Kita, an ex-president of the Charter Alliance, looked at the spread sheet sitting on her view screen. She had a tinkerer ship ready to make parts with plenty of orders pouring in, only the crew knew next to nothing about any of this. Then came the four young boys who owned three more of those tinkerer ships with their green crews to her rescue. The names of those ships, Galactic Chaos, Galactic Mayhem and Galactic Bedlam gave Kita her clue about what to expect.

Terry Compton has raced stock cars, rode horses across the Scapegoat Wilderness, fished and hunted most of his adult life while working at several different jobs. He is an Air Force veteran and served in the Air National Guard for several years. He is currently retired from being the owner, chief welder and installer for an ornamental iron business where he has made several award winning metal creations and is now turning this creativity to writing.

Terry loves to read science fiction, westerns and mystery stories. Some of his favorite authors are Clive Cussler, Robert Ludlum, Tom Clancy, Andre Norton, Poul Anderson, Robert Heinlein, Louie L'Amour, Zane Grey and Anne McCaffery. He is currently learning about 'indie' authors who are publishing e-books.

Terry currently lives in Missouri with his wife and a dog who thinks she is a short furry people.