Siècle Bleu (Blue Century)

Gaïa, an environmental group which uses strong-arm tactics, defies the United States to fight for the cause of sustainable development. A strategy which will prove all the more dangerous since the American government will use this opportunity to make Gaïa's leader, Abel the perfect scapegoat in the race against China for the control of lunar Helium-3. We’ll say no more about it, because it would be a shame to spoil the surprises in store for future readers of this techo-ecological thriller with a good dose of space. The novel also has an obvious satirical aspect with its scathing portraits of political leaders and the heads of multinational companies. However, for Jean-Pierre Goux the environmental theme (tinged with shamanism and utopia) is not simply a way of being trendy.  You only need to read the author’s blog to see the sincerity of his approach and this is rare enough to be highlighted. The same applies for space, which fascinates him and which, as such, plays a central role in the plot and even serves as a keystone since the awareness of our planet’s fragility thanks to space missions is an underlying theme of the work (for example the famous photo of the Earth taken from lunar obit during the Apollo 8 mission). Indeed, with Siècle Bleu, Jean-Pierre Goux demonstrates that astronautics is at the heart of our civilisation’s future. A healthy reminder.

Siècle Bleu (in French)
by Jean-Pierre Goux
Editions JbZ&Cie
Price: €21

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