R Laurenz: 3 books

It is 2052. Space is thriving. There have been settlements on Luna for 30 years, bases on Mars for close to 20 years. There are two large orbital hotels. There are multiple daily launches delivering people and supplies to Low Earth Orbit. There are weekly transits between Terra and Luna. Every two...

Valerie’s mother had always been an enigma to her, both in life and in death, a puzzle Valerie was not sure she wanted to solve. At her sister’s bidding, Valerie returns after 14 years to her Montana birthplace for one hectic weekend before leaving for a six-year project to simulate a Lunar colony....

This volume attempts to answer the question, what kind of person would choose to spend the rest of their life alienated from their home planet? It recounts events of 24 people in their last days before leaving for a protracted tenure at a lunar site. There is a surgeon falsely accused of malpractice,...