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Through Struggle, the Stars is now available
in paperback and e-book formats!
In 2139, a network of artificial wormholes has allowed humanity to reach nearby stars, where nations fiercely compete to settle new colony worlds. War is imminent between Earth's top powers, China and Japan, for reasons that no one fully understands.
Neil Mercer, a freshly commissioned officer in the United States Space Force, is assigned to shepherd a senior spy on a covert mission that risks drawing America into the conflict. In a story featuring high adventure, interstellar intrigue and some of the most scientifically realistic space combat depicted in fiction, Neil and his comrades must face difficult questions about duty, citizenship and national interest as they struggle to discover why the war threatens to engulf every nation on Earth.
Through Struggle, the Stars, a novel of 115,000 words, is recommended for fans of Tom Clancy, Patrick O'Brian, and Robert Heinlein. The e-book is available for $2.99, and an 8" x 5.25" trade paperback with full color front and back cover art by science fiction illustrator Winchell Chung is available for $13.99 plus shipping. Purchase it at one of the following online retailers:
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If you would like to purchase a signed paperback edition, or to contact author John Lumpkin, click here.
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"Sooner or later disasters such as an asteroid collision or a nuclear war could wipe us all out. But once we spread out into space and establish independent colonies, our future should be safe."
Stephen Hawking, to the British Broadcasting Corp., November 30, 2006
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"The key lesson of the last two centuries is that humanity could indeed be wiped off the face of the Earth, with no appeal, no mercy, no reprieve. We learned it as we burned away our resources beyond our capacity to replace them. We learned it from the nuclear fires in Delhi and Grozny. We learned it when the Rock hit.
Just what did we learn? That humanity must leave its cradle and spread to the stars to ensure its survival and prosperity. We had work to do, to build the bridges to new worlds, but the reward, colonies like this one, has made us safer.
Now America's children are on several planets, so an even bigger Rock will not wipe us out in a single stroke. We are safer, but not totally safe, for we humans remain a danger to ourselves."
Patrick Gonzales, United States Secretary of Colonial Affairs, inaugurating the American colony on Liberty (Iota Persei IV), August 4, 2137
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