First Step

By Randy Brown

The follow-up to the award-winning and internationally bestselling novel FIRST

Eve becomes the first person to ever set foot on an alien planet, a pioneering move for humanity. It all goes sideways in a heartbeat and Eve quickly finds herself in a struggle for survival on Primis, a planet that seems intent on killing her. A triumphant achievement for SpaceFirst and her fellow astronauts accelerates into a race against time, predators, and the elements.

Back on Earth, Ray is the SpaceFirst AI tasked with determining who is trying to sabotage the company and why. Ray encounters his nemesis, Ares, and the two become entangled in a high-stakes conflict of deception and willpower. Ray's detective work uncovers a web of conspiracy, including powerful politicians and a rogue environmental group, that want to monopolize the galaxy's future colonization for their own profit. Ray must fight both real and artificial battles not just for SpaceFirst's survival, but his own as well.

Eve and Ray, astronaut and AI - intense struggles light years apart that will determine mankind's future.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GKFXQFWX
• ISBN13: 9798244652239
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"