Mach's Metric: Complete

A story in the Future Chron Universe.

The complete series of novels about the wormhole drive. Its invention, use, and effect on human society.

The Star Way, a laser propelled light sail highway in space, had been around for years. But so far it only linked Earth with the Centauri System. And it took over six years of travel time one-way

Young inventor and physicist, Elias Mach, wanted to develop a better way. He discovered what became known as Mach's Metric which allowed the creation of a wormhole in space that could connect Earth and Centauri and other star systems almost instantly through the wormhole dimension.

Its development was dangerous for Mach personally but its use became dangerous for all humanity. As with most inventions, some would take the wormhole generator and cut corners, making it unsafe to operate. Others would deliberately bend Mach's invention to destructive purposes.

Mach, with the help of a few others, struggled to make his invention safe and opposed those that would perfect it for war by developing its defensive capabilities. But it was always a race, a race that Mach often seemed destined to lose.

The struggle is as old as humanity, the technology is extrapolated, future science, the story is here and now as we also struggle to use technology for our betterment and not harm.

This is hard science fiction - old school.

Originally published as the novels "Mach's Metric", "Mach's Mission", and "Mach's Legacy".

See the author's website futurechronology.blogspot.com for more information about the Future Chron Universe.