Michael Mccollum: 9 books

Where would you visit if you invented a time machine, but could not steer it? What if you went out for a six-pack of beer and never came back? If you think nuclear power is dangerous, you should try black holes as an energy source - or even scarier, solar energy! Visit the many worlds of Michael McCollum. I guarantee that you will be surprised!

Humanity has rejected the idea of pulling back from the stars. We will go for a win in the war with the Broa. With the odds a million to one against, those who must turn patriotic speeches into hard-won victory have their work cut out for them. Mark and Lisa Rykand soon discover they are in a race. The winner will decide the future of the human species… or, indeed, whether it has one.

The expedition to the Crab Nebula has returned and the news is not good. A million star systems have fallen under Broan domination. Do we submit meekly or fight and risk extermination? Do we hide and pray the Broa remain ignorant of humanity’s existence for a little while longer? Are the hairless apes of Sol III finally faced with a problem that has no acceptable solution?

In 2345, humanity has gained a toehold among the stars when a starship encounters two hostile alien spacecraft. The aliens come from a million-star empire whose rulers allow no competitors. What to do? Do we hide and pray the aliens overlook Earth for a few more generations, or do we take a more aggressive approach? Whatever we do, it must be done quickly! Time is running out.

The Makers searched for the secret to faster-than-light travel for 100,000 years. Their chosen instruments were the Life Probes, which they launched in every direction to seek out advanced civilizations among the stars. One such machine searching for intelligent life encounters 21st century Earth. It isn’t sure that it has found any...

Duncan MacElroy went out for a six-pack of beer one night and never came back. Instead, he found himself embroiled in a war for the dominance of Paratime, as well as defending our own particular version of Earth from predators on both sides. For he quickly discovered that "parallel universes" aren't, and that a single individual can make all of the difference in the worlds!

When the sun flared out of control and boiled Earth’s oceans, humanity took refuge in a place that few predicted. The human race took up residence among the towering clouds of Saturn’s upper atmosphere. The new city-states of Saturn began to resemble those of ancient Greece, with one group of cities taking on the role of militaristic Sparta...

Three hundred years after humanity made its deal with the Life Probe to search out the secret of faster-than-light travel, the descendants of the original expedition return to Earth in a starship. They find a world that has forgotten the ancient contract. No matter. The colonists have overcome greater...

The new comet was a treasure trove of ice and rock. The water-starved Luna Republic and the Sierra Corporation squabbled over rights to the new resource. All thoughts of profit were abandoned when scientists discovered the comet on a collision course with Earth! As scientists struggled to find a way to avert disaster, all Earth waited to see if humanity had any future at all…