Book 1 in #1 Amazon UK Best Seller 'Saiph Series'.
In the not too distant future mankind can travel faster than light.
The Marco Polo on its maiden voyage outside Earth’s Solar System detects an artificial signal.
It’s the remnants of a long dead alien civilization, The Saiph.
The Saiph have an inexplicable connection with humanity, the similarity in DNA between mankind and Saiph cannot be denied. In their efforts to survive the Saiph have left a library, to tell their story and tell others how to survive what they could not... war with ‘The Others.’
EBOOK EDITION
Discovery of the Saiph is currently exclusive to Amazon.
AUDIO EDITION
Discovery of the Saiph is distributed as audio books in all major outlets with 350+ excellent ratings since June 2015 on audible US & USA alone.
DISCOVERY OF THE SAIPH SALES
17,500 ebooks since February 2014 and approximately 5,000 audio sales (Downloads/CDs) since July 2015.
BOOK RANKINGS
PP Corcoran reached the rank of 69 in Science Fiction Authors in all of Amazon US.
The Improved Ion Engine was the reason Jeff was having a spate of bad days. He theorized a field of gravity waves projected in front of a steadily accelerating spacecraft would act like the bow wave of a prewar oceangoing ship and allow greater speed and less resistance. It was a great theory, but it seemed to work only at limited velocities. Whenever the test probes accelerated to two-thirds the speed of light, they exploded. At least he assumed they exploded. The last anyone saw of them was a flash of light, and they were gone, obliterated into particles too small to be picked up by optical or electrical equipment – or so he surmised.
Adding to his frustration, the cryogenics team at Caulfield Research Station in New South Wales had made rapid advances in techniques to ensure the safety of the Vega probes' human crew. Meanwhile, his efforts to reduce the probes' travel time to Vega had stalled.
"Is it real coffee?" Jeff asked.
"As real as the recycled air you're breathing," Valerie said. "See you in five."
Jeff left his office and took the lift two floors up to Valerie's office. He wondered what Danny Dunlewey had found--perhaps a way to track the larger pieces of his exploded drive.
Twenty minutes and a second cup of coffee later, Jeff felt as though his world had turned upside down. The data on the holo cube in front of him seemed to prove the impossible. Yet there it was, evidence of faster than light speed travel, a way to fulfil man's quest to travel to the stars.
Jeff moved his gaze from the screen to Valerie. "Where's Danny?"
"He's outside."
"Would you please get him?"
Valerie frowned. "Look, Jeff, I hope he hasn't led you on a wild goose chase. I know he hasn't been here long, but he does show a lot of ..."
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Italian
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Already translated.
Translated by Vincenzo Lantino
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Author review: Since publishing I've had many comments that the book is poorly translated. |
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Portuguese
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Translation in progress.
Translated by Renato Trettel
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Spanish
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Already translated.
Translated by Lauren Izquierdo
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Author review: Whilst the book was translated to a reasonably high standard there were a number of errors thrown up by proof reading which took time to correct. |
