My latest novel releases soon.
Early copies of my latest book, The Diesel-Powered Starship arrived yesterday! She’s not out officially until September 30. But you can order ahead from here: https://histriabooks.com/pro…/the-diesel-powered-starship/
As a bonus, the good people at Histria Books have featured The Diesel-Powered Starship in their ad on page 45 from the current (August 25 – September 1, 2025) issue of Publisher’s Weekly.
Description:
In a groundbreaking discovery, Mexican physicist Dr. Ernesto Lopez invents a mysterious antigravity device. The catch? Closing an electrical circuit within the antigravity field instantly sends the device—and its passengers—somewhere
unknown. Is it subatomic disassembly? Another dimension? No one knows, but the world is eager to exploit the technology. However, electricity must be kept far away from Professor Lopez’s peculiar flying machine.
The only practical way to keep a Lopez drive functioning is with a diesel engine. Since diesels rely on heat from compression, rather than an electrical spark, they work safely within the antigravity field. Soon enough, people are
traveling to other planets aboard Lopez ships. Then, a breakthrough: someone tweaks the drive, allowing it to surpass the speed of light. Suddenly, the stars are only months away.
A galactic gold rush ensues as explorers and settlers flood into the cosmos. But with electrical devices unusable in a Lopez field—and wiring ineffective when exposed to an active drive—each new colony must start from a pre-electrical (19th-century) technology base. Earth’s powers exploit this limitation, tightening control over the colonies’ expansion and keeping them financially shackled.
In defiance, tramp freighter captain Maggie Crenshaw and former Marine Corps officer Eduardo Watanabe assemble a covert alliance to liberate the colonies from Earth’s suffocating rule. Together, they lead a rebellion of pirates, anarchists, religious zealots, and rogue explorers. If they fail, it will be every man for himself in a battle for freedom among the stars.
Read all you want. I write more!