The Comet's Curse (Galahad, #1) - Dom Testa
Comets aren’t generally greeted with much fanfare – there are so many in our solar system that even astronomers can’t count them all. But, when a rogue appears named Comet Bhaktul the scientists stand up and take notice. At first panic ensued when scientists thought Bhaktul was on a collision course with the North Atlantic ocean, but soon it was confirmed Earth would coast through the comet’s tail. The only thing the inhabitants of Earth should expect from this astrological event would be some beautiful nighttime light shows.The problems start when scientists realized the comet left something behind when it was passing by Earth. It seemed Bhaktul left behind some of its particles in our atmosphere and they were causing havoc to Earth’s adult population. Nine months after the incident, large numbers of adults on Earth were suffering from an unknown virus that always led to death. The only people not effected were those under eighteen-years-old.Dr. Wallace Zimmer proposed a drastic plan to save the human race. After much debate enough people supported him and a plan was underway. Dr. Zimmer decided the only way to save the human race was to choose some of the best and brightest young people and get them as far away as possible from Earth. For two years Zimmer’s crew worked on creating a space craft capable of withstanding 5 years of space travel, researched possible planets similar enough to Earth for the kids to settle, and chose the 251 passengers for the journey.After the pain-staking process of getting everything prepared for the trip, the 251 passengers were finally launched into space and only a few hours into the trip they had their first crisis. One of the crew swears he saw an adult on board which would mean eventual death for the crew since the adult would definitely be infected with the Bhaktul virus. At first everyone assumed stress got to the boy and didn’t give it too much thought, but after a several other strange things happened, the crew decided to look a little more carefully at the ship.It is life or death for the crew of the Galahad and if they don’t succeed it will mean the end of the human race.THE WEB OF TITAN is the sequel and it is due to be released May 2010.Check out Dom Testa’s website for more information.