Alpha Centauri: The Return

Alastair Mayer was born in London, England, and moved to Canada with his family as a young boy. He describes his interest in space flight and science fiction as genetic: his father, Douglas W.F. Mayer, had been an early member of the British Interplanetary Society as well as a science fiction fan (who in fact published some of Arthur C. Clarke's first tales in Amateur Science Stories). After attending school in Canada, Alastair became involved in both the L5 Society (now the National Space Society) and computers, publishing articles in Byte, Final Frontier, and other magazines, as well as becoming an accomplished scuba diver and a private pilot. In 1989 he moved to Colorado, where he still lives, and where he works for a satellite network company. His short stories have been published in several anthologies and his work has appeared often enough in Analog Science Fiction magazine to gain him entry to the "Analog MAFIA" (Members Appear Frequently In Analog). Many of his short works can be found in e-book format on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Smashwords, and other e-book vendor sites. Alpha Centauri: The Return is his fifth novel, the conclusion of the prequel trilogy to The Chara Talisman. He is currently working on The Eridani Convergence, a sequel to The Chara Talisman and The Reticuli Deception.