Dust and Echoes/In the Immediate Distance

These are the first chapters of a Science Fiction novel in the midst of Human expansion into the near reaches of the galaxy.

- Possible jacket description -

"The Sapien Republic stands on the edge of discovering what lies beyond the curtain of the Halifax Nebula. Though their operations on the other side remain a secret, the silence has drawn many interested companies and privateers out to the fringe colonies to see what riches may lay in store. Only companies hand selected by the Republic are allowed across the divide to transport supplies, but rumors still trickle back through - rumors telling of gold, of beauty, and even some telling of life and intelligence beyond our own.

Dust and Echoes and In the Immediate Distance are a pair of novels that tell the same story along branching paths of possibility. Though they share an origin and a beginning, they take their characters and themes to wildly different places - showing us alternative outcomes, highlighting differing perspectives, and mirroring different facets of Humanity's struggles with our interstellar destiny."

- Altenate jacket description -

"Brandon Cailan has traveled across many systems in search of something that he cannot seem to find. Will he uncover it on some distant world, or will something sinister find him beyond the boundaries of explored space?

Robert Thade has many secrets and stories, but he is always collecting more. Will he come back from the Diplomatic Zone with many an exciting tale to tell? Or will he come back at all?

Elijah Gunningham is the pleasant face on an illusive, possibly dangerous corperation. Will he show himself to be as he appears, or will he display his true colors before all is said and done?

Dust and Echoes and In the Immediate Distance are a pair of novels that tell the same story along branching paths of possibility. Though they share an origin and a beginning, they take their characters and themes to wildly different places - showing us alternative outcomes, highlighting differing perspectives, and mirroring different facets of Humanity's struggles with our interstellar destiny."