The Star Machine and Other Tales

The O’Ryans are an odd, restless lot. Generations of this enterprising Irish family find opportunity in America as an itinerant blacksmith, a resourceful tradesman, a college professor, an eccentric industrialist. The family’s lifelong pursuits seem peculiar; likewise, the upshot of their ventures often alarms many. But, it’s the latter O’Ryan’s founding of a band of ingenious scientists, technicians and engineers, the Travelers, who cause the greatest unrest. Advancing 21st-century industr...