Horizon of a Burning Star — R.B. Banfield

HORIZON OF A BURNING STAR BOOK FOUR: THE BURNING STAR SERIES On the newly terraformed world Harax Pras, Jupe Beggs dislikes his status as his planet's hero and is enticed leave and captain an exploration mission for Calp Enterprises. Meanwhile, there are strange reports coming from the disused UDE Alpha C. base T Station, and alien-life specialist Parry Langdon is called in to investigate. A page-turning thriller set on and in the early days of galactic colonisation, when the race is on to get out into the universe by any means possible. The fourth of nine novels about the far-reaching influence of one family who were only ever looking out for themselves.