GREAT INCA (AstroNikki-5)

By: Nick Gorkavyi

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins

Publisher's summary

Together with her friends, Nikki, the Space Mowgli, builds Greenwich College on the Moon and Greenwich City around it. The main personality in the new world is the artificial intellect, the Great Inca, who tries to help each and every one. Yet the outlawed King Ditbit turns his huge space cruiser on the domes of the city, to destroy it together with all the inhabitants… over and over again, the book’s protagonists survive against all odds, on Earth and on the Moon, amid the pools of melted serum on Io, and on the coast of the methane sea on Titan. “Here’s the new dawn, Nick Gorkavyi’s AstroNikki. First of all, the writer seems to be deadly in love with astrophysics, he’s excellent storytelling skills, and now he writes, vividly and scientifically, on a good popular level, about the theories of the origins of the Universe; he has created lots of vivid descriptions of various lessons on astronomy. Second, classical physics has a place here too. Third, in the description of his lectures, chemistry is the most beautiful of all sciences. Fourth, there’s an excellent representation of morphogenesis and other issues of modern biology – and all of this is built neatly into a detective story! We’re now three weeks into the new academic year for the bright future of our world. Possibly, the publication of this book is a great start for those teenagers who think about a career in science?” From a review in Komputerra magazine “AstroNikki is a sci-fi novel for teenagers, written by an astrophysicist. Its main advantage is the blatant propaganda of the idea it’s great to be smart, the idea that, for many modern sci-fi books for the teenagers, looks almost like a revelation. The book was a great success (and not only amid the teenagers)” 10 best national book debuts of the 21st century, according to Fantasy World magazine. “I was sucked up by the book, like it was a black hole in remote space… a great, magnificent, incredible (I can go on and on with the list of adjectives) book for the teenagers. It’s not just for the teenagers, the adults would enjoy it too. A real must-read, and no one should dare argue against it!” “A wonderful, clever, kind book. The best book for modern children and adults. It’s sci-fi, but top quality! Everything that is described there is fully science-proof because the author is an astrophysicist. Some of the concepts he described were later published by him in leading science magazines. I have a friend, a Professor of astrophysics. AstroNikki is his favorite book, he has read it with delight and amazement: not a single astronomical error, how could that be possible? I guess, there’s no one in our community who hasn’t read it. Everyone loved it, from the 20-year-old kids to their 80-year-old parents ;)” “When I read the book, I kept smiling. I wouldn’t pretend I understood everything there, I’m too ignorant in natural sciences, but the book stimulated me to learn new things and got me interested in those things I haven’t even thought about before. I think it’s a great advantage.” (From 154 reviews on Livelib, 4.29 avg rating – 1,677 ratings) The hexalogy "AstroNikki", Book 1: Space Mowgli Book 2: Equation of the Future Book 3: Martian Adventures Book 4: Butterfly Catastrophe Book 5: Great Inca Book 6: Event Horizon