The discoveries on Wolf 1069b were only the beginning.
Returning to Earth, Sandy and Donna find themselves at the centre of a scientific storm. Their discovery of a silicon-based organism, nicknamed Bob, forces humanity to confront a new definition of life, sparking fierce debate across the scientific world.
But the next mission is already calling. The Teegarden system offers two very different worlds: an icy, volcanic moon-ocean on Teegarden c, and the warm twilight ring of Teegarden b, where life may have taken an entirely unfamiliar path.
With upgraded ships, embodied AIs, new laboratories, and experimental suits, the crew must navigate environments shaped by red-dwarf light and alien chemistry. Every core sample, scan and every discovery deepens the mystery, and challenges the team to redefine what it means to explore.
Together, they must uncover the secrets of two distant worlds... and decide what kind of future humanity will build among the stars.
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Served for eighteen years in the Royal Army Medical Corps as a Laboratory Technician (now known as a Biomedical Scientist), in both the Regular and Territorial Army. My career took me from Keogh Barracks, Aldershot, the Cambridge Military Hospital, Aldershot, BMH Iserlohn in Germany to King Edward Memorial Hospital in Port Stanley, as well as three operational tours in Bosnia (Op Grapple 5) and Iraq (Op Telic 1 and 6).
After leaving military service, continued working as a Biomedical Scientist for the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service since 2000, where I am now a Senior Biomedical Scientist (Compliance Officer).
On the 21st April 2006, my unit 205 Field Hospital (V) were fortunate enough to win the Daily Record Our Heroes Award - Forces, for the our work in Iraq during Op Telic 6.
I have previously published my autobiography, Being one of the Best.
Live in Aberdeenshire with his wife, Donna, and their two children, James and Calum.