Against the background of global-political turmoil, aliens are discovered below the seas, and the crew of an experimental sub sets out on an intercept course.
To involve the U.S. in the conflict between Mexico's narcotics kingpins and the country's equally bloodthirsty government, Latin America's worst drug lord launches his private army in raids on small Southwest towns.
Halfway to Anywhere tells the story of the development and future potential of the reusable Single-Stage-To-Orbit (SSTO) spaceship - a spaceship NASA bureaucrats once said was impossible.