Jim Meyer

Third attempt, more focused on the core story: When a young, self-centered astrophysicist is entrusted with the fate of his people, he risks his life to find them a new home before an invading army lays waste to their dying…

Here's an updated version, based on the feedback: A hot-shot astrophysicist embarks on a fateful mission to create a new planet, hoping to end a global war that broke out when his and another tribe became stranded on a dying…

Great feedback. Thanks guys. I'll keep working on it.