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Orthogonal series book 01

In Yalda's universe, light has no universal speed and its
creation generates energy.

On Yalda's world, plants make food by emitting their own light
into the dark night sky.

As a child Yalda witnesses one of a series of strange meteors,
the Hurtlers, that are entering the planetary system at an
immense, unprecedented speed. It becomes apparent that her world
is in imminent danger - and that the task of dealing with the
Hurtlers will require knowledge and technology far beyond anything
her civilisation has yet achieved.

Only one solution seems tenable: if a spacecraft can be sent on
a journey at sufficiently high speed, its trip will last many
generations for those on board, but it will return after just
a few years have passed at home. The travellers will have a chance
to discover the science their planet urgently needs, and bring it
back in time to avert disaster.

The Clockwork Rocket is the story of Yalda and her descendants,
trying to survive the perils of their long mission and carve out
meaningful lives for themselves, while the threat of annihilation
hangs over the world they left behind.

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