Swarm Rising: Book 1

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Its intention was to let any lifeforms out there know that they were not alone; that Earth was inhabited by humans and that those humans were very clever indeed.

Swarm is coming: Tim Peake adventures into science The Swarm is coming: Tim Peake adventures into science

Einstein –the spoilsport – proved that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light in a vacuum, which is about 186,282 miles per second.

Adi – Alien Digital Intelligence in the form of a girl – can bend the laws of physics and control digital data, but as a digital being she wants to know what it’s like to be human. I’m obviously not the target audience for Swarm Enemy and Swarm Rising, so perhaps younger minds wouldn’t see the flaws I saw. What grates, however, is the fact that the books are so obviously written by two grown men desperately trying to sound like teenagers – for example, they repeatedly use words like “cos” and “obvs” in Danny’s monologuing, which comes off as tired and trite. Maybe it’s the massive rockets shooting out of the atmosphere, or the idea of floating in zero gravity while travelling in space. Access options Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below.

Swarm Rising by Steve Cole | Hachette UK

I was mildly disappointed that a book Co-written by an astronaut didn't really capitalise on that: there was some science, but much less than, say Christopher Edge puts in his middle grade novels; and the book was set mostly on Earth. There are other, more subtle messages skilfully woven into the stories that are more delicately handled. In October 2021, the orbital planes realigned, Swarm B counter-rotating with respect to Swarm A and C. Peake and Cole have managed to pack them full of adventure and imagination, and I wish I’d read them with the wide-eyed fascination of a child.To save this article to your Google Drive account, please select one or more formats and confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. The orientation of the vector is determined by the star tracker assembly, which provides attitude data.