Quasar Mirror

About the Book

This novel involves the future of space travel with a highly trained crew of six. The Osprey is a mining ship with seventeen months of successful journey to Jupiter’s moon Io for the gold and diamond resources then back home to their families on Earth. The crew has a secondary mission of delivering the emergency medical supplies to the outermost space frontier of La Grange. The base of La Grange was located on Jupiter’s moon Ganymede. Their previous supply ship had crashed in Mar’s asteroid belt. With the personnel at a total of 531, plus their families, the survivors depend on this precious cargo. At the present time, Saturn’s orbital path is in virtual alignment with Jupiter’s around the sun. Saturn’s two moons collide, and it produces a quasar and creates the time warp factor, which complicate the crew’s survival. The survival of the remaining crew depends on the conservation of precious commodities, food and water. It will demand for the survivors’ ability to adapt to the hardships while on their returning trip back home to planet Earth. Osprey’s captain is Commander Kenneth Winter. He rules with a tight fist. Once his mind is made up, there’s no turning back. With communication lost, there’s no possible way of informing the Earth base of the dilemma. The Osprey’s payload has a fully loaded bounty of gold and diamond, and the greatest fear is the pirates.

About the Author

Stephen McCoy grew up in the rural settings of northeastern Kentucky, living and working on his family farm. With the hardships experienced and the struggles of making ends meet for the survival of the household, he has felt the pain of not having his desired food but learned to live off the land. With his eagerness to learn science and business, he obtained a BS in science technology and a minor in business. He served in the United States Marine Corps and, after four years, learned leadership and strategy skills. Afterward, he spent his personal life applying management of logistics for a company in South Florida. His experiences of farm life, education and knowledge, military structure, and working skills—all these components created the foundation for writing this novel. The elements of adventures are caused by an action that generates reaction, a situation that must be solved in order to survive. Often, the author gives the reader pieces of information as the novel advances, and the complete puzzle is constructed. The element of not interfering with destiny is the viewpoint and goal of the author.