Dale Abbot wakes from hibernation thinking it is going to be just another long, lonely shift on his Advanced Exploration Mission. And then it happens. He finds himself trapped in a physical and psychological struggle with a newly emergent consciousness that has the potential to become something beyond comprehension. Marvelous Things is a briskly paced speculative novella, full of action, emotion, and philosophical musings.

Dale Abbot is unprepared for the sudden consequences of his long and lonely deep space mission. For over two hundred and forty-six years, Dale Abbot has succumbed to the depressing routine of life aboard the UFS Perseus, following mission protocol and sinking into a numbness of regret and reminiscence. And then it happens. The power to the deep space exploration ship he is employed upon goes out: no air, no lights, the hibernating crew endangered by the sudden lack of electricity. In the cold darkness, as Dale scrambles for a way to survive, he hears a voice. A soft woman's voice. "Can you help me," she asks, "I think I'm lost." Now, what is Dale to do when confronted by a suddenly self-aware computer that, if given time, could become something beyond the scope of any human mind? Before he can worry about that however, he must somehow get the power on before he dies a silent and lonely death. Marvelous Things is a philosophical cat and mouse game, a psychological litmus test, and a dire interstellar emergency as one man struggles to understand and survive the birth of a new form of consciousness.