Breaking Orbit — Michael D. Cooper

Book seven of The Starman Saga.The sandstorm buried us alive! Can anyone hear us?⁂The reactor's too hot! We're only minutes away from total meltdown!⁂The firewasp hive has nested! The whole colony is at risk!⁂Space Station L5 is under attack! We have Xenobot infiltrators on board!⁂The ancient Ahmanyans left their secret at the bottom of the Europan ocean!EXPLORERS OF THE UNKNOWNBeginning with the mutiny on Mars, Starmen David Foster, Mark Seaton, and Joe Taylor has pursued their enemies from one end of the Solar System to the other. They fought pirates, discovered an insidious alien threat, and saved the race of Benefactors from extinction. The adventure never stops. This anthology of stories from the Starman Saga preceeds the mutiny by bringing us to the first day of Martian colonization and making First Contact with the Titanian civilization. It picks up after the rescue of the Benefactors with more adventures in the Solar System. It closes with a personal account of the end of the First Xenobot War. Stand by to raise ship!This is the future... the way it used to be!