The New Frontiers Series, Book One: The Ship

Building a spaceship that uses Nicola Tesla's revolutionary space drive is only the beginning. From a new industrial revolution to the brink of global war, restless humanity presses onward, eventually to the first contact with an alien species.
There will be changes...if we survive.

Fans of Carl Sagan, Arthur C. Clarke, and Jerry Pournelle will love this hard-SF series.
...like some of the first ones I read in the 50s—An
Readers who like their socket wrenches properly used will love this—T. Jackson King
Interesting approach combining near future with imaginative science—Amazon Customer
A real “hard” science fiction novel. Jack Knapp continues to write a good story. I love that his editing is also superb. No more errors than I’d find in a professionally published book.--Ronald Q. Smith