The Europa Effect

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PROEM

THE RED OUTPOST

MEETING OF THE MINDS

WE ARE ALL JOVIAN

MISSION: ICE MOON

THE COSMIC POPULACE

BEYOND

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They awoke in deep space…

…on a ship they had never known…

…in a time which seemed distant.

They were exploring. The vast, the infinite, the mysterious. The cosmos.

But they each shared a mental gap. A psychological disconnect. How had they gotten there? What were their origins?

They are assigned the same mission and explore together. As they discover their deep, cosmic connection, they unearth a common past. And search for a habitable world that might still exist – but where?

Would their shared mission connect their journey through the cosmos to a life once known?

A.L. Mengel examines the origins of the universe in a sculpted, poetic vision through the lens of a rescue ship on an exploration mission. The story further analyzes the questions of The Vega Chronicles: Who is out there? And how far through space and time does our destiny reach?