Orion Connection Novel Launches on Eve of NASA's Mars Orion Project Mission Announcement

HONOLULU, HI, April 29, 2014

Novelist S DeGiorgio announced the launch of Orion Connection, the first installment in the Legends Trilogy, a sci-fi adventure series that begins on the eve of NASA's first manned mission to Mars.

"NASA's decision to name Earth's first Mars-bound spacecraft 'Orion' is a happy coincidence," said the author. "Shows like Ancient Aliens and Cosmos have focused interest in the Orion constellation as humanity continues to search for intelligent life in our galaxy. The first draft of Orion Connection was written in 2000 and started as a personal dare. Could I as a fiction writer come up with a plausible storyline that connected the Face on Mars with the creation of the pyramids in Egypt and the rise of modern human civilization? So far, reviews are encouraging."

DeGiorgio predicts that by 2050 advances in aerospace technology and robotics will allow space-based companies to begin harvesting precious minerals from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. "I love writing science fiction because it inspires change. Two or three good-sized asteroids could contain enough mineral wealth to pay off the national debt. Communications technology already in development promises to turn today's gamer into tomorrow's telecommuting ore miner. Imagine getting paid to work from home, playing what feels like a video game, while in reality you're actually making intuitive choices for a robot working in space millions of miles away, and sharing a percentage of the profit. Mars colonization is certainly an economic game changer, and the United States has its eye on the prize."

Orion Connection is available in paperback and ebook, at publication with an audio copy soon to follow.

For more information about S DeGiorgio books, visit:
http://www.amazon.com/author/sdegiorgio
http://pursuitofmeaning.com