The Long Way Home: Volume 2

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Interstellar medic Melanie Mooney races against time to save her patients while unraveling cosmic mysteries and navigating the dangers of space, all while longing for the Earth she left behind.

Find a Way Home

Everything is relative. Einstein said so.

After years of traversing the galaxy as an emergency medic, Melanie Mooney is learning this in a personal way. With each run to a far-flung star system, she is taken ever farther from her former life, and not only in distance. The penalty for zipping around the galaxy at light speed means time is moving slower for her than it is back home, and the difference is adding up. If Melanie ever hopes to return, she must do so before the Earth she knew becomes as unrecognizable to her as the alien worlds of the Galactic Union.

Intergalactic travel is expensive, far beyond anything Melanie can afford with her Medical Corps pay. There may yet be a way to not only get a free ride home, but in a manner that would avoid the pernicious effects of relativity. Its risky, and will force Melanie to place her trust in some unsavory characters, including the last person in the galaxy she wants to be caught dead with.

The trick will be not getting caught dead or hopelessly lost in dimensions of the universe where no human or alien belongs. Thats a lot for a woman who just wants to go home.

Reviews

PraiseforInterstellar Medic: The Long Run:

[T]he adventure and alien culture encounters power a vivid tale that blends wry humor with action that sci-fi readers will find refreshingly different from traditional genre reads, and hard to put down. Midwest Book Review
Praise forFrontier:

Reading through the book, it is very clear just how ripped-from-the-headlines this book really is . . .Frontieris an enjoyable near-future science fiction thriller, a lightning-fast plot that feels like something that could be seen within the next hundred years. Warped Factor

Praise forFrozen Orbit(Eccentric Orbits, book one):

The story moves quickly with elements of both a spy thriller and a space race . . .Frozen Orbitcould make for an impressive movie, one that would stand with greats such as Contact or Interstellar. Booklist

. . . hard science fiction and an entertaining and gripping plot. . . . Chiles nails the atmosphere of a NASA-run human spaceflight mission in the 21st century, the jargon of the mission controllers and astronauts, and the bureaucratic infighting characterizing todays NASA. . . . The scenario and background . . . are the scaffolding on which a gripping tale is formed. Readers experience the wonder the astronauts feel on a remarkable voyage, groan as the Earth goes crazy as the expedition progresses, and thrill to a powerful conclusion . . . science fiction at its best. The Galveston County Daily News

Praise forFarsideby Patrick Chiles:

The situations are realistic, the characters interesting, the perils harrowing, and the stakes could not be higher. John Walker, Ricochet.com

. . . a fast-paced and exciting story that bounces between the borders of technological thriller and science fiction. . . . an impressive effort. The Galveston County Daily News

Praise for Patrick Chiles:

Chiles puts his military and aviation experience to good use writing science fiction with a hard edge of realism . . . Technology we could build now and situations were likely to face when we use it combine to give Chiles worlds and characters a verisimilitude that draws you in. Rick Partlow, best-selling author of the Drop Troopers series

Author Bio

Patrick Chilesis a graduate of The Citadel, a Marine Corps veteran, and a private pilot. In addition to his novels, he has written for magazines includingSmithsonians Air & Space.