Darrell Fletcher Knihy

Cold Venture               Book 1 of the Venture Trilogy    After finding the derelict, apparently alien, Spaceship in the Asteroid Belt.  Ice's plan was simple.  Get his friends together and the four of them would discover its secrets, retrofit a ship with the Faster than Light Drive it had to have, and go exploring.        (Yeah, right)    Keeping the Alien a secret, not to mention paying for the research, starts Ice, Fire, Brain and Doc on an adventure to Saturn and beyond.  On the trip, they attempt to research the ship while keeping it hidden from the unwanted passengers that the investors send along to "help".    Of course, the raiders or as most people call them, Pirates, become a problem and the crew of Orion find out who their real friends are.  The story continues in the sequel, Hot Pursuit.

Hot Pursuit    Book 2 of the Venture Trilogy  Even before Orion's departure, certain people on Earth were voicing their uneasiness about it. Of course, that was only a minor irritant to Ice and Brain, they were busy outfitting the Alpha Centauri expedition.  By the time the Expedition returned, the situation had deteriorated and had to be dealt with. Discoveries, made on Mars, start a panic on Earth.  Between departure and return, the Scientist-passengers and crew of Orion brave the considerable dangers of Halcyon, only planet of Alpha Centauri.  While searching for clues to the whereabouts of the Atlanteans and trying to keep their hides intact, they wonder . . . How did those Prehistoric Appetites get there, anyway?