DescriptionWhen a relic is discovered beneath the surface of Mars, physicist Lance Kattar is offered a chance to take part in what could be the most important discovery in history: a device containing nanotech far beyond human ability, left by an ancient civilization. But the moment he observes the object, Lance triggers a series of events that threaten the very fabric of existence.
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Praise for Artifact“Shane Lindemoen is boldly going in the direction of great Sci-Fi authors before him. Creating freshly-imagined worlds, time-twisting plots, and fantastical characters that light up the page, and with an award-winning debut novel, Artifact, making sonic waves, the future is bright for this writer.” –KGB Bar and Lit Magazine "Shane Lindemoen has a knack for the spectacular, and his deftly plotted debut is like Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles run through the sieve of Kubrick's 2001, reshot by Christopher Nolan in the year 2020. Artifact is the type of book William S. Burroughs might have kept on his reading list: the science fiction of ideas meant to tell us about the present through the illusion of our possible futures."--Davis Schneiderman is the author of Drain (Northwestern), the DEAD/BOOKS trilogy--Blank, [SIC], Ink. (Jaded Ibis). "Daring, heartfelt, and wholly original, Lindemoen's debut ranks right up there with the best sci-fi you'll read this year. The genre welcomes a stunning new voice to its ranks. A must read!"--Ronald Malfi, author of Floating Staircase "A break-out-of-the-box extraordinary first novel from Shane Lindemoen, with characters who appeal and talk smartly in a storyline that's bursting with danger and imaginative possibilities. Think Jack McDevitt and even Arthur C. Clarke when you approach ARTIFACT, and your appetite for top-notch science fiction, as thoughtful as it is surprising and commanding, will be satisfied."--Paul Levinson, author of The Silk Code, The Plot to Save Socrates, and Unburning Alexandria "Insanely imaginative and thought-provoking. Artifact delivers a mind-bending high, in which nothing is what it seems and everything is exactly what it appears to be."--Mark Budz, author of Clade, Idolon and Till Human Voices Wake Us. "Artifact starts with a great premise--an alien relic has been recovered from Mars, deeply encoded with nanotech--and then it explodes outward both literally and narratively, as a simple lab accident leaves the main character hurtling through time and space, never knowing from one moment to the next where he's going to end up--or if he'll survive the transition. Always one step ahead of the reader, Lindemoen never loses control of this tight, action-filled plot. It'll leave you guessing, and wondering what you've just witnessed. You'll be blown away, too."--David Wellington, author of Chimera "An alien artifact, a library of all human endeavor, fractured time shifts, secret agents, saboteurs, an attack of zombies and something more dangerously reptilian... ARTIFACT is an audacious adventure through inner and outer space - a brave and ambitious kaleidoscope of a novel that kicks off like a rocket-ride and never lets up. Lindemoen keeps you guessing from the start to the amazing end - you'll be turning the pages faster and faster as the story spirals deeper into the unknown. This is a bold, ambitious novel that recalls the golden age of classic science fiction. One of the best science fiction novels I've read this year!"--John Everson, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of NightWhere and Violet Eyes "For millennia, the red planet Mars has fascinated humankind. In dreams, nightmares and fantasies, Mars has always been there, Earth's mysterious neighbor. Now talented newcomer Shane Lindemoen -- in his novel 'Artifact' -- has taken our obsession with Mars to a new level, searching for the elusive truth of life and what it means to be human."--Brendan DuBois, New York Times bestselling author of Resurrection Day "Half a century ago, when I was just making my first story sales, one of the notions I had was of an artifact, an ancient machine that could be activated with odd results. I wasn't sure what to do with it, so I showed it to my collaborator H James Hotaling and he was intrigued and started working on it. But in the end it came to nothing, as ideas often do. Well, now Shane has done it, and I am free to speculate that the spirit of the notion searched until it found a worthy writer, and infused him. This is one strange, gripping science fiction thriller."--Piers Anthony, author of the Xanth series |