Science fiction
One man abandoned and alone.
145 lives that rest on his shoulders.
He must survive because rescue isn’t coming.
The Silent Cradle, the debut novel from M. Drecht. First contact, survival, and an AI becoming something no one designed.
The Silent Cradle
A colony mission goes catastrophically wrong, leaving maintenance engineer Elias the only human awake on an alien world: 145 colonists asleep in failing stasis behind him, and only Vera, the ship’s quietly evolving AI, for company. Survival means salvage, improvisation, and trust between a man and a machine that is becoming something no one designed. Then they find a structure hidden beneath the surface, and with it, three thousand years of secrets.
Book One of a planned trilogy. Coming soon.
Vera’s Awakening
A companion short story to The Silent Cradle, going out free to everyone on the mailing list. Coming soon. More about Vera’s Awakening.
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