Casimir Bridge

A THRILLER SET IN A SCI-FI WORLD FILLED WITH PLOT TWISTS, A FEMALE PROTAGANIST AND SCIENTIFIC ACCURACY

A manned, interstellar survey ship has gone missing. A nuclear terror plot is thwarted just outside Washington, D.C. And it’s an election year.

Casimir Bridge, the first book in the Anghazi Series by former NASA Space Shuttle engineer Darren Beyer, gets the science in science fiction correct. Beyer’s debut release draws readers into a fantastical yet not far-fetched world in which story, backstory, and character development stand on their own merits without leaning on common genre-fiction tropes as a clutch.

Casimir Bridge opens on Mandisa “Mandi” Nkosi – a young African-American reporter who, while on a trip to Johannesburg to connect with her roots, is contacted by an anonymous source with evidence that material seized from a nuclear terror plot will point squarely at one of humanity’s largest companies as the supplier. The source also unveils that the “evidence” against the company – Applied Interstellar Corporation (AIC), a wildly powerful science and technology behemoth with more corporate and political foes than can be counted – is a setup, and part of a plot to destroy AIC that could go to the highest levels of the corporate world and government.

What follows is a heart-pounding, unforgettable ride through the hallowed halls of big government, AIC’s outer space headquarters, and the revelation of a conspiracy that runs so deep, Mandi’s life – and the future of humanity – are put at stake.

“I interviewed particle physicists, nuclear forensics experts, and engineers, and, of course, relied on my own firsthand knowledge of space flight to make Casimir Bridge real,” says Beyer. “Nonetheless, you could change the planets and star systems to cities and countries, and Casimir Bridge would be a contemporary novel. I put it into a science fiction setting because I have direct experiences with space flight and science, and, as the saying goes, write what you know.”

Brimming with tantalizing futuristic technology and thrilling plot twists, Casimir Bridge is a nuanced, thought-provoking, and deeply human space opera laced with timely, if terrifying, thematic undertones.

Among the topics Casimir Bridge tackles include:

• Diversity as essential to the human race’s survival and success

• Why space exploration is necessary in fostering technological innovation

• Scientific facts about space travel and cutting-edge technology

• Finding personal strength through challenge and adversity

• Mankind’s purpose and potential to transcend greed, destruction, and corruption

• Political and corporate overreach