The Turquoise Moon

Thirteen years have passed since Earth's population was annihilated by a weaponised virus. Those who inadvertently brought the virus to humanity's home planet are hiding at the edge of a city on the planet Iensein. A generation has passed – the only remaining renegades from the Party are Jaanus and Roger who endeavour to fix the destruction of a planet's culture. Jaanus is married to Revd. Benjamin King, raising their adopted sons, Abel and Isaac. Meanwhile the deadly Earthcluster, a ship with the potential to destroy planets is still at large in the galaxy.This is the story of teenagers Abel and Isaac – Abel, the oldest, a cynic looking for a cause and prepared to do anything to find it; Isaac a bookish lad, just wanting to observe and learn. As the people of Iensein wage war on the Earthcluster the two boy's lives take opposite directions, leading to a deadly showdown.At the same time discoveries are made as to why the people of Earth destroyed the cultures of the colony planets – is there another sinister force at large in the galaxy? Steve Carroll is an artist and art history lecturer. In the Diaspora series he describes a universe not unlike our own where the value of the past is questioned.