Beyond Kuiper - by Matthew Medney & John Connelly (Hardcover)

About the Book

Voyage of the Nomad continues the Kuiper saga as Earth's politics clash with the dangers of deep space. As Project Nomad nears launch, Bernard Hubert and his team face conspiracy and cosmic peril, while an alien Conclave decides the galaxy's fate. The question isn't if humanity will arrive--but what truth awaits them.

Book Synopsis

Earth is a pressure cooker. In the shadow of the World Council, corporate power plays, and clandestine operations, Project Nomad advances one weld, one systems check at a time. Architect of the mission Bernard Hubert--still the lightning rod for humanity's ambitions--and Lisa Hubert navigate CORE's lab politics, security audits, and "SEB" assessments as they push a patchwork miracle of engineering toward the pad.
When the Nomad finally clears the atmosphere and threads past Mars into the Belt, the mission's careful calculus fractures: strange signatures, hostile interdictions, and a widening storm between human agendas on Earth and alien deliberations abroad. The Nomad's path drags it into uncharted perils: toward the fate of Mars, the ice plains of Europa, and other waypoints where the wrong choice can get you killed and the right one can change a species' destiny. Each leg of the mission forces the crew to reckon with what the Nomad really carries: not only cryo, fuel, and nanotech, but the burden of proof that humanity deserves a seat at a very old table.
Parallel to the ship's odyssey, the galaxy's upper chamber moves: assassins, emissaries, and elders convene in a Conclave whose votes could unmake the Galactic Star Alliance as easily as they once forged it. And in the shadows, Odian Spek and his Creators of Space wait for their moment to strike.
Voyage of the Nomad is a hard-science space opera grounded in choices and politics, building from fabrication bays and war boards to first-contact flashpoints, until the only way forward is through.

About the Author

Matthew Medney Founder, Publisher, Creator Matt Medney is a visionary storyteller, co-founder of Iconic Arts LTD, and Founder, Publisher of Gungnir Books. Former CEO of Heavy Metal Magazine and co-founder of Hero Projects, he is a best-selling author of Beyond Kuiper, Above The Ground, Dark Wing, and The Adventures of Adrienne James. Medney has led major collaborations with icons like Floyd Mayweather Jr., Shaggy, Steve Aoki, and brands such as Disney, the NFL, Coca-Cola, and Live Nation's Rolling Loud. He made history by bringing comic books to the NFL with the Bobby Wagner and Seattle Seahawks graphic novel on Monday Night Football. Medney was also Head Writer for the $300M-raised MMO Star Atlas and continues to innovate in online gaming.

Builds spaceships. John is a Mechanical Engineer for Lockheed Martin Space, who contributes to numerous NASA missions, including Mars 2020, LUCY, Deep Space Gateway, and Orion; however, space and the unknown don't occupy his entire being. Following his dreams to work in the aerospace industry, John moved to Denver, Colorado where he met Tony, his amazing wine slinging partner, who is a Chef and Sommelier. John's expansive mind and energetic curiosity led him to enjoy a myriad of creative outlets, such as boulder scrambling, disc golf, searching for the perfect wave to body surf, gardening peppers too hot to eat, and gloving. Between delving into these fine activities, he honors his Irish heritage and cardio needs by participating in Ireland's true traditional sport: hurling (look it up). Beyond all this, he is an artist, an acrylic painter, whose strokes transcribe exotic dreamscapes to canvas and bring a vibrant lush palette to illuminate new worlds. Throughout all of these diverse facets of life, his affinity for words never wavered. Transcribed and translated from existential questions to tangible adventure, his and Matt's world building and galactic lore span a lifetime of curiosity.