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Survival tales in the skies of Uranus, desperate struggles at the solar system's edge, and near-lightspeed interstellar expeditions await in this hard science fiction collection of seven Hayden’s World short stories.

James Hayden has a dream, and the Riggs test vehicle is going to take him there. But when failure after failure leads to his last chance exploding spectacularly, he must partner with an AI and gamble everything for one last shot at the stars. "43 Seconds" is a hard science fiction short story that is part of the Hayden's World series.

I wrote my first story at the age of eighteen. A small town, gas station and 1981 Monte Carlo were nearly destroyed to keep anyone from reading it. I'm giving it another whirl.

First contact with hostile aliens, maiden voyages of Earth's first starship, and interstellar adventures await in this hard science fiction collection of the sixth and seventh stories from the Hayden’s World series.