Responding to the Federation demand for the planet Kaùsan to become a member of the United Federation of Planets, Counselor Tõkor, his wife, Leanne, and their infant son travel to Vida-7 to negotiate the terms of the agreement. Unknown to them, a powerful consortium plans to use Federation membership to replace the native Kaùsan government and open the planet’s lucrative mining operation to foreign control. Can the McGregors, with the help of three university students, Judge Advocate Craig Larson, and their outlawed nanomedical robots thwart their plans while simultaneously fighting a deadly virus?
Larry Collins and his wife, Lorna, co-wrote their first book, 31 Months in Japan: The Building of a Theme Park, a memoir of building Universal Studios, Japan. They have since written two mysteries:Murder…They Wrote and Murder in Paradise, and are currently working on more in this series. They wrote The Memory Keeper, a historical novel set in San Juan Capistrano between 1820 and 1890, and are working on a sequel. Larry’s book of short stories, Lakeview Park, was published in 2011. He has completed seven books in his McGregor Chronicles sci-fi fantasy series. He lives in Dana Point, California, visits Hawaii whenever he can, and surfs every weekday.