When a rogue asteroid is warped onto a collision course with the planet Atlantis, it takes the heroic sacrifice of a brilliant AI pilot to prevent an extinction-level event. For Admiral Sandy Stewart and the crew of the newly christened Huntress, this act of violence by the arrogant Helios triggers a journey that will rewrite the history of the stars.
As the crew bridges the gap between the "lost children" of Atlantis and the weary Selene Federation, a shocking scientific revelation emerges: Humans, Atlanteans, Selene, and Helios share more than just the stars. They share a genetic signature. All four species are revealed to be engineered variants of a single master template, authored by a progenitor civilisation from the Sirius system.
From the psychological battlefields of the Trappist system to a tense diplomatic showdown at Helios Prime, Stewart must navigate the legends of the "Dawn Caller" while uncovering the truth of humanity's "Makers". But as the fleet reaches the ancestral home of Sirius, they find no gods, only a haunting, sterilised world where life has been systematically erased.
Now, under the strictest biohazard protocols, the crew must solve the ultimate mystery: why did the Creators vanish, and what lethal legacy did they leave behind in the genome of their children?
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Served for eighteen years in the Royal Army Medical Corps as a Laboratory Technician (now known as a Biomedical Scientist), in both the Regular and Territorial Army. My career took me from Keogh Barracks, Aldershot, the Cambridge Military Hospital, Aldershot, BMH Iserlohn in Germany to King Edward Memorial Hospital in Port Stanley, as well as three operational tours in Bosnia (Op Grapple 5) and Iraq (Op Telic 1 and 6).
After leaving military service, continued working as a Biomedical Scientist for the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service since 2000, where I am now a Senior Biomedical Scientist (Compliance Officer).
On the 21st April 2006, my unit 205 Field Hospital (V) were fortunate enough to win the Daily Record Our Heroes Award - Forces, for the our work in Iraq during Op Telic 6.
I have previously published my autobiography, Being one of the Best.
Live in Aberdeenshire with his wife, Donna, and their two children, James and Calum.