They never wanted to get involved.

Captain Riker has finally left Starfleet and is hoping to make it rich as a merchant astronaut, flying his ship the Phantom 500. Space is not a safe place, though. There are Lycans still lurking after the end of the Mars Wars and then there is the corrupt Starfleet. However, Riker and his crew are about to find that there are many more surprises that space has to offer that are about to determine the fate of Earth itself.

He is joined on the Phantom 500 by his blue haired pilot, Aurora, and a huge hulking alien, Kakura. Together they are trying to import the valuable water from Jupiter’s moon, Europa. The water has an incredible medical effect that is helping to reverse the aging process.

The business is extremely lucrative. So, Riker and his crew think the risk of lurking Lycan Destroyer’s and a corrupt Starfleet is worth the gamble.

Here is what readers have been saying about Phantom 500;

★★★★★– “If you are looking for a story with action - this is it. The characters are well defined and you feel as if you know them.”

★★★★★– “I think they have been some of the best science fiction stories that I have ever read. There is action and you get to know each character.”

★★★★★– “It’s another great episode. It is amazing that each episode is getting better than the last.”

★★★★☆ – “I just finished episode 4 & 5. Episode 5 was pretty good, especially adding the mystery appearance of the Ethereal. What's next?”

★★★★★– “Great story telling. I always get the feeling that the characters in each episode are real people.”

This debut science fiction novel by Alex C. McDonald is a new addition to the great Hard Sci-fi tradition of M.D. Cooper, B.V. Larson, Dennis Taylor and Gerald M. Kilby.