limitations. Humankind has spread out and colonized space. The march of science and technology has conquered the disease, aging-and even death. The species has established itself on countless millions of worlds. There is however, a lone exception, largely unnoticed at the fringe of this swarming human hive, the planet Zenmahaily or Zen that sinks gradually into oblivion. When finally rediscovered through an accident, it does not seem too willing to be brought into the comity of worlds. What is the secret that planet Zen wishes to keep from others? This absorbing space opera tells the story of a career diplomat, Charles townsend, who is sent to Zen on a routine assignment and through strange events becomes enmeshed in a web of intrigue and murder. As he finally penetrates the idyllic exterior of Zen to the dark mystery that lies at its heart the story becomes a parable about the Human species and its potentialities and limitations. It is a powerful story told in a way that it works at many levels with the reader and gives a choice to accept it as a fascinating thrilling or a book to transform ones thinking. This is a must read multi-generational novel.…