New Space

This book is for every manager, leader, and entrepreneur who needs to rally a team, an organization, or themselves to think big and keep the flame of invention burning brightly while under suffocating pressure—which happens to be when you need creative problem-solving the most.

Dawn's Revenge is a thriller set in the New Orleans French Quarter. Jack Chandler, a struggling young lawyer who takes every case that comes in the door, learns that his housekeeper's beautiful teenage daughter has been brutally raped and murdered by a ring of child molesters. The powerful sheriff of Orleans Parish condones the crime and attempts to silence Jack, who seeks to get justice in spite of attempts on his life.

Aeolus Investigations — serious space adventure, sprinkled with a dash of humor. The year is 2026. When Lexi first met Ron, she was a doctoral student at a university on the west coast of the United States. She had a plan with clear goals for her life. She hoped to be on the first manned mission to Titan, although Mars would do. Ron was a student there too, except it turned out he was already an insurance investigator. One on an undercover mission. While it wouldn't be fair to say Lexi was knocked off her feet, she certainly felt the attraction. Ron abruptly left after their first date ...

The 13th person to walk on the moon could soon be part of a crew establishing a base on the lip of a crater at the lunar south pole. The discovery of ice in the eternal shadows of the polar regions transforms our ability to live on the moon. From bases on the moon we can make the long, lonely and dangerous voyage to Mars, where there is also ice. The obstacles are many, not least the fragilities of the human body. And what type of world would the first Mars explorers find?

Patty Price reports that they "took her thoughts". Calvin Parker remembers being grabbed by a creature with pincerlike "hands" and "floated" into a spaceship. Carl Higdon was kidnapped by a bowlegged being who supplied him with food pills. In this startling and engrossing audiobook, experienced researchers Coral and Jim Lorenzen, directors of APRO (the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization), have pieced together the bizarre evidence and moving testimony of humans who have actually been taken aboard UFOs.

For a year, Abri and five other women have found themselves trapped on a lonely planet, after their shuttle crashes on its way to Ulsy. They have fled Earth and the fiery rubble it has become. The crash has left Abri deaf and hurting with her aloneness. When sound becomes nothing, her other senses heighten, especially when they encounter two huge, handsome aliens.

Loathed by many, feared by more, Doss has spent the last 700 years alone, shunned by the Tonans on his planet. He prefers it that way until a nude female rider on a huge, black stallion, fleeing for her life, catches his eye. If left alone, both beast and human would be killed by their pursuant, an enraged Tonan warrior. When the scent of the female invades his nostrils, Doss is captivated. He must have the female human and will go to great lengths to secure her safety.

Ever since the first astronauts traveled to space in the 1960s, scientists and engineers have worked hard to learn more about space travel. What kinds of spaceships will people use in the future? How will their needs be met during the long journey between Earth and some distant world? Max Axiom and the Society of Super Scientists look for the answers to these questions and more as they learn about modern space tourism and the future of space travel.

When Korene's employees are taken hostage on Mars, she's thrust into an uneasy alliance with Roland, her former Master who deserted her a decade ago. Despite their tumultuous history, the undeniable chemistry between them reignites the moment he strides back into her life, his chiseled presence stirring long-buried passions. Roland is determined to fulfill his mission, yet battling his intense longing for Korene proves to be his toughest challenge. Witnessing her fierce independence tested once more stirs emotions he thought long suppressed. But as hidden truths threaten to unravel their ...

In 2023, Puerto Rico is still reeling from its economic woes, but it is in a sweet spot for launching satellites into orbit. Will the growing demand for rocket launches open a new door to prosperity for the territory as it begins to create a spaceport? Using curiosity and a dash of whimsy, this book explores the concept of Puerto Rico as a hub for the space applications market and its implications for the economy and the residents of the island.

When Richard Branson founded Virgin Galactic in 2004, his goal was simple: to offer paying customers a trip to space by the end of the decade. Seventeen years, countless delays, and one catastrophic crash later, his space tourism dream may finally be on the verge of becoming a reality. New Yorker journalist Nicholas Schmidle knows that story intimately. He spent nearly four years embedded with Virgin Galactic at its California hangar, meeting the individuals working to make commercial space travel possible.

Redefining what it means to be human: What is our cosmic story? In the last 100 years, science has provided more information on life than in all of recorded history. But what are we to do with that information? Cosmologist Brian Thomas Swimme explains why we need a new cosmic story that explains what we now know about the Universe, and how that story can provide a pathway into the future of a vibrant life.

Everyone loves to travel, and the industry’s room for growth seems almost limitless—except that flying will soon be responsible for 19 percent of global emissions. Some people have even decided never to fly. Over the coming decades, aviation will witness more innovation than at any time since the invention of the jet engine in the 1940s, transforming the way planes are powered and the way they look.

In the year 4401, Earth is a dying world ravaged by centuries of environmental catastrophes. As resources dwindle and hope fades, Dr. Elara Voss, a brilliant astrophysicist haunted by her inability to save her own family, has dedicated her life's work to ensuring humanity's survival. Leading a daring mission aboard the starship Odyssey, Elara and her crew embark on an unprecedented voyage across the galaxy in search of a new home world.

This is a boxset of the first three spitwrite volumes: -Sketch and Story (Illustrated) -Jellyspace -Technosphere Contains over 80 short stories in sci-fi, fantasy and a bit of romance.

Embark on Wingate's year-long trek across North America, facing winter's bite, the sun's scorch, deserts, mountains, and urban mazes—all on foot. Explore the highs of human connection and the lows of solitude, from benevolence to bone-chilling fear.

Lia Johansen was created for only one purpose: to slip onto the strategically placed New Sol Space Station and explode. But her mission goes to hell when her clock malfunctions, freezing her countdown with just two minutes to go. With no Plan B, no memories of her past, and no identity besides a name stolen from a dead POW, Lia has no idea what to do next. Her life gets even more complicated when she meets Michael Sorenson, the real Lia's childhood best friend.

In the dark, abandoned tunnels beneath Titan’s once-thriving city of New Helios, survivors Marius and Liv fight against a relentless horde of infected, desperate to find a way off the moon. As they uncover the horrifying truth behind the outbreak, they’re forced to make impossible choices that test their humanity. With the fate of more than just Titan at stake, they race against time, battling both the infected and their own fears. Will they escape the nightmare—or has the infection already spread too far?

The Katieran Prime Series continues with New Horizon. Morinian Commander Kayley became the only female commander of the Morinian Fleet. Well, one transport ship didn’t make a fleet, but she couldn’t do anything about that situation. However, on board the Katieran transport ship the Horizon, she wasn’t the commander. She played the part of a passenger with a mission to find a new home world for her people. Everything would be fine if she didn’t have the scourge of her people hunting her down, Katieran purists trying to annihilate her species, and constantly having to fight her ...

As the fragile stability on Duro threatens to collapse into violence, Jacen Solo must face his greatest dilemma: At what point does the use of power become aggression? Whatever he decides, his next step could tip the galaxy's destiny toward the light or toward darkness - with the life of someone he loves hanging in the balance.