My Telpher Series Novels

Telpher Series

My Telpher series is set in the 24th century when humanity has penetrated a small portion of a very large galaxy. Humans have colonized planets in more than a hundred star systems and have organized themselves in pan-galactic governments and economies. Except for a few rogue planets who harbor pirates or who refuse to join multi-system leagues. There is unrealized promise in my imagined world that is challenged by wrong motives and flawed heroes. The outlook for humanity’s future is not always optimistic because humans being humans there is greed and corruption as well as love and fidelity.

Into this world I project a succession of courageous female protagonists who struggle with their own humanity while attempting to produce a promising future for their children and friends. These women are supported by resourceful male protagonists who learn to embrace a larger vision for their lives and for all people. This series is the flagship for my goal of producing uplifting science fiction that promises a meaningful destiny for humanity.

Book 1

Telpher: A Time Travel Anomaly

Hopeful outcomes are never far from the minds of the heroes of this uplifting science fiction story. But time travel threatens to get in the way of a happy ending.

Two women…
Two accidents…
Two aftermaths…
Time heals. Can it heal them?

On the planet Verde two scientists develop the Telpher, a machine that will make possible instant communication across lightyears of space. Neither of them knows it has other uses. One of scientists uses the Telpher to get even with the other and learns an unfortunate truth with no apparent remedy. A hidden flaw in the Telpher’s human interface might be responsible for entangling the fates of two women who live in different times: an astrobiologist and a starship navigator.

21st century astrobiologist Sonja Bellesario uses telepathy and radio telescopes to listen for messages from outer space that might help her pursue her destiny in the stars. When a message comes she’s not prepared for its consequences. The two women have one thing in common. For one it’s a blessing in disguise; for the other a painful disaster. A hidden flaw in the Telpher’s human interface might be responsible for entangling these two women’s lives. Will the link be discovered in time? Time travel may have unexpected twists.

Telpher is the first book in a series. Sequels shown below.

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Book 2

Copernicium-296: Powering the Galactic Empire

An uplifting science fiction tale of secrets revealed and changed loyalties. Good battles evil, friendships are forged, and a young woman comes of age.

A mystery planet
An impossible discovery
The lure of empire…

Jana Anders, a starship navigator, uses a risky move to return to the 24th century after a wormhole sends her ship centuries into the past, to a new planet. Her passengers stay on the planet which they name Mycenae.

Shawna Tang, a descendant of the original Mycenean colonists, alone among her people believes there are other inhabited worlds in the galaxy. A long-ago plague had wiped away the Myceneans’ memory of their past. Shawna yearns to go out to the stars to explore their secrets.

Jana’s employer, InterStellar, disbelieves her report of a new planet but covertly sends a team to explore it. They discover a new element that will confer almost unlimited political power to whoever controls its source.

InterStellar convinces the Galactic Federation to quarantine Mycenae in a plot to plunder its resources. InterStellar sends Ethan Styrnak, a geophysicist, to Mycenae. He meets Shawna and confirms her beliefs about other worlds. He also learns the truth behind his company’s actions.

Jana, Ethan, and Shawna are drawn together in a struggle to expose the InterStellar conspiracy. Shawna must choose between two paths to achieve freedom for her people but either path could mean abandoning her dream for the stars. Jana and Ethan will each face personal hurdles that challenge their hopes. Even having new technology and abilities unknown to their opponents, victory for them in the battle for Mycenae is far from certain.

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Book 3

Archoi: Telepathic Portals to Distant Worlds

Contact with an alien intelligence interrupts the life of a young crusader for social justice. There is both tragedy and promise in all that is forced on her.

Telpher – Fifth dimension Machine
Archoi – Fifth dimension Being
Which will decide the fate of humanity?

Shawna Tang had two dreams: Explore the stars to learn their secrets and see the end of injustice in the galaxy, an unfairness that had hurt her own people. When her dreams come true she encounters far more than the secrets of the stars and suffers more deeply the profound depravity of her species.

The Archoi have waited patiently for millennia to take humankind to the next step in their evolution—a step that will bring peace and justice. When the Archoi meet Shawna They think the time has come. But Shawna isn’t who They think she is, and it isn’t the right time.

Shawna has a rare gift: she is telepathic. There are other telepaths in the galaxy, but Shawna is unique. Her gift enables her to use a dimension-spanning machine, the Telpher, to teleport people anywhere in the galaxy. The Telpher will revolutionize galactic commerce and culture if more telepaths with Shawna’s ability can be recruited.  The Galactic Federation commissions her and her geophysicist mate, Ethan Styrnak, to go out into the galaxy to find those telepaths.

Shawna’s journey of discovery and personal transformation forces her into a universe undreamed of and entangles her with powers that do not have at heart the best interests of humankind. When she accepts the offer of the Archoi to preserve her from the evil surrounding her she unwittingly sets in motion events that will tragically impact the lives of everyone she loves.

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Book 4

Remnant: Beyond Galactic Empire

Alien forces battle for the will of a girl born with a calling she didn't want. In this uplifting science fiction story, her journey  brings heartbreak at first but ends in a promising world.

Humanity is facing extinction.

Rosy Tang, a teenager with extraordinary powers, could prevent it . . .

Homo sapiens has reached the peak of its potential: Humanity’s self-centered hierarchical nature will shut down all further progress. The Forerunners are heralds of a new species of humans, with a genetically determined nature for cooperation and telepathic union. The Archoi, inter-dimensional god-like Beings, are Those who watch over human evolution. They have called Rosy to be Their emissary, giving her psionic gifts to help her establish the Forerunners in a reproductively isolated community.

From childhood Rosy has known of the Archoi call upon her life, chafing at times under its burden, at other times using her powers irresponsibly. As she comes of age traveling across the galaxy on her family’s tradership Rosy eventually accepts the Archoi calling, providing that she may pursue her own happiness as well. It isn’t long before she finds that the two goals may be mutually exclusive. And there are powers beyond those even of the Archoi that wish to craft an altogether different future for humanity.

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