The Heritage of Terra: The Endeavor
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The countdown had begun on the Bridge. Less than thirty seconds ticked away at the digital clock over the view screen at the front of the Bridge. The Captain, with as much calm as she could muster, sat quietly in her chair. Behind her near the single entry door, Ambassador Del’Ambora stood, breathing in out of his diaphragm to control his mind and body. Lieutenant Levitt had silently brought up a tactical display on his station, ready to keep his promise to the man with whom he was not ready to admit he was in love. Commander Erickson shifted around at his station, feeling the anticipation of the Captain. The moment seemed to slow within an entire eternity.
The Captain stood up from her chair. She drew in yet another deep breath, “Red alert. All hands to their stations. Mr. Levitt, I want all information from the sensor array on the main viewer as soon as we come out of hyperspace.”
“Aye, Captain.”
“I want everyone to be alert. If anything arises from here, I want to know about it.” She continued to face the view screen. “Lt. Cmdr. Harts, is everything ready down in Engineering?”
The reply came with no reluctance, “Aye, Captain. Everything is in ship-shape.”
The seconds ticked toward that final moment. Everyone waited with baited breath. Silence rattled the Bridge with the force of an F-5 twister. The moment passed in tremendous anxiety. The clock stretched to zero, and suddenly; nothing happened.
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Five years after the Martian War, a new threat lurks behind the Jump-gate hundreds of light years away from the Earth System. In an effort to sooth a capricious situation, the Interplanetary Congressional Association (ICA) sends its top negotiator, Ambassador Cason Del’Ambora, the “Savior of the Earth System”, to arbitrate a peaceful agreement between the Cainons and the ICA Colonists. He alone is the only thing standing between the ICA and Interstellar War.
However, an outside influence makes it impossible for his transport, the Starship, the ICA Endeavor, to complete its charge. Stranded in the merciless grips of endless hyperspace, the crew of the ICA Endeavor must enter real space. Captain Avery and Ambassador Del’Ambora work together to rally the crew and to find a new home planet, Terra.
Terra is an Earth-class planet, full of beauty and mystery. The unique tapestries of the jungles are decorated with colorful flowers and mosses with medicinal properties. However, the strange geological makeup of the planet’s crust gives off centralized magnetic fields that make it unwise to settle in these places.
Having successfully created a new home for themselves, now they must survive each other . . .
About the Author
The Heritage of Terra: The Endeavor is Daniel-Gary Holderman’s first effort at a widely published work. Daniel-Gary’s has previously published a
well-received essay in his college literary magazine, Open, as well as several
articles for his college newspaper, The Voice.
Daniel-Gary’s rural upbringing nurtured his spectacular imagination,
taking his readers off to far out worlds.
His schooling in Architecture and his keen eye for structure brings a
unique order to his tale of social responsibility and fantastic science
fiction.