I Have a Question: A novel

by Macintosh Steele

Overview

The Alliance planets had waged war with the Consortium planets for years. They have finally agreed to a truce. Then a previously unknown planet was discovered and its location and possible strategic advantages caused a new ripple in the pending peace. A terrible solution was suggested: destroy the planet. A joint fleet to accomplish that awful result was on it way to carry out the mission. But residing on the planet, if it could be called a planet, was a mysterious Old Man who had plans of his own. After thwarting every attempt to destroy his planet, he gave everyone on both sides a tremendous lesson in humility and effectively stopped their war. The Old Man then takes the crew of the Star Cruiser Infinity on a new mission that no one could have ever anticipated, a mission to save their universe. Admiral Jenki learns much about his past that had remained hidden within him and Captain Edmonds dramatically reunites with his severely disabled brother. Together they travel to an unknown place to confront a gigantic new threat.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798823000918
Publisher:	AuthorHouse
Publication date:	02/14/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	238
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Macintosh Steele resides in New Hampshire on a family fruit and vegetable farm where he was raised. He has long been a creator of stories, but this is the first one he has written down. He has had a very diversified career including farming, carpentry, blacksmithing, law and tax preparation, and now writing. He has a Bachelor of Science degree and Law degree from Cornell University. He enjoys a complex story and the challenge in making that story move along to an unexpected ending.

Editorial Reviews

Pacific Book Review:

"With I Have a Question: A Novel, author Macintosh Steele uses science fiction to address some of mankind’s biggest questions.

Finding a balance between sci-fi and relatable humanity is a complicated task, but Steele does an extremely good job in getting this balance correct. The reader is left caring for the characters Steele has created, even though some of them are quite different in look and nature from the humans that populate our contemporary planet.

Perhaps best of all, Steele never gets too science-y for the average fiction reader. Even though many of the concepts explored are complicated head-scratchers, they never bog down the plot’s forward momentum. It’s reassuring to consider how, even in the far-off future, humans will still have many unanswered questions. Thus, Macintosh Steele’s, I Have a Question: A Novel, is a pure delight for inquisitive minds."

The US Review of Books:

"Set in the very distant future, this science fiction story showcases Steele’s imagination in regard to both the setting and his characters. Despite the scale of the conflict, much of the most interesting narrative development occurs on the individual level, initially with the steady Admiral Jenki on one side and the irascible Sobo of the Quagga on the other. In time, both groups must contend with and learn from Old Man, whose enigmatic origins add an element of the metaphysical and even the spiritual that leave the reader considering the larger and unknowable truths of the universe that we live in. The story unravels gradually, keeping the story fresh before culminating in a fantastic reveal of narrative puppeteering that addresses any remaining threads of the plot. This story doesn't just describe technology and alien worlds. Rather, it stimulates both imagination and wonder in its audience."

BlueInk Review:

"The crew of the Star Cruiser Infinity goes on a mind-bending mission to save the universe in I Have a Question, a meticulously-built science fiction tale.

Author Macintosh Steele clearly enjoys world-building, crafting a thorough backstory on military technology and interplanetary history."

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