by Robert Potter (Author)
Following a troubled childhood, Belmont McRouse, Deputy Administrator of the International Space Agency, dedicated his life to space and the unknown, and Project Astraeus is his ticket back to the stars. With the sudden appearance of a wormhole, his dream of interstellar colonization becomes a reality and he races to accomplish something never before done by mankind. Fighting through global unrest, religious scrutiny, time and his past, Belmont races to colonize Ariadne and immortalize mankind by occupying the perfect planet. But things aren't always as they seem. Is the planet the paradise it appears through the wormhole? Will Belmont's past cripple his ability to shape the future? Will Project Astraeus survive the journey to the center of the universe?