Flying to Valhalla Author:Charles Pellegrino A new spaceship, the Valkerie, is hurtling towards our nearest stellar companion, Alpha-Centauri. Onboard, are two humans and a computer AI who will be responsible for charting the worlds they find, and communicating their findings back to earth. — They find a planet which seems to have no evidence of intelligent life, but upon further investigat... more »ion they find a species of life which displays incredible mental abilities, and these people are totally unafraid of the aliens landing on their world.
During the voyage to Alpha Centauri, Chris Wayville suffers from nightmares, waking dreams, and visions of lives lived and re-lived, horrid mistakes made, and again and again he begins on his voyage which he feels is destined to cause the destruction of Earth. Several years later, Earth, receiving these demented ravings fears for earth, and begins planning for a strike against whatever may be coming back.
As Chris and Clarice get to know the inhabitants, they also learn hard lessons on interfering in the natural set up of an alien world, and how one seemingly meaningless mistake can cause devastation.« less