William A Bunting

Welkin William A Bunting

Great Summer read for preteens and youth. Young readers like to discuss the possibilities presented in the future with other readers of Welkin. Fletcher Bannister is the third generation of Bannister Associates, LLC, and architect overseeing the construction of the 11,000-mile Welkin tether in Earth orbit. A mysterious alien ship arrives at Earth without any life forms aboard. The book describes Earth as a precious home to humanity but its people are wrenched into the dire threats and magnificent promise of future space travel. WELKIN is a fact based science fiction novel providing the reader with experiencing life on the Earth, flying over Earth, in near Earth orbit and the sensation of swiftly moving throughout the Solar System and beyond. When three astronomers discover and report a new Nova in the constellation Canis Minor, close observation of its characteristics quickly settled into the World