“On a Friday morning, Earth-time, I stepped out of a magical, faster-than-light space Pod onto a faraway world named Revival and immediately regretted almost all my life choices. I hadn’t read the fine print carefully.”
Udo faced a dangerous decision. Should he ease back into the Pod and return to Earth or step forward and continue with his mission in this bizarre environment? Heroism in AFROFuturism is widespread. Men, women, and children have sacrificed their lives for their families, friends, and their beliefs throughout the centuries. An excellent example is Dr. Martin Robison Delany. A Black American who was born free in 1812, decades before the United States Civil War, in which he served as a decorated officer of the Union Army. His accolades are numerous. His valor was phenomenal. His intelligence was supreme. He overcame tremendous obstacles during his long life.
As we look to the future, the heritage of heroes like Dr. Martin Delany reveals a rulebook for resistance and resilience. Imagine, then, his indomitable spirit reborn in a society in the distant things to come, where humankind has stumbled upon nearly instantaneous faster-than-light travel created by an ancient civilization. New planets are discovered. New conquests. New colonies. New species to enslave. Monsters to kill. Earth is running out of resources and livable spaces. People are desperate to survive.
Udo, following the path of Delany, has a mission to prevent the evils of the past from infecting his future. It is not easy. Tech has vastly improved. The merging of flesh and AI in the form of augmentations to the human body offers frightening capabilities, some of which he can’t completely control.
And of course, there are numerous space aliens in habitable zones. Some of their behaviors included repairing dire wounds and possessing near-immortality, as well as mind control over other sentients. The Earth Evil Empire has its minions in place to torture and bully to gain profits and steal resources, regardless of the destruction by any means necessary.
So, Udo takes an interstellar trip and discovers the aliens are not what they appear to be. Who is the colonizer and who is the enslaved?
This is an alien holiday that he will never forget if he survives. Discover more in the e-book at: http://www.afrocyberspace.org
