Tangent 27: Book 1: The Big Push

By Scott Wyatt

As 'Old Earth' (as it came to be called) was in the process of freezing over, the wealthier nations decided to launch a massive multi-generational colonization fleet to colonize the habitable planet of a distant solar system. While there were millions of people living and working on the Moon, Mars, Jupiter's and Saturn's moons and in the asteroid belt, it was considered by all to be time for a 'let's not put all of our eggs into one basket' play.After thousands of years in transit the first of the colony ships were finally beginning to arrive in the system of the Yellow Sun. The lead vessels discovered another two planets on the outer and inner edges of the habitable range of the new solar system. In addition a Blue Sun system was identified, blocked from Earth's view by the Yellow Sun. It also contained a habitable planet, and also a habitable ocean moon around that system's gas giant. A minority of the colony ships were far enough off of their intended trajectory that instead of trying to force their ships into the Yellow Sun system they made for the Blue Sun system instead.Once established, the people of the two systems maintained long-range radio contact to trade technology and technological advances, but they did not communicate on any kind of a social level. With a one-way radio transmission time of over 40 days the distances were considered to be too great for chit-chat.Life in the Blue Sun system had been harsh and difficult at first, with a very high death rate. Nobody had really noticed the intensive cultural and physical evolution that had taken place in the centuries spent trying to survive in that harsh environment.700 years after the last of the colony ships had arrived in the system of the Blue Sun, the residents there noticed a faint new star in the talons of the Eagle constellation.What happened next would transform the people and cultures of both systems forever... This story will consist of four books when complete and will span the most exciting 125 years in the history of two very different solar systems. The planned release of the second book in the series is August, 2016. The names of the books will be as follows: Book One - The Big Push; Book Two - A Day at The Races; Book Three - Flight of the Four Horsemen; Book Four - Coronation of the Queen.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1519195222
• ISBN13: 9781519195227
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 442 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 1.0" x 5.0"