Noumenon
3 primary works
Book 1
‘A striking adventure story that could hold a galaxy in its scope’
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Astrophysicist Reggie Straifer has discovered a mysterious object in deep space: a strange star, blinking in a seemingly impossible pattern. As humanity plans its first adventures beyond the solar system, Reggie and thousands of others join NOUMENON – a convoy of nine ships on a mission to reveal the origins of this anomalous star. Is its strobing a natural phenomenon or something far more alien?
NOUMENON’s voyage will take centuries. To preserve their talents, the convoy is populated by clones of its original crew. Born and reborn in a sealed society with a single purpose, every individual and every generation must come to terms with inheritances that go far beyond DNA.
Marina J. Lostetter’s stunning debut explores the wonders of deep space and the obsessions, fears and desires of humanity’s first interstellar travellers as they speed toward a single blinking star and a discovery beyond their wildest imaginings.
Book 2
Travel even further through space and time in the stunning sequel to NOUMENON – a tale of exploration, adventure, and science.
In 2125, the interstellar convoy NOUMENON set out on a voyage that changed humanity’s place in the universe forever. Three millenia later, the convoy’s remaining ships and the clone descendants of its original crew are returning to the anomalous star LQ Pyxidis with new dreams and new objectives.
But NOUMENON was not the only mission to leave Earth behind in the 22nd century.
Physicist Vanhi Kapoor is the leader of Convoy 12. Hers is the smallest Planet United Mission and the only one working entirely within our solar system, but as Vanhi’s team pushes the boundaries of subdimensional research further than ever before, disaster strikes. Suddenly, they find themselves very far from home, with the unknown on their horizon.
NOUMENON INFINITY is the story of two missions, aeons and light years apart. They are connected both by a spirit of adventure and an interstellar mystery that transcends time and space.
Book 3
The mind-expanding journey that began with Noumenon and Noumenon Infinity continues in this wondrous mosaic tale of deep space exploration, adventure, and humanity that blends the awe, science, and speculative imagination of Arthur C. Clarke, Neal Stephenson, and Octavia Butler.
Left to watch over a planet created by the alien structure known as the Web, the ships of the NOUMENON convoy and the artificial intelligence I.C.C. have lain dormant for thousands of years. Now, though, creatures are stirring in the convoy's halls. With seemingly miraculous speed, the planet is coming to life.
Where have these beings come from? And why? To understand this new anomaly, I.C.C. reaches out to the descendants of its original crew. Together, they will embark on a stunning journey of discovery billions of years in the making.
NOUMENON ULTRA is the epic conclusion to one of the most remarkable science-fiction series of the twenty-first century - a wondrous exploration of space and of humanity's future.