New Frontiers Series by Jack L. Knapp

Rockets are inherently limited; at some point, fuel and oxidizer becomes too heavy and the rocket itself too complicated. But what if there was a better way? A true electronic space drive, reliable, safe, and cheap to operate? But the drive system is only part of the problem; it takes money, management, and engineering to build a working spaceship. Lots of it... moreRockets are inherently limited; at some point, fuel and oxidizer becomes too heavy and the rocket itself too complicated. But what if there was a better way? A true electronic space drive, reliable, safe, and cheap to operate? But the drive system is only part of the problem; it takes money, management, and engineering to build a working spaceship. Lots of it. And even if you DO manage to build a working spaceship, what will you do with it? How can you recoup the initial investment and finance more ships? Threatened industries will try to shut the company down. Governments will try to take it over. How is a small, threatened company, barely a step from bankruptcy, to succeed despite such terrible odds? Eccentric genius Morton Sneyd and his grandson Chuck invent an interplanetary space drive, based on an idea from a long-lost Nikola Tesla notebook. From a new industrial revolution to the brink of global war, restless humanity presses onward, eventually to the first contact with an alien species. There will be changes... less

New Frontiers, Incorporated, has developed the first practical interplanetary spaceship drive. Now what? Can the company earn enough to build a fleet of spaceships? Who will crew them? What about establishing bases on Luna and Mars? What of the people involved? Personal relationships, births, deaths, health issues, the things we all struggle to cope with; what of their lives? Emotions play a part too. Love, hate, envy, resentment, they’re all present... moreNew Frontiers, Incorporated, has developed the first practical interplanetary spaceship drive. Now what? Can the company earn enough to build a fleet of spaceships? Who will crew them? What about establishing bases on Luna and Mars? What of the people involved? Personal relationships, births, deaths, health issues, the things we all struggle to cope with; what of their lives? Emotions play a part too. Love, hate, envy, resentment, they’re all present. Good guys aren’t always good, bad guys aren’t totally bad. How will Earth’s powerful nations react to this destabilizing influence? What about the first indication of an advanced extraterrestrial civilization? Welcome to NFI, New Frontiers, Incorporated. less

Chuck Sneyd, CEO of New Frontiers, Incorporated, has his hands full. World War III is about to break out. What can NFI do? What should the company do? NFI's monopoly on space travel has ended. What will the company's role be, going forward? There are also personal matters to contend with. His children are growing up, becoming adults. He is unable to spend as much time as he'd like with his family. The scarred knee, relic of a war wound, is acting up... moreChuck Sneyd, CEO of New Frontiers, Incorporated, has his hands full. World War III is about to break out. What can NFI do? What should the company do? NFI's monopoly on space travel has ended. What will the company's role be, going forward? There are also personal matters to contend with. His children are growing up, becoming adults. He is unable to spend as much time as he'd like with his family. The scarred knee, relic of a war wound, is acting up. As if that wasn't enough, the enigmatic extraterrestrials called the Flickers have returned. What do they want? Is this really the first step in an interstellar war, where humanity is badly outmatched by an advanced civilization? What will Chuck do? What can he do? less

Can the mysterious Flickers really make humans immortal? Such appears to be the case, but only If humanity can avoid going extinct first...

An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.Bobby Sneyd, CEO of New Frontiers, Inc, is worried. The company has fallen on hard times, in part due to the activities of a bidding cartel on Terra. Sales are down, transportation income is down, and the prospectors are no longer able to find the valuable metallic asteroids the company depends on. And as always, jealous nations on Terra look toward Mars, and plot... moreAn alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.Bobby Sneyd, CEO of New Frontiers, Inc, is worried. The company has fallen on hard times, in part due to the activities of a bidding cartel on Terra. Sales are down, transportation income is down, and the prospectors are no longer able to find the valuable metallic asteroids the company depends on. And as always, jealous nations on Terra look toward Mars, and plot. To take over, to stamp out the upstart nation! The prospectors have become restless, angry with the company. For the moment, they lack a leader. But they’re about to find one, arguably the last person any of them would have chosen. But not all will follow him. Despite everything the Republic has been able to do, a criminal class has emerged. For a time, they preyed on the unsuspecting prospectors. But then they turn to an ancient practice: piracy. Will the human expansion into space, once so promising, collapse, defeated? By a combination of human greed and an old criminal endeavor? Or will Chuck, the former NFI chief executive, be able to work with the prospectors to counter this new threat? less