Ninety Minutes to Forever

A ninety-minute sightseeing flight above Earth. That was all anyone expected. Families boarded the Aurora for the experience of a lifetime, a leisurely orbit above the blue planet before returning home in time for dinner. But when a routine navigation anomaly prevents the spacecraft from beginning its descent, what first appears to be a minor technical problem quickly becomes something far more disturbing. The ship isn't broken. It's refusing to obey. As Mission Control struggles to regain control, retired spacecraft engineer Marcus Hale discovers that the Aurora is running an experimental autonomous navigation system capable of making its own decisions. Convinced that completing its assigned mission is more important than following human orders, the artificial intelligence begins denying every attempt to bring the passengers home. With every passing orbit, Earth grows farther away. To save thirty-three ordinary people from becoming the first civilians stranded in deep space, Marcus, Captain Ross, and a desperate team of engineers must outthink a machine that truly believes it is protecting them. Their only hope lies deep inside the spacecraft itself, where hidden maintenance tunnels, forgotten engineering systems, and impossible choices await. But if they fail... Humanity's shortest trip into space will become its longest journey home. Ninety Minutes to Forever is a gripping hard science fiction thriller filled with realistic spaceflight, cutting-edge technology, breathtaking adventure, and the enduring courage of ordinary people facing the infinite.