Merimnae: Inbound

by William Altmann, Conrad Altmann (Illustrator)

This is the sequel to Outbound. The four are inbound into the Tau Ceti system. so is something else.

Castor and Magellan have entered the Tau Ceti system. Henry's memory affliction is under control - for now. They must establish bases, come up with a long term plan to deal with the medical challenges, and decide how to accomplish their mission. Then they detect another ship coming toward them from Sol. Yet it sends no communications ahead to them.

Kindle Edition

Published August 13, 2021

About the author

Hello, my name is Bill. I write under my full name, William Altmann. So far, I have 17 books completed and all up on Amazon and most on Apple. Most are available as large print paperbacks because that's what my mother can read. My son (kudos to him) has done all my cover designs.

I've had a forty-plus-year career as an electrical engineer, working for companies large and small, established and not out of the womb. It's been fun (at times), interesting (at times), and paid the bills (all the time, so far). It's also provided me with international travel (I will not brag on my country count...), which I love. Put me on a train going anywhere, and I'm happy.

I've semi-retired and moved to Austin, Texas from California. I enjoy bike riding (road, not trail), hiking (trail, not road), reading, collecting books and slide rules.

I had dreamed of writing a book for more than 20 years. I started a couple, and they're still in the "incomplete manuscript" stage. Then, in Spring of 2020, with not enough to do except stare at the keyboard and curse viruses (bio, not techno), I said to myself, "Why not now?" I cranked out a four-book series beginning with Emperor First and continuing through 3 more novels, about a few Presidents, one-after-the-other, with more or less success in their endeavors. In parallel, I wrote seven (so far) shorter 'novellas' as "cozy friction", The Mary Jane Gang, each set in a senior citizens' residence complex. This one was prompted by phone calls with my mother... Guess which character she is! Then, in the fall last year, my son and I dared each other to write a sci-fi novel each. I finished mine: In On a Comet. When my wife got tired of me rolling my eyes at the evening news in January, I wrote a satirical fiction novel: about a leader trying to escape justice. It has four alternate endings, all in one volume: Escape Pod. And, turning a news story into a short novel, I wrote The Blossomfield Affair, and set it near my home town.

Since 2022, I've added five novels in a sci-fi saga. They tell of an interstellar mission where things go wrong, not outside the spacecraft, not inside the spacecraft, but inside the head of one astronaut. See: Merimnae: Outbound, Merimnae: Inbound , Merimnae: Unbound , Merimnae: Rebound , and Merimnae: Homebound .

I've uploaded a set of short stories to my page on https://vocal.media/authors/william-a....

I have lots more ideas. And I'm having lots of fun.

Reviews

[Floor Kist · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you like hard science fiction, you'll like Altmann

Just like Journey to the Center of the Earth, Merimnae: Inbound reads like a scientific travel journal. William Altmann really went all out on the science, and it's really impressive!

The team of Merimnae: Outbound arrive in the Tau Ceti system and make camp on Physeter. The expedition then really starts with mapping the system and building a new base.

Then, a next ship arrives: Prometheus. It brings the seeds to a human colony and then prepares to reach further into the stars. Mind blowing!
Altmann writes with detailed decication. Hard science fiction at its best.