Outward Bound

by Jeffery L. Cheney

William Brighton is graduating from the Warner Naval Academy. His world should be perfect, but someone is out to keep him from accepting the chance of a lifetime. What can a Born Explorer do when he's unjustly grounded?

Monica's family has discovered a serious problem, one that could spell ruin for everyone. Now she's being asked to sacrifice everything to save the rest. At 16, she's always given Whatever the Family Needs, but this time, are they asking too much?

Cadets Hayes and Mitchell go camping and hiking for their Senior Year Break from the Warner Naval Academy. How were they supposed to know one of them would be mistaken for a Warner Corporate Board-Member’s son and they would both be kidnapped? Now they are Lost and Alone in the wilderness and wondering if they will ever get the chance to graduate, ...or survive.

Plus, two more complete stories from the Reckoning Universe!

414 pages, Paperback

Published August 1, 2019

About the author

I have worked as a civilian contract mechanic for the US Army, a heavy equipment mechanic, a High School teacher, and currently work in high technology computer chip manufacturing. I have been writing science fiction and fantasy stories for enjoyment for over thirty-five years and have published five SF novels with my brothers. I have just finished my first solo novel, Forged by Betrayal. I enjoy coaching youth basketball, working on cars and doing woodworking when the time allows. I have three grown children and live in a small town in NW Oregon with my wife of 33 years.