title: The Orion Diaries: A Starscraper Wind
author: Thomas E Sipes
description: Tom Sipes, scientific rogue, eccentric artist and writer of books for quirky kids pursues his passions with his wife Kaaren (the K in TK Sipes) and their three alien children (Galen, Genevieve and Larkin) in the foggy golden hills of San Mateo, California. Tom has written stories for children and adolescents for several years; this is the first fiction novel he has published. In his other life he plays a real doctor (pediatrician) to real kids, though he wishes he were traveling on a space transport taking care of the sick aliens who haplessly come in contact with humans. And in his other former life he earned a Ph.D. in Neuroscience.
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  DESTINY LOST
  
  
  THE ORION WAR – BOOK 1
  
  
  
  
  
  M. D. Cooper
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 2016 M. D. Cooper
  
  
  Cover Art by Ravven
  
  
  Starship Design & Rendering by Tom Edwards
  
  
  
  
  
  Editing by Brenda Tippin Deliantoni & Amy DuBoff
  
  
  
  
  
  All rights reserved.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  
  
  
  
  
  This book is in your hands today in no small part because of you, the readers.
  Your emails and excitement for the series always inspires me to keep writing.
  
  
  
  
  
  In addition, the author community, with whom I have found companionship, has
  helped me hone my craft, and shared stories of encouragement—as I have with
  them.
  
  
  
  
  
  Beyond them are the hard-working folks in the aero-space industry, who are
  working day and night to bring our species to space in a meaningful way. Their
  dedication and advances are what gives me hope for our future.
  
  
  
  
  
  Lastly, as I’ve mentioned before, this book stands on the shoulders of giants.
  Writers whose stories and imaginations have forged a s