Front cover of Datonga by Martin Smalley, paperback

Datonga - Martin Smalley

Martin Smalley

£9.99
  • Pages · 248 pages
  • Publication Date · 23/01/2025
  • Genre · Science fiction
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Datonga is a science fiction adventure story which explores the creativity of great scientists. It is hard science fiction, based on time travel round G�del loops within the known laws of physics. The power source that makes this possible is discovered by Grace O'Malley in 1984 and rediscovered in the Universal world in 3050 by Hu Song. Both geniuses show symptoms of Asperger's syndrome and Grace's calculations are like psychotic episodes. The ancient records suggest that Grace was murdered before her breakthrough and a mission is sent back from Datonga, the capital of the Universal world, to investigate the crime.

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