Martin Wiinholt

Espero (Alterity Chronicles) (Volume 1) Martin Wiinholt 1st edition

The year is 2099. Nuclear war, ecological disasters and a deadly epidemic has decimated human civilization which is now engaged in a desperate attempt for survival by colonizing the Solar system. Zach Baranikowa, legendary shipping tycoon, decides to give humanity a fresh start. His plans are set into motion with the discovery of a planet capable of sustaining life. Basil, the son of Zach Baranikowa, is the last of a dying breed of global jetsetters. He is kidnapped by his own father and forced to join the expedition heading for the new planet along with a company of mercenary soldiers and disillusioned Spacers. The future of humankind is at stake as rival corporations compete to lay claim to the planet. What starts as petty strife between corporations, mark the beginning of a vast interstellar war as the starships travel ever further away from Earth and Basil finds himself locked at the center of the coming war.