Procyon's Promise - Maker, Bk 2 Author:Michael McCollum For hundreds of millennia, the Makers' robot probes had slowly crossed space in search of a faster-than-light drive. To each race encountered along the way, the same offer was made -- all the Makers' immense knowledge in return for a fast interstellar drive or help in finding one. — Among the species that accepted the offer was Mankind. A... more »nd 24th-Century Earth had been made very comfortable because of it But the Community of Nations was about to learn that a promise is a contract -- and the Makers would collect for breach.« less