A Crisis at Tranquility! combines state-of-the-art science with science fiction in ways that will appeal to sci-fi fans, serious scientists, and armchair scientists of all ages. The story relies on colorful characters like McFarland, a lovable curmudgeon who can be your best friend or your worst nightmare; the Chaos Twins, who love to find outlandish ways to have fun or cause trouble; and Irma, the quirky Artificial Intelligence crew member whose abilities surpass the sum of her parts.

A Crisis at Tranquility! takes place in the year 2182 on the Moon's orbiting casino, Tranquility. Marc Acer, his Core Crew, and the casino's AI, Irma, are preparing to celebrate their fifth year in business by hosting the first off-Earth auction of Rock 'n' Roll and Hollywood memorabilia. Shortly after the guests arrive on Tranquility, the crew is suddenly thrown into a battle against the workers of the auction house. But a computer virus, which was released to disable Irma, unintentionally ends up sending the casino on a collision course with Earth. To prevent the destruction of their beloved casino and everyone onboard, Marc and the Core Crew hatch an ambitious plan. But in order to make it work in the five days they have before the devastating impact, they will need supplies from Earth's orbiting space station, which is nearly two days away by spaceship. However, unknown to the Tranquility crew, there are others involved in the plot to harm them who have powerful friends to help them carry out their malicious plans.

Schuyler M. Wood was born in Burbank, California, but has spent the majority of his life in the San Francisco North Bay area of Marin County. His passion for the sciences has followed him his whole life. Prior to writing A Crisis at Tranquility! he tried to write a cookbook for young adults entitled How Not to Burn Water, but the image of burning water kept leading his mind toward a science fiction concept that eventually led to the real-world science that underlies A Crisis at Tranquility! However, the need for a cosmic event to cause problems required Schuyler to seek the help of the science people he so much admired. After three years of research and many rewrites, Schuyler was finally ready to create the compelling story of a human and Artificial Intelligence crew aboard a Moon-orbiting casino called Tranquility. After completing the manuscript, he realized that he had created enough backstory for two other novels: a prequel, A Dream of Tranquility; and a sequel, A Memory of Tranquility. He also has concepts for other spinoffs.