The Ceph: Reborn
An ancient galactic civilization rises again on Earth. How we treat their reborn colony will forge our fate. We will rise to the challenge or die.
The Ceph Civilization seeded the galaxy's planets with life throughout history.
Two of the great World-Ships arrived from the Civilization sixty-five million years ago to deliver the Ceph to their new Colony. They were gone a thousand years when the asteroid struck.
The surface of the planet was seared and shattered. Survivors of the Colony adapted to any safety the broken planet's oceans would offer. They lost the ability to walk the land and breathe the air.
Nothing sleeps forever. The Ceph on Earth are Reborn, and they have called for help.
Humans on Earth don't know we share this world yet. We only have a short time to learn this unsettling fact and be amicable neighbors. Humans and the Ceph can coexist with massive benefits for both races. We're related, after all. The alternative will have severe consequences for every human on Earth.
We must build this relationship. It will take an Alliance of unlikely people with an extraordinary plan. Stella Uren, Captain of the fishing and dive boat Money Shot and her Crew are partnered with Bright, the Octopus Matriarch of the Colony.
Together with the immortal hive-mind of the Ansible Network, they make a powerful, if unconventional, team.
This Alliance will have to walk a fine line threaded through potential catastrophe to reach their goal of integrating the Colony with human society before the Swimmer in Relativity, the new World-Ship arrives.
Balancing on that line will be tough, no matter how many legs you have.
Praise for The Ceph: Reborn, First book in the Ceph Universe.
5 out of 5 stars - 14 December 2020 - An excellent hard sci-fi book.
The story is well-paced and compelling, and very visual in its descriptions. It really lends itself to a screenplay and I'd to see this hit the screens!
5 out of 5 stars - 16 April 2021 - Really interesting look at uplift and first contact.
This is a gripping take of first contact from an alien POV. There is a really unusual take on uplift which drives the first half of the novel.
5 out of 5 stars - 19 July 2021 - What a read!
Thoroughly enjoyed this book and wasn't able to put it down. It was an interesting story, and very believable, too. Looking forward to the sequel.
5 out of 5 stars - 21 August 2021 - It was amazing!
A tour de force for a first book - It takes a new lens to an old sci-fi trope and reimagines our prehistory in a well thought out and engaging fashion.
5 out of 5 stars - 15 November 2021 - Brilliant read!
Thoroughly enjoyed this book, was hooked right from the first page, and sad when I finished it. Great story telling, very well written. Looking for the sequel.
