Alien Walk (STAR-DUST 25) E-Book

Jens F. Simon

• Herausgeber: epubli
• Kategorie: Abenteuer, Thriller, Horror
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2025

Beschreibung

Sigurd meets the mysterious insectoid human Takaarrath. He too carries a secret, but he himself knows nothing about it; he is the last descendant of the Neensziss people. Aliens who once built the 'City of a Thousand Stars' on Venus and who simply disappeared around 200 years ago after the Great War. Together they set off in search of the legendary AREA 51, where the path to the "New Worlds" is said to be located.

Leseprobe

STAR-DUST

Under the spell of nanites

Volume 25

Alien Walk

© 2025 Jens F. Simon

Illustration: S. Verlag JG

Publisher: S. Verlag JG, 35767 Breitscheid,

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ISBN: 978-3-819055-20-1

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Life means adventure. Only the brave finds their way to the stars.

Table of content 

The outer space

City of a Thousand Stars

The power of the Neensziss

The last of its kind

The fuse autocracy

Later Past II

People unwanted

The power of the past

Escape back

The outer space

The gondola of stardust shot through the opened shaft with increasing speed.

I clung fearfully to the armrests of my chair, not knowing where to look first, at the three-dimensional, frameless holographic screen that was directly in front of me or through the ceiling that had become transparent above me.

The dark gray walls of the excursion shaft just flew past the gondola, and before I felt nauseous, I turned to the screen.

Here, there was no sign of the speedy ride. It still showed the salt lake. I glanced a little uncertainly over at Takaarrath. He was sitting perfectly calm and relaxed in his chair.

I could only assume that he was steering this space boat solely with the power of his thoughts. In any case, there were no other visible control instruments around him, except for the holographic screen.

On the three-dimensional holo-screen, the image suddenly changed.

I could clearly see amid the vast expanse of salt the dark, rectangular abyss of the open excursion shaft from which our spacecraft was now shooting.

The shots were taken from a great height, I noticed immediately. But where they really came from, I did not know.

Was there perhaps another spacecraft above us? No, Takaarrath would have already let me know that.

Before I could ponder any further, the view changed again, and now the frameless holo-screen showed a dense collection of clouds moving sideways away from us. I had no doubt that the screen now showed our direction of flight.

"Takaarrath, I hope you know what you're doing!"

I had spoken aloud, not knowing if I was telepathically interfering with his mental communication with the pod.

The band of clouds we just flew through dissolved without transition and dark space lay directly in front of us.

Although, it wasn't that dark at all. Billions of stars blinked at us, in all imaginable sizes, colors and shapes. At first, I couldn't take my eyes off the screen.

From the earth's surface I had never been able to perceive such a splendor of colors. Everything seemed somehow fantastic and unearthly to me.

"The colors of the stars you see were of course colored by GELCKSITT according to their significance, distance and size. Normally, the light tends to be white, unless they were clusters of stars that appear to be a single, shining star because of the distance."

Takaarrath's loud, hissing voice snapped me out of my concentration.

"I don't think it was a good idea to leave the planet!"

My concerns grew the farther we got from Earth. Suddenly, I started to feel really creepy.

"The destination of our flight is the second planet in the solar system, right?" I tore my gaze away from the screen and looked closely at Takaarrath.

"Correct. That's where the 'City of a Thousand Stars' is located. At least, that's what GELCKSITT said!"

"But she also said that with the available energy reserves, only one more space flight is possible. That's what scares me. How do we get back?"

"I think the question is not how do we get back, but rather do we want to get back at all? Living conditions on the planet have been greatly minimized. You yourself kept talking about the 'path to the new worlds' that you were determined to find. Well, now we find ourselves on that path."

I was still staring at Takaarrath, trying to mentally process what had been said.

Somehow I knew he was right. But what about Majenna? Surely I couldn't leave her alone down there among the mutants.

When I thought of her, I was overcome not only with remorse, but also with melancholy and homesickness.

I had left her behind, that was true. But she wanted it that way, too. I shook myself and tried to organize my thoughts.

We were still only at the beginning of this journey. I had to concentrate on the obvious.

"The space pod has referred to you as the 'Grandmaster of the pod.' That means you're known to the spacecraft's control computer. Why? How on earth is that possible?"

Takaarrath's answer came in a flash of thought.

"I can't answer that for you just yet. I, too, was taken aback when I was approached like that. But I didn't question it, so as not to give the boat's computer brain any reason to become suspicious on its part. I don't know what would have happened then. In any case, it is a clue, to which I can tie up, to investigate further about my identity. But for me it is already certain that in my past I must have been in very close relationship with the legacy of the aliens."

I could not disagree with that.

"This is the backup autocracy of the space nacelle GELCKSITT. The conducted analysis of the previous conversations within the space nacelle revealed a knowledge deficit of the organic units. It is therefore urgently recommended to restore a congruence of the expertise!"

I was a bit irritated at first.

"That's a good idea. Marvin follows me to the back region. Don't ask any questions, it's for your own good!"

Takaarrath had already risen from his pilot seat, and I wordlessly followed him through the just-opening bulkhead into the rear region of the nacelle.