Mare Cetus, a lifeless world nearly twelve light years from Earth, is riddled with strange and spectacular caverns. Explorers have long sought knowledge, fame and fortune on Mare, but lately an increasing number of them have met their demise in mysterious ways. Earth year 2165: Hunter Larson leads a team to lay claim on a priceless ore deposit hidden deep within the black maze of Mare’s Laramax caverns. His thoughts haunted by the grisly events surrounding the last expedition to probe the Laramax, he’s relying on Renata Stone, a brilliant and accomplished cavern explorer, to add stability and vigilance to his volatile team of experts. Unknown to Hunter, the Corporation has implemented a plan to ensure the mission’s success—but at what price? As Hunter’s team penetrates the blackness of the Laramax, they are blind to the terrifying fate that awaits them.
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The Caverns of Mare Cetus has an absorbing, innovative, suspenseful, multi-dimensional, tightly crafted plot with numerous twists and surprises. The story is driven by the novel's powerful dialog and intense action and drama. Tie the above elements together with the novel's fast-paced writing style and its depth of character development, and the story literally springs to life off the pages (which is exactly what I intended).
The Caverns of Mare Cetus was a semi-finalist in the WriteMovies.com Talent Contest #13, Fall 2006, the only contest the novel has ever been entered in.
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Mare Cetus, a lifeless world nearly 12 light years from Earth, is riddled with strange and spectacular caverns. Explorers have long sought knowledge, fame and fortune on Mare, but lately an increasing number of them have met their demise in mysterious ways. Earth year 2165: Hunter Larson leads a team to lay claim on a priceless ore deposit hidden deep within the black maze of Mare's Laramax caverns. His thoughts haunted by the grisly events surrounding the last expedition to probe the Laramax, he's relying on Renata Stone, a brilliant and accomplished cavern explorer, to add stability and vigilance to his volatile team of experts.
Unknown to Hunter, the Corporation has implemented a plan to ensure the mission's success - but at what price? As Hunter's team penetrates the blackness of the Laramax, they are blind to the terrifying fate that awaits them.
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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
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Simply stated, this is one great science fiction book, I highly recommend,
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As the author of "The Second Virgin Birth," I must say that "The Caverns of Mare Cetus," is one good science fiction tale. It starts with a bang that will immediately grab you, then settles back to an uneasy calm, the tension building throughout the rest of the novel, chapter after chapter, until it gets to what I would call a literally cinematic climax. If you're good at unraveling a storyline, you'll need all your wits to figure out where this one is going. It's not because the author's misleading or pulls events out of a magician's hat, it's because the author is good at building an insidious plot. Most of the story takes place in a huge cavern on the lifeless planet of Mare Cetus, a planet some twelve light years from Earth. The year is 2165. The team exploring the caves has all kinds of high tech equipment at their disposal, but they are ill prepared for what happens to them as they get deeper into the caves. Time and again, the author springs traps on the reader, catching you with thrills when you least expect them. Then just when you think you might have things figured out, something changes the course of the story, and now you're going in a slightly different direction. Later you realize that new direction was dictated by the puzzle pieces that had been there all along, right in front of you. You just needed to put them together. Very late in the book, I was certain the author had to have finally run out of surprises. He hadn't. I should have known better than to let my guard down. This is not your average science fiction novel, and it's certainly an excellent novel for a first-time author. It was entertaining from start to finish, and I felt the author was challenging me, as well as the characters, to figure out the secrets of the caverns. I would highly recommend this novel to anyone who wants a fast-paced story with some powerful dialog and excellent character development. I look forward to his second novel.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Geology--Be Very, Very Frightened,
By Subarachi (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Caverns of Mare Cetus (Paperback)
Who knew geology could be so exciting--and so deadly?
The Caverns of Mare Cetus is a remarkable read--and almost a new science fiction genre--the geology terror mystery. What sets the book apart from most science fiction is that the author is obviously a master at a scientific field, geology, that almost never makes its way into science fiction. So, while getting your socks scared off by the cruel mysteries beneath Mare Cetus, be prepared to also see extraterrestrial exploration through a lens you've never been offered. In a book that is exciting, ominous, startling and very learned, The Caverns of Mare Cetus will, literally, rock your world--and several others, too!
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Not Just Another Sci-fi Novel,
This review is from: The Caverns of Mare Cetus (Paperback)
Before I read The Caverns Of Mare Cetus, I wasn't really into science fiction but after reading just the first few pages I was drawn into Erjavec's novel. The characters and plot find a way to pull you into the book and not let you go till the end. Which still leaves you hanging, I have to say I am beyond excited for the second installment.
The Caverns Of Mare Cetus starts right off the bat, taking you right into the caves of Mare. Mare, a plant in orbit around Tau Ceti, has been deemed void of life, but, then why do all the strange things happen within the caves? Why is the company that Hunter and his crew, the third team sent into the caves after the last two had horrible endings, covering up everything that is going on? Why are team members already acting wierd when they haven't even entered the caves yet? Erjavec's characters paint clear pictures that seem to create a movie within your head as you read. His mystery seems to find a way into your thoughts and doesn't leave even long after you've finished his novel. Overall his story is absolutely amazing.
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