Air Command pilot Nova Whiteside is assigned to a remote outpost to guard the construction of a tethered orbiter, Skyranch Twelve, against rebel sabotage.
The difference between the well-ordered Union air fields and this dusty garrison is made painfully clear when she runs afoul a brutal commander of ground troops.
When she is trapped behind enemy lines in a bloody uprising, she meets Djari, a civilian whose trust in the governing Union is shattered by what he has witnessed.
Indeed, not all runs according to protocol aboard the new station, and she soon suspects that more than farming is being done up there. When she uncovers the treacherous and illicit schemes taking place, it seems that local riots are the least of their troubles.
Author:
Chris Reher
Chris Reher is a Canadian science fiction author with a penchant for Space Opera and interspecies hanky-panky. Her works include The Targon Tales, encompassing two separate series set in the same universe. She has also been featured in collaborative anthologies and short story collections. Her newest project, Outbounders, follows a team of deep space explorers in search of a new home for humanity.
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PERFORMER:
Emily Woo Zeller
Named a “Golden Voice” and with over 500 audiobook credits, Emily Woo Zeller has been awarded several “Best Voice” of the year distinctions, an Audie, Best Female Narrator, SOVAS awards, and over two dozen Earphones Awards. She is Dr. Aphra in the Star Wars audio drama and recent video games include Cyberpunk 2077 as Panam and The Last of Us Part 2. She has also dubbed for dozens of anime series. She is a mixed-race, queer Chinese-American raised in LA and graduate of UC Berkeley who lives in Hawaii.
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