Beyond Kuiper

There is no Drake equation. There is no question on sentience. The galaxy is alive, filled with life, the only issue, us humans aren't invited. The Galactic Star Alliance awaits your exploration.

In this illustrated novel, written by Heavy Metal Magazine CEO & NYU adjunct professor Matthew Medney and Lockheed Martin Aerospace Engineer, John Connelly, we acknowledge the vastness of time, the cyclical nature of civilization and the obscurity of our own history.

We began debating "why hasn't sentient life has been found in our galaxy?" all those years back, when we were among the era of exoplanets. Every week it seemed NASA would announce a new outpouring of worlds, all vastly beyond reach, but each recalculating the likelihood of potential Earths. But to us, the numbers seemed staggering and compelling. Surely there are others.

So if our galaxy is full of sentient life, we thought of a simple, logical reason why no one has said hello: no one wants to. Stepping back and casting an objective eye on ourselves, it seems painfully obvious that humans lack a fundamental respect for their planet and for each other. They possess extremely short memories and long grudges, and the idea of giving them the motivation or tools to hasten their expansion seems downright foolhardy. That being said, who are these judges?

That simple notion birthed a million questions; How is faster than light possible? Could you have cohesive interstellar civilizations without it? How could you even govern a coalition not of different countries, but of species? Each question only created another and each answer built our world, piece by piece until it spanned thousands of answers and millions of lightyears. As for the title, from where would our judges watch us?

This illustrated novel includes 35 pieces of beautiful, full-color, painted artwork. - Matthew is the CEO of Heavy Metal Entertainment that encompasses Heavy Metal Magazine & all other media ventures. As well, Matthew has been an Adjunct Professor at NYU, teaching classes on IP Creation and Digital marketing strategy and John is an aerospace engineer for Lockheed Martin who performs mechanical design for NASA deep space missions. with 3 satellites using his designs currently orbiting our planet.All science in the book is accurate and the theoretical science is backed up by science theory.

No assertions in these works is fanatical.