New Space

Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides takes you on a deeply personal journey to be the person you have always wanted to be. Whether your mission is to be the first person on Mars, or to be an awesome steward of Spaceship Earth, this book will help train you to be effective, present, and connected in your personal and professional life. Filled with stories from across the space industry, exercises, and assignments it will guide you on your own Hero's Journey as you take the next steps on your path to fulfillment, self-expression, and joy.

When Kell and his team return to Earth many years after their departure, they find that their world has changed almost beyond recognition. Not only has a second wave of greenhouse flooding caused sea levels to rise, but society has been changed by the consequences of the climate shift. Few people want to face Jordan Kell's news. He must convince Earth's new rulers that the human race is in danger of extinction unless it acts to forestall the death wave coming from the galaxy's heart.

In Inside the Secret Space Program: Valiant Thor and the U.S. Air Force, former Air Force pilot Mel Noel, in a transcript from one of his rare public talks, describes his interactions with a shadowy Air Force Colonel, who provided him with many insights about the secret space program and the US government's alliance with the space people.

SYNOPSIS: In 2310, a young woman arrives to New Earth in the Capricorn constellation, presenting a young Amish widower with a letter from a Mail Order Bride Network he’s never heard of. Is this a prank, or did God send him one of the most beautiful creatures in the world to test him? When things get more complicated, his commune demands a reasonable explanation. (This standalone story is also available in print as part of the Starcall Anthology, Vol.6, illustrated by the author.)

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 mysterious species called Flickers are thought to have a base in the outer solar system. A task force is sent to find out. Living in the Kuiper Zone, the Flicker want nothing more than to be left alone. But the solar system belongs to humans. Can the two coexist? Or will history repeat and contact lead to war, as has so often happened in humanity's past?

Rotha Blackwell, Deputy Marshal and acting personal bodyguard for General Athers, a charismatic and well-respected wartime prophet-historian, does his job well. However, in the midst of split factions, civil war, and a plague of cybernetic alien monsters known as the Scythe, which threaten to annihilate the human race from existence, can Rotha effectively safeguard the man? Upon Athers’ back, fate, a legion of hateful dissenters, and an innumerable horde of deadly Acrids have painted a target. Prophecy may protect the defender, but can one’s skill with a blaster, battlefield strategy, ...

When Zainab runs down the stairs in the morning, she knows what she'll find: Papa cooking at the stove, Mama pouring tea, and then everyone gathering around the family table. Neighbors stop by, and there's plenty of room for them, too. There are so many beloved rituals that happen at the table: homework and crafts, aunties coming to plait hair, and festive gatherings with neighbors and relatives. But soon boxes start piling up around the house, and Zainab worries about the move—will the rituals feel the same in her new home?

10 stories I wrote in high school for creative writing class. I also ramble for a bit about what each of these mean to me, how they came to be and how they make me feel deep down inside, taking you on a journey through the early years of my storytelling career. Austin Station - The first story of my writing career. A young woman meets the man who will take her away to a new life. A criminal flees the consequences of his drunken mistakes. Two Peoples - Aliens and humans face language barriers as they attempt to stop a deadly missile headed for Earth. My attempt at promoting peace through ...

The recent events on Orionis have turned Ava Amherst’s fragile world upside down. Now homeless, she needs to hear the truth from the man she believed she loved. Ava confronts Wesley with her suspicions and learns that her new friends are not what they appear to be, causing her to feel devastation and uncertainty regarding her future. Ava also learns that the universe is not what she was led to believe when Wesley and his crew take her to their beloved planet of Kyanos. She is given a rare chance to begin a new life again, however her opportunity is cut short when his enemy, Kaden, attacks...

For three and a half centuries the Paladi and the Senate collaborated to maintain a fragile peace across the 404 habitable worlds of the Interstellar Network Alliance Commonwealth. Dy Curyn serves the Prelature of the Paladi during this time of peace, finding a deep sense of satisfaction and purpose so doing, even as his earnest efforts are alternately squandered and exploited by the schemes of others: Those who dwell in the vast shadows cast by the light of interstellar civilization.

Galloper’s Quests, based on Gulliver’s Travels, begins in 2079. Navy Captain Samuel Galloper is a scientist who continually seeks answers about the mysteries of the universe. The military only temporarily quieted his feverish mind through its regimented ways. Galloper invents a propulsion system that transforms matter into energy and can open wormholes. However, the military wants to steal his work and use it to wage war. So, Galloper decides to prevent the perversion of his invention by leaving Earth on a journey through the cosmos. He visits three planets whose inhabitants exhibit ...

Cole Thompson thought his life was mundane and unusual. That was until he entered the United Earth Forces (UEF) fighter academy. He had lost both his parents early in his teens. At least he thought he had. His father was out there waiting for him to mature... His teen years built in him the experience and knowledge he needed to lead humanity into the future. He was the conduit between humanity and its closest neighbour. A race that defined humanity. Could humanity really exist on other worlds? Talis is waiting out there for us...

Their world is a prison... ... a zoo made for humans...and no one suspects that we are the main attraction. When the giant hand steals away Harl Eriksson’s parents he becomes an orphan and swears vengeance on the titanic alien that rules over his world. Forced to live in a glass fronted box, his entire village is at the mercy of the god that peers in at them. He hates the "god" that his fellow captors adore. He sees no “god,” only a giant monster that ripped his family from him. He must break free from the tank and destroy the creature that treats them like insects. An intensely ...

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.

Grey Mouse: Human or Djinn? Olivia James continues searching for answers to her past, present, and future as a witness and survivor of the MK Ultra programs. In Grey Mouse: Purgatory, the sequel to Grey Mouse: Sex, Space, & Mind Control, Olivia James expands upon her memories and experiences of space, occult, and the mind. She uses her unique gifts to allow entrance into alternate realities, connection to interdimensional beings, and an alternate vision of our current existence. This is not an ordinary memoir. This is a door to the unknown.

"The Gods of Avalon were envied by Mortals, but it was Pandora's hubris that unleashed a plague that turned men into Monsters. Then, the Gods came to fight the Monsters. And in fighting them, the Gods became Monsters too." A Galaxy at the brink of Extinction. Two Star-crossed lovers. Their choices will change the course of history. Ava is a Spacetraveller —one of the 3 billion people that have been wandering through deep space for ten thousand years in search of a place to call home. And they finally found it: Exer, a habitable planet in a solar system at the edge of the Xperyion Galaxy. ...

In Beyond Earth, the authors offer groundbreaking research and argue persuasively that not Mars but Titan - a moon of Saturn with a nitrogen atmosphere, a weather cycle, and an inexhaustible supply of cheap energy, where we will be able to fly like birds in the minimal gravitational field - offers the most realistic and thrilling prospect of life without support from Earth.

The survivors of Earth's plagues have fled to a distant planet with the help of an alien, and they are trying to survive on their new world. They're an odd group, and their dogs are even odder. A CIA pilot, a DOD engineer, a Key West computer specialist, the last living Pope, and many others are working together to create a new colony on the planet. But there is danger from the sea, the sky, and even the plants, and they must carefully navigate their way in order to survive. One of the leaders wants to find the new worlds spaceships and begin a trading mission with other planets, another ...

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.