Blind Gate: Book 2 of the Gated Universe Saga

The sequel to The Belt Connection that technically sets the stage for The Gated Universe Saga. Scots Scientist, Ian McKay, makes a series of breakthrough discoveries in jumpgate technology that effectively opens the galaxy to colonization by humans and possible alien contact, but the discoveries have both anticipated and unanticipated impacts on social and political stability. Making sure these impacts get resolved in a rational manner are the owners of Selene Industries, including a sentient computer who serves as a Jeevesian counterweight to corporate decisions. More than 73,000 words.