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Impulse: Earth Alliance, Book Three
A missing jump shipA desperate searchA future‑bending discoveryFrom bestselling author D. Ward Cornell comes a new adventure about duty, danger, and the thin line between exploration and catastrophe.
Captain Noah Fletcher and the Dauntless are recalled from Kepler‑22 with a single find Impulse, the Alliance’s first jump‑capable vessel, lost without explanation after its ninth Spark-drive transition. Fletcher has thirty days to locate her. Thirty days before the stranded crew runs out of food. Thirty days before the Alliance must accept the unthinkable.
But Impulse could be anywhere.
And Fletcher isn’t the only one searching.
If Earth’s enemies reach the ship first, they’ll gain access to the Spark drive — a technology powerful enough to shift the balance of power in the galaxy. The Alliance would not survive the fallout.
The search begins with clean telemetry, a clear trail, and a crew determined to bring their people home. But as Dauntless follows the fading energy signature deeper into uncharted space, the mission twists into something stranger than any of them imagined. Debris fields that shouldn’t exist. Signals that defy physics. A pattern of anomalies that suggests Impulse didn’t simply vanish.
It changed something.
Or something changed it.
And when Fletcher finally closes in on the truth, he discovers a threat far greater than a missing ship.
Some doors should never be opened. The Spark-drive opened them anyway.
Captain Noah Fletcher and the Dauntless are recalled from Kepler‑22 with a single find Impulse, the Alliance’s first jump‑capable vessel, lost without explanation after its ninth Spark-drive transition. Fletcher has thirty days to locate her. Thirty days before the stranded crew runs out of food. Thirty days before the Alliance must accept the unthinkable.
But Impulse could be anywhere.
And Fletcher isn’t the only one searching.
If Earth’s enemies reach the ship first, they’ll gain access to the Spark drive — a technology powerful enough to shift the balance of power in the galaxy. The Alliance would not survive the fallout.
The search begins with clean telemetry, a clear trail, and a crew determined to bring their people home. But as Dauntless follows the fading energy signature deeper into uncharted space, the mission twists into something stranger than any of them imagined. Debris fields that shouldn’t exist. Signals that defy physics. A pattern of anomalies that suggests Impulse didn’t simply vanish.
It changed something.
Or something changed it.
And when Fletcher finally closes in on the truth, he discovers a threat far greater than a missing ship.
Some doors should never be opened. The Spark-drive opened them anyway.
392 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 15, 2026
About the author
D. Ward Cornell
22 books48 followersD. Ward Cornell lives on the Kohala Coast of the Big Island of Hawaii. His career as an engineer, consultant, and entrepreneur has taken him all over the world. Many of those places and elements of those cultures are featured in his writing.
Although still dabbling in those fields, his passion now is bring stories to life.
Although still dabbling in those fields, his passion now is bring stories to life.
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April 20, 2026
Excellent
Complex, fascinating, that it could really go like this in our future. Complicated cast of characters, as real people would be. Intense at times and casual as life can be. Enough mystery to keep you glued to the story.
Complex, fascinating, that it could really go like this in our future. Complicated cast of characters, as real people would be. Intense at times and casual as life can be. Enough mystery to keep you glued to the story.
May 3, 2026
Certainly a story that comes alive , but why? Mapping world building the universe and things for the sake of understanding, great story livened.
May 28, 2026
Big action and mystery
Wow a roller coaster ride in this story. Welcoming a foe or a friend on an epic journey involving wormholes
Wow a roller coaster ride in this story. Welcoming a foe or a friend on an epic journey involving wormholes
Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews