Books with author Steve Humphrey

On 26th February 1881 Professor John Gamgee filed a patent application. Gamgee called his invention the ‘Zeromotor’ and he had convinced the Chief Engineer of the US Navy that it would enable ships to operate without fuel, drawing energy from the sea instead. It was the first and last time the United States Patent Office granted a patent for a perpetual motion machine.The career path of this maverick inventor would be impossible today. Born and raised in Florence, he was initially an outspoken and forward thinking veterinarian. He ran his own college and organised the first ever international veterinary conference. During the Cattle Plague of 1865 his controversial opinions on contagion and germ theory made him the target of nationwide abuse and ridicule. Although ultimately proven correct he was financially broken and after bankruptcy went to America to begin a new career in engineering.At times extremely persuasive, Gamgee had a personality that inspired admiration and hatred in equal measure. After the creation of the Zeromotor, his life entered a slow downward curve, with his later years marked by involvement in forgery, suicide, a libel case and a second bankruptcy.

Celebrate some of the oddities and strange happenings that have taken place alongside the more momentous events of space exploration.Find out how the Americans missed the chance to launch the first satellite,and how a Cuban Cow was the unsuspecting victim of a rocket mishap. Discover why the Russians presented the US coastguard with an Apollo capsule and where you could ride the scariest zip-wire in the world.Sometimes bizarre, often ridiculous and frequently surprising ‘To Boldly Go’ presents twenty tales of what can happen when people set out to go where no one has gone before.

Seren is one of the most powerful young women on Earth.Little does she know her parents’ new government, Perfect Society, harbors a terrible genetic secret. By the year 2042, the nation has managed to survive the floods and flesh-eating outbreak of the 2020's. Perfect Society has corrected the devastating losses and restored peace to all citizens. Or has it? The terrorist group Anthistemi shatters the world with the genetically-modified truth. The government, led by Seren's father, carried out gruesome torture and decimation in the Skin Trials. Antistemi reveals the truth Seren never knew about herself. Citizens rage, demanding answers about their missing loved ones. Once again, Old America clashes with New America. Old wounds lead to new bloodshed. The fallout reaches apocalyptic fighting. There is one scientist who can end the rebellion and destruction.Now that Seren knows, she must choose - the genetic lie that empowers her, or the deadly terrorists who stand ready to destroy it all.Novellas in the Skin Trials series:A Perfect SocietyMi Sueno PerfectoSkin Wars

My name is Galilee Bartlett. I'm from Liberty, Texas.It's the year 2031, and though I'm only seventeen, I guess you can say I'm already at my wit's end. My father, the former mayor of Liberty, an honorable farmer and a veteran who fought for his country, is dying. He's got a rare, untreatable disease. The doctors have stopped seeing him. In America's new genetic-based government, Perfect Society, a computer algorithm has determined that my family doesn't have enough "value" to justify keeping my dad alive.That's because every member of my house is either dead or disabled. The only one left to keep our farm afloat is me. Now our longtime business enemy, Larry Ledbetter, is consolidating his power against us. The weight of surviving alone is crushing me. Until a covert group of my classmates make me a deadly offer. They tell me of a cure for Dad's cancer. But it comes wrapped in a vicious scheme. Not only could we shut down Ledbetter and his greedy friends, we could destroy the oppressive Perfect Society that empowers them. Would you accept defeat in this new caste system? Or go hunt your oppressors in a lethal fight?A dystopian suspense must-read in the Skin Trials series.Other books in the Skin Trials political thriller series:Skin Trials - Book OneA Perfect Society NovellaMi Sueno Perfecto Novella

In the near future, we survive devastating hurricanes that pound the southern United States. We try to return to normal. Only, the flood waters harbor flesh-eating bacteria. Suddenly, every American must scan into a new digital government, called Perfect Society. Officials say it’s designed “to protect us.” But soon, normal life descends to chaos. Civility disappears in the food and medicine riots.That’s when I learn my father is concealing someone on our farm- a genetic scientist. He possesses a cure, a gene-changing formula the new government of Perfect Society does not want citizens to have.Blood-soaked strangers sneak through our footpaths in the middle of the night. What is the outbreak? A force of nature? A catastrophe beyond our control? Or a scheme far more sinister?Just as I find answers, the true threat crashes our home. Now I am one of the few left to protect this cure. This science fiction apocalyptic novella is a story in the Skin Trials series.

"Son... in case you couldn't tell, this is no longer a negotiation."In 2023, floods devastate the Southern United States, and Max Roja may have a cure for the flesh-eating bacteria that follows. He is one of the last healers in the Americas. When Max and his family flee Honduras with the cure, their real torment begins. The secrets spill out that his murdered father never told. And they are captured. One covert group of powerful men always thirsted to steal Max's ancient medicine. Not only can it cure the outbreak, it could help change the human genetic order, and determine which nations dominate Earth. But this group plans to exploit it for themselves. One groundbreaking scientist can help.First, Max must survive. But to escape his captors, he must play the game, by betraying his dead father and his ancient homeland. The clash that happens next triggers the real American apocalypse.This science fiction apocalyptic thriller is the prequel novella to the Skin Trials series.

In the Wonderful World of Redberry there is a lost penguin! Never before has a penguin been lost in Redberry. Three friends get together to solve the problem. Tom the triangle, Claire the square and Peter the pentagon work together to help the penguin find his way home. This is a fun adventure story for kids and a chance to learn a few shapes along the way. Find out if the residents of Redberry manage to help poor Penguin home!