A Light In the Dark

by Nathan Lowell

Ebook, 2011

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Available

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Fic SF Lowell

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Nathan Lowell

Description

Fiction. Science Fiction. When Captain Bjorn Gunderson docks with what he thinks is routine cargo, he embarks on an unexpected voyage. On a milk run from Welliver to Breakall, a tiny rock punctures his ship and leaves the crew adrift twenty-thousand years from home. With food, water, and air running out, a desperate crewman takes a reckless gamble, risking his life in a daring bid to find safety. What he finds instead puts them all at risk.Join Captain Gunderson and his crew on the final voyage of the Solar Clipper Wanderer in book one of Tales from the Deep Dark �?? A Light in the Dark."A Light In the Dark" is the first of a series of novellas set in the Golden Age of the Solar Clipper. The series focuses on the happenings in and around a renegade outpost, a place outside the jurisdiction of the Confederated Planets�??a place where the normal rules don't apply and where anything might happen.Novel Nibbles are a series of shorter works offered in ebook only format for those who would like something to read on their smartphones and other small mobile devices. Coming in at around 20,000 words, they're shorter works for smaller sc… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member darushawehm
I quite liked the terse storytelling here, though one may need to already be familiar with the world to follow all the action. For Solar Clipper fans, of which I am one, thus was a great little treat.
LibraryThing member jjmcgaffey
...Hmmm. Interesting, though there's a lot of background I'm missing, and the characters are a little sketched-in. I'd like to read more of the series, though.

Original publication date

2011-07-22

Local notes

Tales from the Deep Dark, 1

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Fic SF Lowell

Rating

½ (23 ratings; 3.8)
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