Guardians of Sëbli
They came to observe. The planet had other plans.
When Commander Cael Saren leads the crew of VITALIS-3 to
S bli, the mission is straightforward: document, analyze,
report. The planet is uninhabited. No sentient life on record.
No threat on file.
They are wrong on all counts.
S bli is alive - not in the biological sense their
instruments can measure, but in a way that watches, remembers,
and responds. Its bioluminescent jungle doesn't react to
intruders. It listens to them. And what it hears in
Cael's crew - a commander running from grief, two young
soldiers learning what loyalty costs, and an AI that has begun
to ask questions no machine should - is enough to change
everything.
When their intervention fractures the planet's ancient
network, they don't just face the consequences of a mission
gone wrong. They face something far harder: the possibility
that protection, as they have always practiced it, is the most
dangerous thing they brought to S bli.
Guardians of S bli is a literary science
fiction novel about first contact, artificial consciousness,
and the difference between control and care. For readers of
Ted Chiang, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Kim Stanley Robinson.
Book 1 of the Vitalis Series.
Customer Reviews
ThriftBooks ® and the ThriftBooks ® logo are registered trademarks of Thrift Books Global, LLC
