Broken Ascension

by Dave Walsh

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Part of the Trystero series:

Broken Ascension

The war is over, and there are no winners. Just a broken galaxy.

Now humans and aliens must share this war-torn galaxy. None of this matters to Drake, though, he's just an artist. He's tagging along on the busted up ship Trystero, along with its ragtag crew. Together, they traverse the Demilitarized Zone between Terran and Gra'al borders, taking on any job they can find. Big or small. Human or alien.

The galaxy changes when the crew encounters a derelict alien ship, its crew slaughtered. With his dying breath, a crewman points them to a box. In it? An abandoned alien baby. When their government refuses to get involved, Drake and the crew need to return the baby they've been calling Bruce home, a bloodthirsty warlord on their tail.

His quest? Find Bruce and claim the Gra'al throne, declaring a new war on humanity.

Drake never wanted to be a hero... now he's all that stands in the way of a fragile peace between humans and aliens.

Published: January 28, 2020
Publisher: Independently Published
Genres:

Sci Fi, Sci Fi - Aliens, Sci Fi - Space Opera

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Tropes: Aliens as God, Band of Misfits, Cross-Species Friendships, Enemy to Ally, Space Battles, Space Smugglers
Word Count: 60000
Setting: Space
Languages Available: English
Series Type: Continuous / Same Characters
Tropes: Aliens as God, Band of Misfits, Cross-Species Friendships, Enemy to Ally, Space Battles, Space Smugglers
Word Count: 60000
Setting: Space
Languages Available: English
Series Type: Continuous / Same Characters

Reviews:Scott on Book Invasion wrote:

"Walsh crafts some excellent action scenes and tension in a high-stakes world while jugging the yin and yang of the characters."

Ramsay Meadows on Rajathon wrote:

"So far this is my favorite of the books I have read for the SPSFC and it was a great grow up fast because he has to book."

About the Author

Dave Walsh was once the world's foremost kickboxing journalist, if that makes any sense. He's still trying to figure that one out.

The thing is, he always loved writing and fiction was always his first love. He wrote 'Godslayer' in hopes of leaving the world of combat sports behind, which, as you can guess, did not exactly work. That's when a lifelong love of science fiction led him down a different path.

Now he writes science fiction novels about far-off worlds, weird technology and the same damned problems that humanity has always had, just with a different setting.

He does all of this while living in the high desert of Albuquerque and raising twin boys with his wife. He's still not sure which is harder: watching friends get knocked out or raising boys.

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