Humanity's first voyage to another star was supposed to answer one of our oldest questions. Instead, it found a new one.

Thirty years after the last war, humanity has entered an extraordinary new age — one of abundant energy, settlements on the Moon and Mars, and, at last, the ability to reach another star.

An international crew of exceptional — and remarkably human — men and women sets out to explore the nearest potentially habitable world beyond our Sun.

What they discover there shouldn't be possible. And no two people seem to agree on what it means.

Four light-years from Earth, beyond the reach of real-time help, a mystery becomes a disagreement, the disagreement becomes a crisis, and the crews find themselves confronting something no mission could have prepared them for: not merely the unknown, but each other.

Because humanity may have crossed the stars, but it has brought everything with it—curiosity and courage, loyalty and love, ambition and fear, and the ancient instincts that have shaped our history.

The Intrepid: Dawn Of The Interstellar Age is a character-driven science-fiction adventure blending mystery, suspense, exploration, romance, and rigorously grounded science into a story about the greatest frontier of all: what humanity might become.

Winner, Literary Titan Book Award (2023)

Gold Medal, FAPA President's Book Award (2023)

"A stellar ensemble cast... action, adventure, suspense, mystery, and a touch of romance. There is something for everyone." — Reedsy Discovery