The Chara Talisman

What if Indiana Jones had had a starship?

Alastair Mayer -- science fiction author, pilot, and computer systems engineer -- delivers a thrilling expansion to his short story "Stone Age," first published in Analog Science Fiction & Fact magazine (June 2011, Dell Publications). This mix of fast action, hard science, and little light comedy pits archeologist Hannibal Carson and his brilliant and beautiful starship pilot, Jaqueline "Jackie" Roberts against tomb raiders, religious UFO cultists, and more as Carson attempts to track down dangerous alien technology.

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       ISBN-13: 978-1-4524-8022-0

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The Reticuli Deception

Thrilling sequel to The Chara Talisman

Alastair Mayer -- science fiction author, pilot, and computer systems engineer -- delivers the second in his T-Space™ series, a thrilling sequel to his debut novel The Chara Talisman, building further on the story "Stone Age," (first published Analog Science Fiction & Fact magazine (Dell Publications, June 2011).

This time the stakes are even higher as archeologist Hannibal Carson and his starship pilot Jacqueline "Jackie" Roberts pursue a connection between a long-fabled 1961 alien abduction and the mysterious builders of the ancient but high-tech artifacts they discovered in The Chara Talisman. Still pursued by religious UFO cultists with a frightening political agenda, and allied with a former foe, can they uncover the lost secrets of that long ago close encounter before running afoul of what awaits them in the Zeta Reticuli system?

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