A Dead Ship in the Deep Black

Download or read book A Dead Ship in the Deep Black written by Rene Astle and published by Armchair Alien. This book was released on 2021-08-16 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rule number 1: Whatever you do, don't open the box. Well, that’s rule number two actually. Rule number one is don’t take salvage jobs from people who’ve tried to sell you to an Antillian bug salesman. Neara “Tink” Bell is used to a life of odd jobs and even odder crewmates, working as the engineer and all-around fixer on the cargo ship Lyra. But when the ship picks up two new crew members and a salvage job on a third-rate space station, things go sideways in a cosmic way. Alek Wa is on the run. And he’s pretty sure he can hide amongst the motley crew of Lyra. But that’s not the only reason he’s on-board. He has a mission. If only his minders had told him what it was. Captain Rebeka Mino just wants to retire with a whiskey and a steamy novel. She’d even let the ship’s cat sit on her lap, provided he keeps his claws to himself. Too bad the ship keeps getting shot at. And when they arrive at the coordinates for the salvage job, they're confronted by a dead ship in the deep black. Can Tink keep the Lyra running despite unexplained accidents? Can Alek outrun the people hunting him? Can Rebeka prevent their pursuers from blowing them up? Most importantly, can they keep their curiosity in check and not look in the box? Find out now in this rollercoaster ride of a sci-fi adventure! *** KEYWORDS: scifi, science fiction, space opera, science fiction adventure, scifi adventure, galactic empire scifi, scifi engineer heroine, salvage ship, ragtag crew scifi, scifi cargo ship, ensemble crew, found family, scifi cat