Stephen L. Padley Stephen L. Padley i(8220662 works by)
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1 y separately published work icon Exodus 2015 : The Cloud Stephen L. Padley , Houston : Strategic Book Publishing and Rights Co. , 2013 8220680 2013 single work novel science fiction

'The year 2015 saw the development of a nanomachine, which combines in a symbiotic relationship with bacteria to perform mineral recovery of recyclable metals, necessary in a world economy enduring persistently high consumption. Scientists succeeded, but a test sample was freed by accident during development. Within a few short weeks, in the UK, a mass exodus of people fleeing the towns and cities ensues, as a massive cloud engulfs and consumes iron, titanium, aluminium and other metals. When it touches humans, the result is usually death. Professor Geoffrey Short is a shy academic, who to some level was one of those responsible for the situation. He vows to find a way to stop the nanomas but will need help. Bringing together the remnants of the student body at Southampton University, the professor heads out to the relative safety of the New Forest. Equipping themselves as best they can, about eighty students, a few adults, and young children set up camp to ride out the enveloping cloud sweeping across the Southern UK. Without the luxuries of modern city life and everything we take for granted, the group must rediscover and learn old skills to survive. But the cloud is not the only threat to the professor's group.' (Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon Abalus : In the Beginning Stephen L. Padley , Houston : Strategic Book Publishing and Rights Co. , 2012 8220724 2012 single work novel science fiction

'"The future has arrived. Fast forward 150 years. In a bleak future world, the sparse population in the United Kingdom has returned to a pre-industrial era, nature having reclaimed the cities. Abalus: In the Beginning looks back at the year 2015, when a professor documented how American scientists were developing a biomechanical life form capable of adapting, as part of a major research project to find more efficient ways to reclaim and recycle Earth’s finite mineral resources. The pressure was on. 150 years later the world consists of re-education centers that suppress the events of the past. Fifteen-year-old Abalus has just witnessed the slaying of his father, and he is incarcerated with his mother in a re-education centre. Abalus escapes and embarks on a quest for forbidden knowledge. Searching for the truth about his ancestors, he discovers the professor’s journals from long ago. Will he survive? Will the future of mankind survive?' (Publication summary)

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