Liquid Blue, Book 1, Part I

The year is 2074 and interstellar travel is a reality. Man has populated the solar system and distant worlds. Peace on Earth has become the norm, but a new threat is looming on the horizon. A threat posed by the same creatures that gave man the technology to travel the stars to begin with.The year is 2074. It's been 60 years since first contact. Sixty years since the creature entered Dr. Nigel Llewellyn's office and handed him the device that would spark man's venture into interstellar travel. His great-great grandson, Caeden Llewellyn lives in a mining colony on Jupiter's moon, Callisto. It is on the giant gas planet that man mines the mysterious element that makes instantaneous travel and their technological advances possible; Llewellium, better known as Liquid Blue. This is Part I of a 3-part book. It is ~18,000 words.In Part I, we find Caeden Llewellyn venturing out on a school field trip that goes devastatingly awry.