Forbidden the Stars (The Interstellar Age Book 1)

Valmore Daniels

Jul 2010 · The Interstellar Age Book 1 · ValmoreDaniels.com

About this ebook

At the end of the 21st century, a catastrophic accident in the asteroid belt has left two surveyors dead. There is no trace of their young son, Alex Manez, or of the asteroid itself.

On the outer edge of the solar system, the first manned mission to Pluto, led by the youngest female astronaut in NASA history, has led to an historic discovery: there is a marker left there by an alien race for humankind to find.

We are not alone!

While studying the alien marker, it begins to react. Four hours later, the missing asteroid appears in a Plutonian orbit, along with young Alex Manez, who has developed some alarming side-effects from his exposure to the kinetic element they call Kinemet.

From the depths of a criminal empire based on Luna, an expatriate seizes the opportunity to wrest control of outer space, and takes swift action.

The secret to faster-than-light speed is up for grabs, and the race for interstellar space begins!

The Interstellar Age

Book 1 - Forbidden the Stars

Book 2 - Music of the Spheres

Book 3 - Worlds Away

The Complete Trilogy

Ratings and reviews

An attempt is made at combining space adventure with a lot of science, but mysticism results instead. This is a shame, but shouldn't be too surprising considering the supposed prophecies the book is based on, and attempts to paint in the light of wisdom. The author clearly has potential as a writer, but either didn't spend enough time researching the topics or allowed blindness in the form of believing one's own hype to set in.

I wish I could give this book a better rating. Valmore Daniels has put together some interesting concepts. Unfortunately, he has also written some extremely bad science. That’s not to say that ALL his science is bad. His physical statistics of asteroids are well done. But... * He confuses speed with acceleration * He specifies a travel speed from Pluto to Earth that would only work with infinite acceleration at both planets, but then describes “turnover” and deceleration for half the flight * He describes a space tug as exerting 6 TRILLION Newtons of force * He describes Pluto as “the beginning of interstellar space” – a role normally assigned to a point well beyond the Oort cloud where the solar wind no longer increases the density of matter above interstellar levels * He describes trips from Earth to Pluto that just happen to pass close to Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune, which would require an alignment that’s unlikely to happen in this millennium * He describes an “artificial gravity” (apparently based on some kind of magnetic force), * He describes an “Electronic Pulse Signal” that is apparently faster than light, * The TAHU uses a “gravity convection magneto” to magnify the as

Daniels could have worked more with the Chow-Yin bit which had the inkling of a sub-plot but left me w/ the bitter after-taste of a contrived plot device instead. Maybe a couple of more trilogies down the road & he'll have that sorted out. What bugged me the most is how some characters are presented as if they're going to have an impact on the story & simply fade away, some show up throw everything off kilter & then disappear. I'll read the follow up just to see where this goes.

About the author

Valmore Daniels has lived on the coasts of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic Oceans, and dozens of points in between.

An insatiable thirst for new experiences has led him to work in several fields, including legal research, elderly care, oil & gas administration, web design, government service, human resources, and retail business management.

His enthusiasm for travel is only surpassed by his passion for telling tall tales.

Visit him at ValmoreDaniels.com