McDevitt, Jack

In the year 2024 Vice President Charlie Haskell is at the new American Moonbase for its opening ceremonies when an amateur astronomer discovers a gigantic new comet headed straight towards the Moon. With only five days until impact evacuation of all personnel seems improbable and the panic on Earth is of epic proportions.

No life has been found on other planets. Dr. Kim Brandywine starts following clues about her missing sister who was on a SETI mission and something strange is going on.

Shel and his friend Dave journey through time in search of Shel's missing physicist-father, but make a devastating discovery that changes their lives forever when Shel violates their agreement not to visit the future.

Interstellar antiquities dealer Alex Benedict and his assistant Chase Kolpath return from vacation to their home base on Rimway to find that celebrated writer Vicki Greene, who had sent a cryptic message requesting their help, has asked for and received a mind wipe after transferring an enormous sum of money to Alex's account, and the duo sets out to discover what they have been paid to investigate.

Journalist Gregory MacAllister heads a campaign to cut funding for interstellar travel, which is slowly destroying the universe, but his efforts stir public unrest and threaten Gregory's career and life.