“Mission to the Stars” Book Series

Award-Winning Finalist in the Fantasy/Sci-Fi category of the National Best Books 2009 Awards, sponsored by USA Book News
  • Book One: The Search for FTL

    No great ball of flame erupts from StarDancer’s cryogenic tanks, and no white-hot flames engulf the cockpit. Just silence and a trail of debris, frozen fluids and vapor are all that’s left of Jeff and Jennifer Bindl’s attempt to travel faster than the speed of light.

    Now, the four sons of the space travelers who lost their lives are thrust into the spotlight as the world’s only private space corporation investigates the accident to determine what went wrong and how the impossible feat might yet be achieved.

    Alec, the oldest brother, must battle internal demons as he seeks to determine whether to join his brothers to pursue what their parents could never accomplish: FTL, or traveling faster than light. Ty and Orion, the twins in the middle, must assume positions of responsibility far earlier than anticipated. And the youngest, Zach, must show that his immense intellect can usher in a new era of creativity for space travel and world security.

    But in order to accomplish mankind’s greatest achievement, the brothers must overcome a myriad of obstacles, danger and surprises as they seek their collective destiny in Mission to the Stars.

  • Book Two: Hostile Takeover

    A small group of ships, containing androids are jettisoned moments before the destruction of their ship, StarDancer. They hurtle toward a strange planet and pass through its unstable atmosphere leaving them changed, marooned, and bent on revenge for the humans that have forgotten them.


    Arriving at the planet, Parens, years later, Orion and Zach Bindl uncover a startling fact. Droids with their corporation’s positronic signatures inhabit the planet. This leads to an impulsive decision by young Zach that leaves him stranded on the planet’s surface, unwittingly handing the droids a means for escape.


    Once again the Bindl’s must enlist the help of their colleagues. Together they must try to stop the Droids in their quest for a Hostile Takeover!

  • Book Three: Arbitration

    A divided alien race, warring for 200 years finds a solution to their conflict. Thirty percent of the population are rocketed to a new world.


    Fifty years later, the colonists, still angered at being sent on a one-way trip, create a weapon capable of destroying every living thing on their home planet. They launch it toward Arenaes- but it never arrives…


    Centuries later, Zach Bindl and his mining crew stumble across the weapon in the Kuiper Belt. Its original destination is discovered and a sojourn to the planet, with the weapon, is planned. Their arrival reopens a millennia old war. If the Bindl brothers cant defuse this situation it will mean the end of one alien planet and possibly Earth…

Reviews

  • “Mission to the Stars by Ted Iverson is a captivating novel about a family dedicated to making the impossible possible and the forces that conspire against them.”

  • “Readers will enjoy reading the Bindl brothers’ pursuit of truth and justice. Just as fascinating are the possibilities Iverson presents for the future.”

  • “Iverson’s first novel is an ambitious take on the future of space travel.”