Science Fiction
in Progress
“43 / 53” is a gripping and emotional science fiction thriller about vision, power, and the price of survival.
Joanna, a brilliant and uncompromising visionary, leads one of the most influential technology corporations on Earth – a company developing vital components for spacecraft used in both governmental and private missions. As Earth’s ecosystems collapse and humanity teeters on the brink of extinction, she launches a daring expedition to an Earth-like world – Project 43/53, the last hope for salvation. But the path to the future is dangerous. Industrial spies infiltrate her project to steal its secret technologies. To protect her life’s work, Joanna hires a former professional assassin and security expert – a man with unconventional methods and a deeply gray moral code. Together, they are drawn into a web of betrayal, power games, and political corruption, while a ruthless politician named Milton Fox plots to destroy her mission and seize control of her discovery.
Meanwhile, a scientific team led by Starship Commander Peter Prendergast explores the newly discovered planet for possible colonization. Yet Dr. Maren Fisher, head of the environmental research division, begins to question the probe data – incomplete readings that may hide a deadly truth.
As wars, dwindling resources, and pollution continue to ravage Earth, Joanna faces a choice that will decide humanity’s fate: Complete the ship for the Great Journey – or unleash Morgan Fellon, the killer she hired, to eliminate those who stand in her way. Time is running out.
A Science Fiction Novel by Barry Redhead
Yours Barry
