Castaways of New Mojave (High Horizon Book 2)

Name: Castaways of New Mojave (High Horizon Book 2)
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by David Brin

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Interstellar kidnapping… or opportunity? A thousand teens and their teachers are left stunned when the alien Garubis yank Twenty-Nine Palms High School right out of California’s Mojave Desert, dropping it into a jungle many light-years away.

ISBN: 9781961511514
Format: Softbound
Published: 2023-10-10

About This Book

Castaways of New Mojave by David Brin

Interstellar kidnapping… or opportunity?

A thousand teens and their teachers are left stunned when the alien Garubis yank Twenty-Nine Palms High School right out of California’s Mojave Desert, dropping it into a jungle many light-years away. Supposedly, this is a “gift”—a new settlement for humanity.

But try telling that to Mark, Alexandra, Barry, and Sophie as strange parasites attack, food sources become a terrifying mystery, and the island of Earth-buildings starts running out of water!

Rumors swirl of strange tool-users spotted in the forest. Could the Garubis be back? Or is this yet another alien menace?

Whatever the truth, the skyjacked teenagers and their few adult companions will need every ounce of courage, ingenuity, and grit to survive. But the greatest threat of all may not come from outside—it might just come from the students themselves. From basic human nature.

About the Author

David Brin — David's non-fiction book -- The Transparent Society: Will Technology Make Us Choose Between Freedom and Privacy? -- deals with secrecy in the modern world. It won the Freedom of Speech Award from the American Library Association. A 1998 movie, directed by Kevin Costner, was loosely based on his post-apocalyptic novel, The Postman. Brin's 1989 thriller - Earth - foreshadowed global warming, cyberwarfare and near-future trends such as the World Wide Web. David's novel Kiln People has been called a book of ideas disguised as a fast-moving and fun noir detective story, set in a future when new technology enables people to physically be in more than two places at once. A hardcover graphic novel The Life Eaters explored alternate outcomes to WWII, winning nominations and high praise. David's science fictional Uplift Universe explores a future when humans genetically engineer higher animals like dolphins to become equal members of our civilization. These include the award-winning Startide Rising, The Uplift War, Brightness Reef, Infinity's Shore and Heaven's Reach. He also recently tied up the loose ends left behind by the late Isaac Asimov: Foundation's Triumph brings to a grand finale Asimov's famed Foundation Universe. Brin serves on advisory committees dealing with subjects as diverse as national defense and homeland security, astronomy and space exploration, SETI and nanotechnology, future/prediction and philanthropy. As a public speaker, Brin shares unique insights -- serious and humorous -- about ways that changing technology may affect our future lives. He appears frequently on TV, including several episodes of "The Universe" and History Channel's "Life After People." He also was a regular cast member on "The ArciTECHS." Brin's scientific work covers an eclectic range of topics, from astronautics, astronomy, and optics to alternative dispute resolution and the role of neoteny in human evolution. His Ph.D in Physics from UCSD - the University of California at San Diego (the lab of nobelist Hannes Alfven) - followed a masters in optics and an undergraduate degree in astrophysics from Caltech. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the California Space Institute. His technical patents directly confront some of the faults of old-fashioned screen-based interaction, aiming to improve the way human beings converse online. Brin lives in San Diego County with his wife and three children.