In addition to her avid interest in science fiction,
Collins is strongly committed
to animals, old houses
and the preservation of
the natural environment.
She continues to restore
her 1740 house in Niantic, CT which overlooks a
threatened tidal marsh.

"Will an attempted murder by
time dilation...
A curiously evolving spacecraft OS...
An encounter with
an ominous avian species...
A revelation of old secrets...
A fatally mismatched crew...
doom a desperate mission to
save the home world?"