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New Approaches to Speculative Fiction: Focus on Helmsman and Martin Halbert

Dr. Martin Halbert, a senior information scientist, applies decades of expertise in digital preservation and access to the creation of the Sojourner Saga, a new series of epic science fiction novels. The first book, Helmsman, introduces the Sojourners—a monastic Order dedicated to saving collapsed "Bereft" civilizations by providing them with free access to critical knowledge. Set against the backdrop of a grand, colonized galaxy and inspired by China's most famous classical saga Journey to the West, the story follows naive acolyte Greymalkin Thomas. He faces ruthless human and alien tyrants who seek to control the secrets of the enigmatic Eta Carinae.