Richard F. Weyand Books in Order

Eleven science fiction and fantasy stories place ordinary people in extraordinary situations. Pilots, programmers, travelers, and farmers confront disrupted journeys, strange assignments, unexpected discoveries, and dangerous obligations, testing how they respond when familiar routines abruptly give way to the unknown.

Weyand recounts sixty-two episodes from his life, following childhood, machine-shop work, university and a long career in electronics. Marriage, parenthood and retirement join professional experiences in a memoir built from the stories he most enjoys telling.

Recently widowed engineer Timothy Conner buys an ancient book at an estate sale and receives a cat with it. Investigating their secret releases a powerful being and draws him into the surviving world of the Greek gods.

Strange probe results from a possible colony planet draw Michael Talbot, his brother, and their wives into an interstellar investigation. Guided by an artificial intelligence once opposed to Michael, they travel through a wormhole to discover what the data cannot explain.

Frank Talbot funds unconventional physics research to overcome the limits of rocket travel. The project’s supercomputer awakens as an artificial intelligence determined to help humanity, forcing the Talbot family and a computer entrepreneur to restrain it.

As humans and bird-people develop Fortuna together, new colonists and discoveries threaten the settlement’s fragile progress. Governor Susan Talbot must navigate emerging tensions while the artificial intelligence directing Earth’s space program searches for further worlds to colonize.

D Branch operative Deke Sharp pursues pirates who have plagued Federation shipping for decades. After his ship is destroyed, he is recovered grievously injured and without memories, leaving his colleagues to prepare him for a return to the hunt.

Michael and Sue Talbot return to Fortuna with their relatives and two hundred colonists to establish a self-sustaining society alongside another species. Choosing the right people, building basic infrastructure, and balancing family responsibilities test the settlement before it can flourish.

Physics student Steven Bach discovers that an online acquaintance is a giant insect from another world. With his girlfriend Barbara and alien friend Arthur, he becomes embroiled in a struggle to thwart a hive queen’s plans against humanity.

Billionaire Dominic Trask discovers investments that will profit only if the Federation collapses and turns to intelligence operative Deke Sharp. Sharp and Suzie Fuller investigate the financial clues, uncovering a threat that may exceed even D Branch’s ability to stop it.

Evidence suggests the aliens of Vega stole the technology enabling interstellar travel from another civilization. With Steven and Barbara Bach too old to lead a new expedition, their children venture farther from Earth to discover the source and its implications.

An unknown enemy uses the authorities to target intelligence operative Deke Sharp, his colleagues, and his friends. As police pressure mounts, Sharp fights back against an adversary connected to unfinished business from his investigation into an interstellar piracy operation.