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Potential Energy

by Kim Fielding

When interstellar smuggler Haz Taylor loses his ship, his money, and his tattered reputation, drinking himself to death on a backwater planet seems like his only option. Then the Coalition offers him a contract to return a stolen religious artifact. Sounds simple enough, but politics can be deadly—and the artifact's not enthusiastic about being returned.

Haz didn't sign up to be prisoner transport, but he's caught between a blaster and hard vacuum. Still, that doesn't mean he can't show his captive some kindness. It costs him nothing to give Mot the freedom to move about the ship, to eat when he's hungry… to believe that he's a person. It's only until they reach Mot's planet. Besides, the Coalition would hate it, which is reason enough.
Then he finds out what awaits Mot at home, and suddenly hard vacuum doesn't look so bad. Haz is no hero, but he can't consign Mot to his fate. Somewhere under the space grime, Haz has a sliver of principle. It's probably going to get him killed, but he doesn't have much to live for anyway….

Published:
Publisher: DSP Publications
Genres:
Sci Fi, Sci Fi - Aliens, Sci Fi - LGBTQ+, Sci Fi - Space Opera

Tags:
author - american, format - book, format - kindle, format - novel, format - novel 40-100K, format - paperback, identity - gay

Tropes: Alien Artifacts, Band of Misfits, Benevolent Aliens, Conspiracy, Dystopian Governments, Fallen Hero, Galactic Civilization, Interstellar Travel, Person in Distress, Powerful Artifact, Redemption Arc, Reluctant Hero, Roguish Thief, Sentient Spaceships, Space Pilot, Space Smugglers
Tropes: Alien Artifacts, Band of Misfits, Benevolent Aliens, Conspiracy, Dystopian Governments, Fallen Hero, Galactic Civilization, Interstellar Travel, Person in Distress, Powerful Artifact, Redemption Arc, Reluctant Hero, Roguish Thief, Sentient Spaceships, Space Pilot, Space Smugglers

About the Author

Kim Fielding is the bestselling author of numerous m/m romance novels, novellas, and short stories. Like Kim herself, her work is eclectic, spanning genres such as contemporary, fantasy, paranormal, horror, science fiction, and historical. Her stories are set in alternate worlds, in 15th century Bosnia, in modern-day Oregon. Her heroes are hipster architect werewolves, housekeepers, maimed giants, and conflicted graduate students. They’re usually flawed, they often encounter terrible obstacles, but they always find love.

Kim Fielding is very pleased every time someone calls her eclectic. Winner of the BookLife Prize for Fiction, a Lambda Award finalist and Foreword INDIE finalist, she has migrated back and forth across the western two-thirds of the United States and recently returned to Portland, Oregon after decades in exile. She’s a university professor who dreams of being able to travel and write full time. She also dreams of having two daughters who fully appreciate her, a husband who isn’t obsessed with football, and a house that cleans itself. Some dreams are more easily obtained than others.