"A Desperate Mission is an enjoyable read. R. D. Trimble weaves a fun and action-filled tale " Hazen Wardle - author of The Triumph Detective An Interstellar war... A remote, bizarre Planetoid... A heroic boy on a desperate quest... At the onset of an interstellar war, 14-year-old Linus Martin flees from his father's ship in the Cyrano, a recently acquired scout vessel. Accompanied by Mitchell, the vessel's on-board computer and Bit, a small, floating orb-shaped robot, Linus crash-lands on a pre-programmed destination, a bizarre planetoid upon which lie the ancient and powerful treasures of a long vanished civilization. Join Linus on his strange odyssey as he races against time and faces the unknown perils of dangerous and mysterious worlds as he hopes to recover the artifacts and save his race from near-certain annihilation. Crash of the Cyrano is the first book of this series which is inspired by the 1981 computer game Strange Odyssey, written by Scott Adams who is widely considered to be the father of computer gaming. Scott is a long-time computer programmer and fan of computer games. He lives in Wisconsin with his wife, children, and grandchildren.