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During the year 2125, former asteroid miners Max Cody and Elaine Zhou never get a moment’s rest. No sooner have they doused the flames of war between Earth and Mars or returned from their first trip to the Tavern on the Edge of Time when they are called upon to help fit out the fledging Martian colony orbiting Jupiter’s moon Callisto.

In parallel, Earth extradites the war’s fomenter, ex-billionaire arms merchant Xanthus Rex, hoping to gain from his insights into Martian teleportation technology, but he manages to turn Earth’s resources toward private revenge against Max, Mars, and the Callisto Colony.

In the meantime aliens are leaking into the Earth-Mars continuum from the Tavern, whose proprietor repaired and upgraded Max after accidentally injuring him during an asteroid mining expedition. Max’s enhancements help, of course, but when strange beings with the power to animate matter—the Assemblers—find their way to Earth, Max, Mars, and humanity are sorely beset. Worse yet, the Tavern itself is becoming unstable, its acquisitive host having overstretched his considerable powers. His prospecting for collapsed neutron matter has also opened portals between continua, inadvertently adding still more aliens to the mix. That’s when the Assemblers’ overlord arrives and Max finally meets his match.

Oh, and Elaine is expecting their hybrid baby. Yes, you might say these are difficult times at the Tavern on the Edge of Time.

Available for purchase here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00B1JUB7G

During the year 2125, former asteroid miners Max Cody and Elaine Zhou never get a moment’s rest. No sooner have they doused the flames of war between Earth and Mars or returned from their first trip to the Tavern on the Edge of Time when they are called upon to help fit out the fledging Martian colony orbiting Jupiter’s moon Callisto.

In parallel, Earth extradites the war’s fomenter, ex-billionaire arms merchant Xanthus Rex, hoping to gain from his insights into Martian teleportation technology, but he manages to turn Earth’s resources toward private revenge against Max, Mars, and the Callisto Colony.

In the meantime aliens are leaking into the Earth-Mars continuum from the Tavern, whose proprietor repaired and upgraded Max after accidentally injuring him during an asteroid mining expedition. Max’s enhancements help, of course, but when strange beings with the power to animate matter—the Assemblers—find their way to Earth, Max, Mars, and humanity are sorely beset. Worse yet, the Tavern itself is becoming unstable, its acquisitive host having overstretched his considerable powers. His prospecting for collapsed neutron matter has also opened portals between continua, inadvertently adding still more aliens to the mix. That’s when the Assemblers’ overlord arrives and Max finally meets his match.

Oh, and Elaine is expecting their hybrid baby. Yes, you might say these are difficult times at the Tavern on the Edge of Time.

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During the year 2125, former asteroid miners Max Cody and Elaine Zhou never get a moment’s rest. No sooner have they doused the flames of war between Earth and Mars or returned from their first trip to the Tavern on the Edge of Time when they are called upon to help fit out the fledging Martian colony orbiting Jupiter’s moon Callisto.

In parallel, Earth extradites the war’s fomenter, ex-billionaire arms merchant Xanthus Rex, hoping to gain from his insights into Martian teleportation technology, but he manages to turn Earth’s resources toward private revenge against Max, Mars, and the Callisto Colony.

In the meantime aliens are leaking into the Earth-Mars continuum from the Tavern, whose proprietor repaired and upgraded Max after accidentally injuring him during an asteroid mining expedition. Max’s enhancements help, of course, but when strange beings with the power to animate matter—the Assemblers—find their way to Earth, Max, Mars, and humanity are sorely beset. Worse yet, the Tavern itself is becoming unstable, its acquisitive host having overstretched his considerable powers. His prospecting for collapsed neutron matter has also opened portals between continua, inadvertently adding still more aliens to the mix. That’s when the Assemblers’ overlord arrives and Max finally meets his match.

Oh, and Elaine is expecting their hybrid baby. Yes, you might say these are difficult times at the Tavern on the Edge of Time.

Find more details here: www.peterdarrach.com

It's been a few years since I published my first book, Second Skin. Since then, I have written three more books, all part of the Second Skin Universe.

But, let me start with the first book. The story begins in 2125. Humanity has pushed past Earth's limits, conquered Mars, mined the asteroid belt, and created a new economic empire beyond Earth.

As Mars edges towards autonomy, Earth tightens its grip. Against this backdrop, off‑books research, covert missions, and science that bends the rules more than it breaks them shape the fate of these worlds. The story follows the characters caught inside these systems, each navigating the thin line between survival and collapse. This is a universe of hard physics, political tension, and cosmic mystery, a universe that doesn’t care which world breaks first.

It's been a few years since I published my first book, Second Skin. Since then, I have written three more books, all part of the Second Skin Universe. This is my second book, Second Skin, Too.

It's still 2125, and Earth grows weary of Mars' economic might and threatens a war to gain access to the mineral wealth of the asteroid belt, but even more importantly to Mars' promising teleportation technology.

Fresh from resolving the highjacked Mars Orbital Smelter Array crisis, Max Cody is confronted with new challenges as he and his amour Elaine join the diplomatic mission to Earth aimed at preventing war. Damaged and repaired by aliens, Max brings special capabilities to the table which he will desperately need as diplomacy stumbles.

Earth's forces threaten to launch a powerful strike at the tiny Martian colony, driven by the relentless ambition of Xanthus Rex, the billionaire arms merchant. Imprisoned on Mauritius, Max and Elaine are helpless to prevent the war between worlds unfolding overhead. How will they escape, and what can even they do to forestall catastrophe for their friends near Mars? Frankly, Max and Elaine wonder, too.

Available for purchase here: https://www.amazon.com/Second-Skin-Too-Book-Sequence-ebook/dp/B008G2VM4M/

It's been a few years since I published my first book, Second Skin. Since then, I have written three more books, all part of the Second Skin Universe. This is my second book, Second Skin, Too.

It's still 2125, and Earth grows weary of Mars' economic might and threatens a war to gain access to the mineral wealth of the asteroid belt, but even more importantly to Mars' promising teleportation technology.

Fresh from resolving the highjacked Mars Orbital Smelter Array crisis, Max Cody is confronted with new challenges as he and his amour Elaine join the diplomatic mission to Earth aimed at preventing war. Damaged and repaired by aliens, Max brings special capabilities to the table which he will desperately need as diplomacy stumbles.

Earth's forces threaten to launch a powerful strike at the tiny Martian colony, driven by the relentless ambition of Xanthus Rex, the billionaire arms merchant. Imprisoned on Mauritius, Max and Elaine are helpless to prevent the war between worlds unfolding overhead. How will they escape, and what can even they do to forestall catastrophe for their friends near Mars? Frankly, Max and Elaine wonder, too.

Available for purchase here: https://www.amazon.com/Second-Skin-Too-Book-Sequence-ebook/dp/B008G2VM4M/

It's been a few years since I published my first book, Second Skin. Since then, I have written three more books, all part of the Second Skin Universe.

But, let me start with the first book. The story begins in 2125. Humanity has pushed past Earth's limits, conquered Mars, mined the asteroid belt, and created a new economic empire beyond Earth.

As Mars edges towards autonomy, Earth tightens its grip. Against this backdrop, off‑books research, covert missions, and science that bends the rules more than it breaks them shape the fate of these worlds. The story follows the characters caught inside these systems, each navigating the thin line between survival and collapse. This is a universe of hard physics, political tension, and cosmic mystery, a universe that doesn’t care which world breaks first.

It's been a few years since I published my first book, Second Skin. Since then, I have written three more books, all part of the Second Skin Universe.

But, let me start with the first book. The story begins in 2125. Humanity has pushed past Earth's limits, conquered Mars, mined the asteroid belt, and created a new economic empire beyond Earth.

As Mars edges towards autonomy, Earth tightens its grip. Against this backdrop, off‑books research, covert missions, and science that bends the rules more than it breaks them shape the fate of these worlds. The story follows the characters caught inside these systems, each navigating the thin line between survival and collapse. This is a universe of hard physics, political tension, and cosmic mystery, a universe that doesn’t care which world breaks first.