Foothold: The Story of Mankind’s First Expedition to the Stars by Dennis Ingram

Fifty years from now the starship Hope departs from Earth orbit bound for Tau Ceti, carrying eight crew on a one-way trip to colonize or die. A journey fraught with risk stretches the ship’s technologies to the limit. The crew have their hands full just trying to survive… meanwhile, back on Earth, a powerful figure seeks to use the starship program to fulfill his own ambitions.

Category: Science Fiction – Colonization

Sixteen years have passed since the crew of the Starship Hope arrived in the Tau Ceti system and established a colony on the planet Serendipity.

Just when it seems their problems are over, a new challenge arrives that threatens their way of life in a way an alien planet never could.