Procyon’s Promise
Procyon’s Promise

Author: Michael McCollum

Publisher: Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.

Published: 2020-02-04

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 1625674805

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For millennia, the Makers’ Life Probes explored the farthest reaches of space in search of the secret behind faster-than-light speed. In the 22nd century, the people of Earth made a pact with this far-flung civilization—all of the Makers’ intelligence in exchange for help in their mission. Three hundred years later, descendants of the original Procyon expedition have returned to Earth in a starship. They find a world that has forgotten the generations-old contract. No matter. The returning colonists have overcome far greater obstacles in their single-minded drive to redeem a promise made before any of them were born...

''Procyon ! Procyon !''
''Procyon ! Procyon !''

Author: Igor A. Bagrov

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2006-07-12

Total Pages: 138

ISBN-13: 146282899X

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Procyon! Procyon! is a life story of a man born in a Communist country, the story of his struggle for his rights, the story of searching for his social, sexual and spiritual identity. It is about any human being challenged by the rigid rules and regulations of society; it is about friendship, betrayal, love, hope

Antares Passage
Antares Passage

Author: Michael McCollum

Publisher: Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.

Published: 2019-05-01

Total Pages: 347

ISBN-13: 1625674325

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After more than a century of isolation, the paths between stars are again open and the people of Alta in contact with their sister colony on Sandar. And yet, the opening of the foldlines has not been the pure blessing the Altans had supposed. The reestablishment of interstellar travel has brought with it news of the encroaching Ryall, an alien race whose goal is the extermination of humanity. If they are to avoid defeat at the hands of the alien forces, Alta must seek out the military might of Earth. The only suitable path, however, requires a journey into the heart of a supernova...

The Sails of Tau Ceti
The Sails of Tau Ceti

Author: Michael McCollum

Publisher: Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.

Published: 2020-10-01

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 1625675186

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Starhopper was humanity's first interstellar probe. It was designed to search for intelligent life beyond the solar system. Before it could be launched, however, intelligent life found Earth. The discovery of an alien light sail inbound at the edge of the solar system generated considerable excitement in scientific circles. With the interstellar probe nearing completion, it gave scientists the opportunity to launch an expedition to meet the aliens while they were still in space. The second surprise came when Starhopper's crew boarded the alien craft. They found beings who, despite their alien physiques, were surprisingly compatible with humans. That two species so similar could have evolved a mere twelve light years from one another seemed too coincidental to be true. One human being soon discovered that coincidence had nothing to do with it...

The Clouds of Saturn
The Clouds of Saturn

Author: Michael McCollum

Publisher: Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.

Published: 2020-10-01

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13: 1625675178

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When the sun flared out of control and boiled Earth's oceans, humanity took refuge in a place that few would have predicted. In the greatest migration in history, the entire human race took up residence among the towering clouds and deep clear-air canyons of Saturn's upper atmosphere. Having survived the traitor star, they returned to the all-too-human tradition of internecine strife. The new city-states of Saturn began to resemble those of ancient Greece, with one group of cities taking on the role of militaristic Sparta...

Antares Victory
Antares Victory

Author: Michael McCollum

Publisher: Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.

Published: 2019-05-01

Total Pages: 411

ISBN-13: 1625674333

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After a century of warfare, humanity finally discovered the Achilles heel of the Ryall, their xenophobic reptilian foe. Spica – Alpha Virginis – is the key star system in enemy space. It is the hub through which all Ryall starships must pass, and if Alta and their allies can just capture and hold it, they will strangle the Ryall war machine and end its threat to humankind forever. It all seemed so simple in the computer simulations: Advance by stealth, attack without warning, strike swiftly with overwhelming power. Unfortunately, the logistics prove to be the easy part. With the key to victory in hand, Richard and Bethany Drake must temper the volatile role of human nature if they are to bring down the alien foe...

Gibraltar Earth
Gibraltar Earth

Author: Michael McCollum

Publisher: Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.

Published: 2019-11-18

Total Pages: 433

ISBN-13: 1625674651

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It is the 24th Century. Humanity is only just beginning to gain a toehold out among the stars. While exploring the New Eden system, the crew aboard Stellar Survey Starship Magellan encounters a pair of alien spacecraft. A skirmish ensues and both sides exit the battle with heavy losses. In picking through the wreckage of one of the alien ships, the human crew stumbles upon a survivor with a fantastic story. The alien hails from a million-star Galactic Empire ruled over by a mysterious race known as the Broa. As masters of this region of the galaxy, they permit no challenge to their empire. But as yet the Broa are ignorant of humanity’s existence. Armed with this vital information, the human race must decide how best to proceed. Do they cease all astral voyages and retreat to their corner of the universe, quaking in fear at the thought of the Broa’s discovery of Earth? Or...do they take a more aggressive approach?

Gibraltar Stars
Gibraltar Stars

Author: Michael McCollum

Publisher: Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.

Published: 2019-11-18

Total Pages: 443

ISBN-13: 1625674678

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The great debate is over. The human race has rejected the idea of retreating to Earth and that the Broa will continue to overlook them—at least for a few more generations. Instead, the World Parliament, by a 60-40 vote, has decided to throw the dice and go for a win. Brave words echo in Parliament Hall as members declare a victory inevitable. While plans for war mount on Earth, Mark and Lisa Rykand face grave danger as spies in enemy territory. The Broa have begun to scrutinize these strange two-legged interlopers and question their intentions. It’s only a matter of time before their identities are revealed. But the Rykands’ mission is key to securing a victory. With the number of forces favoring the enemy by roughly a million to one, Earth will need all the help they can get...

Euclid’s Wall
Euclid’s Wall

Author: Michael McCollum

Publisher: Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.

Published: 2020-10-01

Total Pages: 518

ISBN-13: 1625675208

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A century after civilization fell in a day and a night of tectonic cataclysm, scattered communities have regained a fraction of what humanity lost on that Day of Destruction. One such is the Duchy of Hampshire on the southern tip of England. Hampshire is at war with the Califat de Normandie. It is a war that has been profitable for merchant sea captain Ethan Scott of the Sailing Barque Hellespont. Despite the money to be made, Scott prays for the war to end. Each time he puts to sea, he risks his ship and the lives of his crew on his ability to evade the Norman raiders in the Channel and the Eirish Sea. It is a gamble he will inevitably lose if he keeps at it too long. The Duke of Hampshire has problems of his own. War is expensive. If he doesn’t find additional resources soon, he will be defeated. The Duke plans to send an expedition to North America to discover whether the fabled wealth of old still exists there. For that, he needs a ship. Scott’s chance meeting with a beautiful woman presents both men with the solution to their respective problems. Soon Hellespont sets sail for America and the mysterious Wall that scholars believe precipitated the fall of civilization, and which may yet destroy the world.

Antares Dawn
Antares Dawn

Author: Michael McCollum

Publisher: Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.

Published: 2019-05-01

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 1625674317

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When the supergiant star Antares exploded in 2512, the human colony on Alta found their pathway to the stars gone, isolating them from the rest of human space for more than a century. When a powerful warship materializes in the system without warning, the commanders of the Altan Space Navy are alarmed. They dispatch one of Alta’s most powerful ships to investigate, only to discover the unknown behemoth is battered and helmed by a dead crew. This is disturbing news for the Altans as the defeated battleship would have easily defeated the whole of the Altan navy on it’s own. And if that ship was able to stumble into the Altan system, so too could the force responsible for its destruction. Something must be done.