Ray Jay Perreault

Book One of Wandering. Trapped aboard a crippled spaceship hurtling through the unknown, Josephine Herl and Scott Drummond have only each other—and time is running out. Thrown into a strange and hostile reality where alien encounters, shifting physics, and hidden dangers threaten every move...

Over 1,600 years after leaving an Earth made hostile by pollution, humanity developed faster-than-light travel and wanted to go home. The first ship enters Earth’s orbit and finds a pristine planet welcoming them, but they also find something else living there....

After 15 years, the intelligent computer Julius returns. Earth’s survivors have learned to live with their celestial neighbors. Julius has worked to gain enough resources to end all threats to his existence: Joan and Tom Herl, SiMPOC, and the remaining humans. Who or what has Julius acquired...

This novel is an expansion of the novella Red Dots. Humans were running out of time. Earth was no longer a place where they could survive. Earth's leaders started a bold plan sending a spaceship named Deep Space One to a possible new home for the surviving humans. While they waited for a message...

The sixth book in the Virus/Earth II series. The evil computer Julius has kidnapped Tom Herl, and his wife Joan doesn’t know his fate. Thousands of robots and spaceships were given to Earth’s survivors, and they realize two things: First, they must prepare for Julius’ return, and second...

Earth has survived an alien virus in this post-apocalyptic story. The alien virus was used to cleanse the planet before harvesting, and the surviving humans were given thousands of spaceships and robots as war reparations. The few survivors must adapt to survive. There is an unexplored Galaxy...

Earth II - Box Set includes Earth II - You Have No Honor & Earth II - Rebirth. Earth II - You Have No Honor: Earth was attacked by a suspicious virus, and over 99% of the population was lost. Just as the world was stabilizing alien spacecraft appeared in orbit. The remaining humans know who...

Earth was attacked, and the survivors fought back. After the attack, they found themselves on the horizon of a new Epoch in human history. They became space travelers and on equal footing with alien civilizations around them. Negotiations were held, and relations with both sides of a conflict in...

A suspicious virus has wiped out almost all of the human race. The few survivors in the US Government and Military know who caused the virus, and they are fighting the last battles on the planet to save the survivors. Two super Thinking Computers were released when their programmers died because...

Deep Space One was sent on a one-way mission to save the people of Earth. Their mission was to find a new home for the survivors of a dying planet. They trusted each other and in the importance of their mission. What they found out en route was not expected, and the information they learned...

This is the second book in the Virus series, which parallels the SIMPOC series. A suspicious virus has killed 99.99997 percent of the people. A ruthless warlord who moved into the White House attacked the government at Camp David. The president moved the remaining government to an aircraft...

Humans were forced to leave Earth when the pollution became a threat. Mankind could no longer live on the planet. They traveled 189 light years to their new home they named Horizon. When they left Earth they abandoned much and over the years they grew, developed, and matured. A long time in...

This book combines two novellas - SIMPOC: The Thinking Computer and SIMPOC: Human Remnants....

Humanity left Earth a long time ago. They had treated their home planet poorly, and the deteriorating environment forced them to leave. They traveled 189 light years to a faraway world and named it Horizon, respecting the new lives they intended to build. Fortunately, they learned their lessons...

A wandering alien life form seeks a compatible host to share its life. The life has lived for a long time and shared life with many life forms. Throughout the alien's life it is able to find suitable hosts for short periods of time and in other hosts life is hard and risky. Finally the alien...

Joan Herl the commander of the space station Oasis and her husband Colonel Tom Herl contact Admiral Hagerly, who is the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. He, President Patterson, and the remainder of the government have taken refuge on the aircraft carrier Fittsburg in the middle of the Atlantic...

What happens when a man and a computer is put on Saturn's Titan for a year to mine methane? The relationship doesn't always work out the way everyone plans. The relationship should be based on trust, but what if one member of the team isn't doing what the other expects?...

The civilization was progressing well. It was growing and it was following the laws. Helen was following the third law to expand their knowledge and the fourth law to maintain variation in their thoughts. She started following an interesting piece of information and soon discovered a past that...

The entire human population is attacked by a very suspicious virus. SIMPOC's programmer doesn't come in to work, that day, the next, or ever....

Four sci-fi short stories where you'll find good computers, people who regret their past, and an explanation for something you're familiar with. "Progeny" The first section had a series of six images that appeared grouped together. The furthest left showed a small creature that appeared to live...