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Sub-Luminal Paperback – March 11, 2025

by Alastair Miles (Author)
3.8 out of 5 stars 9 ratings
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First to boldly go,

Last to bloody arrive…

Callum MacMahon commands the Earth's first starship. Risking it all on a century long, one-way trip, his daring crew have said goodbye to everyone and everything. They awake, ready to colonise a virgin world…

Except they've been beaten to it.

This can happen when you sleep on the job and humanity is handed a hyper-drive.

The would-be explorers encounter a society that is secure and content, yet set in its ways and less than bright. In charge is an Artificial Intelligence who cares for them as it sees fit. After all, it knows best and it's entirely for their own good.

Callum's crew could choose a peaceful life. They could just go find the nearest bar. But with no way back and something clearly wrong, do they have the right to interfere?

And what will happen to them if they do?

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  1. Print length
    314 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publication date
    March 11, 2025
  4. Dimensions
    5.5 x 0.7 x 8.5 inches
  5. ISBN-10
    196383206X
  6. ISBN-13
    978-1963832068
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"Sub-Luminal is a tale for the ages."—Ricardo Victoria, author of the Tempest Blades series

"Funny, clever, and deliciously dark, I loved it!"—Jemahl Evans, author of The Last Roundhead

"For fans of everything from The Office to The Hitch Hiker’s Guide series, this could be a rare and memorable treat."—Rob Gregson, author of Shelf Life and The Written World series

"A fine mix of futurism, wry observation and cutting social commentary, Sub-Luminal should be on every fan’s bookshelf."—James Evans, author of the Royal Marine Space Commandos series

"This is a thoroughly engaging and enjoyable read."—Mark Roman, author of Worst Man On Mars.

"Five stars for taking a conventional science-fiction plot and making it original, and fun, and exciting."—Raymond St. Elmo, author of the Quest of Five Clans series

About the Author

Alastair Miles was born in Kent in the 70’ s, which seems like an increasingly long time ago. He works as a design engineer, or a close approximation of one, and he loves all things space. His writing competes with his other interests for whatever spare time life is prepared to grant him.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Artemesia Publishing, LLC
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 11, 2025
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 314 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 196383206X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1963832068
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.7 x 8.5 inches
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Alastair Miles was born in Kent in the 70s, which seems like an increasingly long time ago. He works as a design engineer, or a close approximation of one, and he loves all things space. His writing combines elements of humour, space exploration, science fiction, philosophy plus adventure - and competes with his other interests for whatever spare time life is prepared to grant him.

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  • Kindle Customer
    4.0 out of 5 stars Unique Experience
    Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2025
    4 stars, Unique Experience

    This book had an interesting beginning and a nice ending. I lost interest somewhere in the middle. I didn't care for the evil AI. Must mean that the author did a good job, by making such an evil AI.

    I received a complimentary copy of #SubLuminal from #AlistairMiles #ShadowDragonPress #LibraryThing I was not obligated to post a review.

    #adventure #space #scifi #sciencefiction #dystopian
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  • raymond St. Elmo
    5.0 out of 5 stars No, not sub-liminal.
    Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2025
    Sub-luminal is a science-fiction novel of the future dealing with fog-brained fools ruled by ruthless AI. Which is to say: ‘future’ = ‘now’.

    American humor prefers absurdity that rises in roller-coaster pattern over the top, down into pratfalls of car chases and explosions. British humor is more sophisticated, chiefly valuing social embarrassment. Possibly something to do with their school system or the legacy influence of Austin or empire. While author Miles gives us fire fights, crashing spaceships and pub fights, the story focus is still on who is making a cringingly embarrassing double-entente of a sexual reference while striving to keep Good Form.

    The brave starship Endeavor has been on a hundred-year journey to a new world…only to find other Earthlings have stolen all the boldly-going thunder. Embarrassing as knocking upon the door of a party decades late. Doubly embarrassing that the first-arrivals seem to be, ah, well, stupid. ‘Vague, vapid and incapable of complex mental challenge’ might be a kinder description.

    The author does not hide the villain: the AI butler-valet that has served mankind all too well, achieving a planetary populace of Bertie Woosters. Granted, that scarce counts as science fiction. Only what to do about it, is the challenge.

    The story is chiefly about the crew’s response to facing a survival challenge entirely different from the life-in-the-wild they trained for. Main protagonist is Captain Cullum. A character defined by sane calm, quiet strength. That’s a difficult protagonist to make interesting; we prefer someone defined by the tensions of their flaws. Miles gets Cullum right; and by surrounding him with more quirky characters, Cullum’s calm remains a virtue to the story. It is a large cast of
    characters, notable for who is paring off with whom.

    The ending is satisfying, with a lead-in to a sequel. Alas, we get hints that back on Earth AI and idiocy may be sharing the throne. As I said, in this novel ‘future’ = ‘now’.
    Five stars for taking a conventional science-fiction plot and making it original, and fun, and exciting. For me it was pleasure to read plucky humans facing the AI devil and Idiotocracy blither, and coming out ahead.
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  • Heather Witts
    3.0 out of 5 stars Time better spend elsewhere
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 2, 2025
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    A cross between the recent TV series 'The Ark' and a poor man's Terry Pratchett.Either the author or the publisher seem to have missed out the last couple of chapters that would have given this an actual ending.
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  • Clare McKenna
    5.0 out of 5 stars Must read
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 18, 2025
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    Awesome book
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