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Yudhanjaya Wijeratne

    Yudhanjaya Wijeratne is a data researcher and former journalist, known in his native Sri Lanka for sparking political commentary under the Icaruswept moniker. His work often delves into the intersection of technology, society, and human nature. Wijeratne explores how data science and digital networks are reshaping our lives and how we navigate this new landscape. His style is incisive and analytical, unafraid to ask challenging questions about the future.

    The Inhuman Peace
    The Salvage Crew
    • 2021
    • 2020

      The Salvage Crew

      • 302 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      They thought this was just another salvage job. They thought wrong. An AI overseer and a human crew arrive on a distant planet to salvage an ancient UN starship. The overseer is unhappy. The crew, well, they're certainly no A-team. Not even a C-team on the best of days. And worse? Urmahon Beta, the planet, is at the ass-end of nowhere. Everybody expects this to be a long, ugly, and thankless job. Then it all goes disastrously wrong. What they thought was an uninhabited backwater turns out to be anything but empty. Megafauna roam the land, a rival crew with some terrifyingly high-powered gear haunts the dig site, and a secret that will change humanity forever is waiting in the darkness. Stuck on this unmapped, hostile planet, lacking resources, and with tech built by the cheapest bidder, the salvage crew must engineer their way to payday...and beat Urmahon Beta before it kills them all. Experience this space exploration adventure told from the perspective of a snarky artificial intelligence you won't soon forget. It's perfect for fans of The Martian, Red Dwarf, Firefly, and We Are Legion (We Are Bob).

      The Salvage Crew