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Sentient: Deadly Secrets Beneath the Ice
Author Michael Nayak returns to DCPL Chevy Chase Neighborhood Library to discuss SENTIENT, the follow-up to his Sci-Fi Thriller Symbiote.
In Symbiote (link to catalog), an isolated Antarctic research base becomes the site of terror during world War III when Chinese scientists arrive with a mysterious corpse. A cold-activated parasite soon spreads, causing violent madness, superhuman strength, and a shared hive mind. With rescue months away, paranoia fractures the crew as deaths mount. A small group of survivors races to uncover the organism's origins, realizing it may be a biological weapon capable of escaping and devastating the outside world.
About SENTIENT:
Sentient, the sequel to Symbiote, is a fast-paced sci-fi thriller that continues the story of a deadly, mutating microbe in Antarctica.
As the tourist season begins at McMurdo Station, the outbreak resurfaces, unleashing an onslaught of infected “sea people”. Reluctantly, Rajan Chariya and others work with the CIA to stop the “sea people”, but the CIA is determined to turn the mutation into a biological weapon.
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About the Author
Michael (Mikey) Nayak holds a doctorate degree in Planetary Science from the University of California at Santa Cruz, where he was a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellow. He holds additional graduate degrees in Earth Science, aerospace engineering and flight test engineering.
With a wide array of interests Mikey looks for inventive ways to apply techniques from the disciplines of astrophysics and planetary science to problems in Space Situational Awareness, Space Surveillance and Space Control. His research interests include fundamental physics methods to remotely identify characteristic satellite frequencies from multi-modal observations, radical innovative AI solutions for modern optical detection problems, and novel machine-assisted methods to speed progression of low-time pilots.
A space shuttle engineer, Flight Director for multiple experimental spacecraft, skydiving instructor, planetary scientist at NASA Ames, Research Section Chief for the DoD’s largest telescope, instructor flight test engineer and instructor pilot. Mikey has deployed to the South Pole as a US Antarctic Program Principal Investigator, managed air- and space-based special programs, and was a semi-finalist for the 2021 astronaut class. I’m a USAF Test Pilot School graduate, Rotary National Award for Space Achievement recipient, and have 1,000+ hours of flight time in 40+ aircraft including the F-16, T-38, EA500 and BE-76.
For more information and questions, please contact the Chevy Chase Neighborhood Library at 202-282-0021.
AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Author Talk |
