The Modronovich Incident

A Thomas Spaulding Mystery Book 1

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Pub Date 12 Oct 2019 | Archive Date 10 Dec 2019

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There are inheritances people want. Then there are those legacies no one wishes to bear ...

The Modronovich, a cargo ship testing a prototype Newtonian drive, loses contact on its shakedown cruise. It was briefly seen, overdue and far off course, and then never heard from again.

Two-hundred and fifty years later, Penelope Middleton walks into Spaulding Recovery Services with a copy of a garbled transmission recorded by her grandfather, a communications technician serving aboard Capella Station during the Modronovich’s voyage. Haunted by childhood memories of him as a paranoid, broken man that spent the last century of his life in depression, and the enigmatic partial transmission, she hires Spaulding’s pilot and wreck diver, Beatrice, to unravel the mystery of the Modronovich and answer the questions surrounding her grandfather's breakdown.

Chronicled in Bea’s diary it is the story of a cover-up decades in the making. What she finds leads to the disturbing details that caused two generations of PTSD and depression, the divorce of Penelope’s parents, and the truth about what happened to the ship and her crew.

There are inheritances people want. Then there are those legacies no one wishes to bear ...

The Modronovich, a cargo ship testing a prototype Newtonian drive, loses contact on its shakedown cruise. It...


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I really enjoyed this book. It was well written, with believable characterisation. Slightly disappointed with the ending in which lots of questions were left unanswered - without giving too much away, it wasn't clear who knew what, and the premise that the events described led to the severe emotional symptoms described for 2 generations of the family didn't quite add up. Great read though, and I would definitely want to read a sequel to find out more.

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i liked the use of mystery and scifi elements, I really enjoyed reading this book and the characters themselves. i look forward to more in this series.

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It’s been ages since I’ve read a really good sci-fi book, and this was a corker!

In short, it’s about a ship, The Modronovich, which went missing. 250 years later, the granddaughter wants to find out what happened...

I instantly loved this book, it’s writing style was enjoyable, perfect for me to be honest, I liked all of the characters, and the bits of background that we were given..

All in all, it was a really enjoyable read, and I was disappointed when it ended. As this is the first in a series, I’ll be certain to pick up more.

My thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the copy

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