*** Hard science fiction at its best-with a strong military twang !
*** A rip-roaring journey of discovery - the first steps of humans towards their galactic destiny !
In three months, this generation ship--the “Rock”--is leaving Earth. But on Steele’s first day aboard, someone blows up the place. And tries to kill him.
Wow. Loved this book. This book is an escape...a fabulous, very entertaining escape. I could hardly put it down.” - Amazon Reviewer.
Jim Carter is a PTSD-riddled former Marine with a secret: he has a broken-down, sentient starship hidden in his airplane hangar. He expected to get found out, of course. Eventually. But by a hot-as-blazes female...
No, they didn’t ask for the job. Yes, they break the rules. And yes, some would see them dead. But Jake, Teresa and Kirsten have been given a mission - to save Earth. There is only one path to a future for humanity. And they will battle hell and high water to get there. If there is blood along the way - so be it.
Like Huckleberry Finn, Phil Huddleston grew up barefoot and outdoors, catching mudbugs down by the creek, chasing rabbits through the fields, and forgetting to come home for dinner. Then he discovered books. Thereafter, he read everything he could get his hands on, including reading the Encyclopedia Britannica and Funk & Wagnalls from A to Z multiple times. He served in the U.S. Marines for four years, returned to college and completed his degree on the GI Bill. Since that time, he built computer systems, worked in cybersecurity, played in a band, flew a bush plane from Alaska to Texas, rode a motorcycle around a good bit of America, and acted as assistant while his wife raised two wonderful daughters. And would like to do it all again. Except without the mistakes.
Like Huckleberry Finn, Phil Huddleston grew up barefoot and outdoors, catching mudbugs down by the creek, chasing rabbits through the fields, and forgetting to come home for dinner. Then he discovered books. Thereafter, he read everything he could get his hands on, including reading the Encyclopedia Britannica and Funk & Wagnalls from A to Z multiple times. He served in the U.S. Marines for four years, returned to college and completed his...