Derelict

Halcyone Space, book 1

by LJ Cohen

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Part of the Halcyone Space series:

Editions:Kindle: $ 0.99

ISBN: 978-0-9847870-7-4

Paperback: $ 15.99

ISBN: 978-0-9847870-8-1
Size: 5.50 x 8.00 in
Pages: 404

When Rosalen Maldonado tinkers with the derelict freighter, she's just hoping to prove she deserves a scholarship to University. She certainly doesn't count on waking the ship's damaged AI or having three stowaways, Micah Rotherwood and brothers Jem and Barre Durbin, along for the ride. They all have their private reasons for hiding aboard and lives they are seeking to escape, but if the accidental crew can't work together and learn to trust each other, they'll die together, victims of a computer that doesn't realize the war ended decades before any of them were even born.

Published: May 29, 2014
Publisher: Independently Published
Editors:

Karen Conlin

Cover Artists:

Chris Howard

Genres:

Sci Fi, Sci Fi - Artificial Intelligence, Sci Fi - Distant Planet, Sci Fi - Space Exploration, Sci Fi - Space Opera, Sci Fi - Young Adult

Tags:
Tropes: Abandoned Place, Band of Misfits, Conspiracy, Found Family, Interstellar Travel, Marooned, Reluctant Hero, Sentient Spaceships
Setting: Space station, derelict spaceship
Languages Available: English
Series Type: Continuous / Same Characters
Tropes: Abandoned Place, Band of Misfits, Conspiracy, Found Family, Interstellar Travel, Marooned, Reluctant Hero, Sentient Spaceships
Setting: Space station, derelict spaceship
Languages Available: English
Series Type: Continuous / Same Characters

Excerpt:

About the Author

LJ Cohen is a novelist, potter, fiber artist, homestead farmer & relentless optimist. She writes science fiction & fantasy and was among the 1st wave of indie writers to qualify for SFWA membership. LITANY FOR A BROKEN WORLD, her 9th novel is available now. She lives on a farm in central MA and if you want to know how (and why you would want) to knit a sweater for a cow, just ask her.

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