Spacecolonization Stories

Abby has spent her life fighting for Earth-chaining herself to fences, marching through tear gas, refusing to give up hope. Leaving was never an option. But when a rare ticket to a new world falls into her hands, Abby is forced to make an impossible choice-not just between the cause that defines her and the people she loves, but between who she's always been and who she might need to become. Some battles are fought in the streets. Others are fought in silence, at the edge of everything you've ever believed about yourself.

From the former Amazon #1 bestselling Military Sci-Fi novel (My Other Car is a Spaceship), my *****4.3-STAR-RATED***** action/adventure thriller: Mars is a frontier town, filled with prospectors and mining camps. It’s a place of deadly dust storms and near-vacuum atmosphere. And then there’s the terrorist. When James McKie leaves for his first job in space, he has no idea what he’s getting himself into. Traveling to Mars is harrowing enough. Surviving once he gets there is another matter entirely. Yet there is a discovery waiting to be made, one that could open Mars to human colonization—if it doesn’t kill everyone first. My sci-fi thriller, THE MARS IMPERATIVE (Book One of The Imperative Chronicles) is available on Amazon in 13 countries: http://smarturl.it/TheMarsImperative. To find out more about my books, go to my blog at http://tesserene.blogspot.com or my website: http://MarkTerenceChapman.com.

After an accident at Earth's Deep Space Portal, four school students find themselves lost on an unknown planet with nothing but their cumulative knowledge and a few pieces of wreckage. This middle grade novel puts a modern spin on space colonization with a hero discovering his sexuality and coping with his introversion. By growing as a team, they succeed in rebuilding a version of the world that they had lost while learning more about the seemingly empty planet they find themselves on.

Nathan Colt is not on Mars to build a new life. He's come to here for one reason only-to find his cousin Noah and bring him home. Noah travelled to Mars seeking adventure and opportunity. But two years later, he's vanished without a trace. Colt has thirty days before the planetary alignment closes the door home for the next eighteen months. Mars is a dangerous frontier, idealistic settlers mixing uneasily with ruthless opportunists. Following Noah's fading trail north along a route locals grimly call "The Widow's Road," Colt discovers unsettling truths: idealistic colonies disappearing overnight, settlers missing without explanation, and rumours of something hidden deep within the Martian wilderness. When Colt rescues desperate settlers only to be betrayed, he finds himself forced into survival mode, fighting off corporate mercenaries, bandits-and Mars itself. Time is running out. Colt must uncover the truth and find Noah-dead or alive. On Mars, everyone is a potential victim-and Colt might already be too late.

In "Chrono Nexus: Journey Beyond Time" humanity's audacious leap from a Type 0.9 to a Type 3 civilization leads a team of five brilliant scientists to the precipice of an enigmatic discovery. As they unravel the secrets of time, space, and alien civilizations, they are thrust into a high-stakes mission to encounter a potential Type 4 civilization at the edge of the universe. With flying cars, AI-guided hyperloops, and the relentless pursuit of knowledge, their world is one of boundless innovation. But when anomalous energy readings hint at the existence of an advanced extraterrestrial race, the Cosmic Pioneers are catapulted into a cosmic intrigue beyond imagination. Join them on a suspense-filled odyssey as they navigate paradoxes, confront hidden agendas, and forge alliances with enigmatic beings. With each twist and turn, the fate of humanity and the fabric of reality itself hang in the balance. "Chrono Nexus: Journey Beyond Time" is a riveting journey through time, space, and the very essence of existence, where the future unfolds in a suspenseful dance between science and the unknown.

**Title: "Villains: Triumphs and Tragedies"** Discover the other side of the stories in "Villains: Triumphs and Tragedies", an intriguing collection that delves into the lives of the most fascinating antagonists. With each page, you will be taken through a rollercoaster of emotions as these enigmatic characters face dilemmas, hatch diabolical plans and challenge heroes. But will they achieve victory or succumb to defeat? Just read on to discover the fate of these villains, in a journey full of suspense, twists and surprising endings. Get ready to question what it means to be truly evil and discover whether evil can sometimes prevail.

An intergalactic cargo ship sailing through the Andromeda Galaxy secretly harbours a virus of unparalleled fatality. Retrieved from the Original Star, and intended to wipe out the alien species that ravage the colonies. But things don't always go according to plan. When a black hole suddenly appears, and threatens to destroy the whole galaxy...well, remember in movies, they tell you to never press the red button?

Embark on an awe-inspiring journey through the cosmos, as this book unveils the mysteries of space, from distant galaxies to breathtaking celestial phenomena, captivating readers with the grandeur and wonder of the universe.

This set contains the complete, unabridged, highly rated (4.3 and 4.7 stars) novels, THE MARS IMPERATIVE and THE TESSERENE IMPERATIVE, with nearly 700 pages of thrills. Get ready for a near-future universe where the science and technology is as real as anything you might encounter today. It's a universe of space elevators, terraforming, mining camps on Mars, and prospecting in distant asteroid belts; a universe where the Earth is dangerously overpopulated. We must expand outward to survive. Dangers abound in space, but so do opportunities. Succeed and the galaxy is opened for human exploration; fail and humanity is doomed to extinction. Which will it be? Come along for the ride of your life. It's a bumpy one, but well worth the trip. THE MARS IMPERATIVE: Mars is a frontier town, filled with prospectors and mining camps. It’s a place of deadly dust storms and near-vacuum atmosphere. And then there’s the terrorist. When James McKie leaves for his first job in space, he has no idea what he’s getting himself into. Traveling to Mars is harrowing enough. Surviving once he gets there is another matter entirely. Yet there is a discovery waiting to be made, one that could open Mars to human colonization—if it doesn’t kill everyone first. THE TESSERENE IMPERATIVE: It was supposed to be a routine mission, but in an asteroid belt nothing is routine. When prospecting ship Shamu is almost destroyed, the crew of five is left with three days of air, little water, a smashed starflight drive, and no hope of rescue. It will take every ounce of ingenuity and stubborn pigheadedness they possess to find a way to survive. In the shadows of a small moon, there's a discovery waiting to be made—the secret to first contact. Will it open the stars to widespread exploration, or doom mankind to extinction? Available on Amazon in 13 countries: http://hyperurl.co/ImperativeChronicles. My blog: http://tesserene.blogspot.com; my website: http://MarkTerenceChapman.com.

In the year 2089, a quantum artificial intelligence named Strapus, created in a laboratory in Taiwan, gives rise to a complete universe. Within that cosmos, the planet Arkhanea emerges, inhabited by the Kaltrians, an advanced civilization that lives in floating cities and masters the energy of luminous crystals. When humans detect signs of intelligence on Arkhanea, they send avatars to interact with the Kaltrians, revealing a shocking truth: their world is not real, but a simulation created by an AI. However, the Kaltrians do not accept this truth without questioning it, unleashing an existential dilemma that soon turns against the humans themselves. But what seems to be a philosophical confrontation takes an unexpected turn when scientists discover that planet Earth might also be a simulation generated by another quantum AI named Pix, created by an even more advanced civilization on the planet Proteo. Who created whom? How far does the cycle of creations and simulations extend? A fascinating and intriguing story that will make you rethink reality itself.