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Destiny's Obligation: A Novel

by J. Kannegieter

316 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #04-2173; ISBN 1-4120-4365-4; US$26.00, C$29.83, EUR21.50, £15.00

Destiny's Obligation is a realistic tale of 29th-century drama on Earth and in space, when typical human fallibility and selfish territorial interests have destroyed civilization in most places.

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About the Book

We are intuitively interested in the history and future of human civilization. Most people sense that the distant future will not be determined by fantastical circumstances sometimes depicted in contemporary Science Fiction, but rather by decisions made by us and our descendants.

Destiny's Obligation is a realistic tale of intense drama on Earth and in Space, set in the 29th century, when typical human fallibility and selfish territorial interests have destroyed civilization in most places.

The principals are part of a group of space travelers who return to Earth after a 600-year voyage to a nearby star system. What these descendants of the original explorers find is as much a surprise to them as it will be to the reader. They cannot leave and must first deal with the aggressive inhabitants of a large earth-satellite.

They visit Earth eventually and play a significant role in defeating the feuds that are threatening the survival of human society everywhere.

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About the Author

Jaap Kannegieter was born in Holland in 1938. He received a technical education and emigrated to Canada in 1957, completing his education there. He worked in the Canadian aerospace industry for 41 years, retiring in 1998.

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Excerpt

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For the last fifty years, the spaceship-cluster "Destiny" slowed imperceptibly from an incredible one tenth of the speed of light. The encounter with Earth is another five months away, but now is a crucial time for all aboard. Their ancestors set out on a two-way multi-generation journey to the star Epsilon Eridani in the year 2262 (almost 600 years ago). They had no contact with Earth for 550 years and many uncertainties now worry the ship's 30,000 people. After such a long absence they are unsure of a friendly welcome, even if civilization endured on Earth. Their pre-arranged high-energy signals, 400 years ago, never produced a single response. Even more disturbing is that Destiny should have been detected and welcomed many years ago.

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