FRACTURED COMMAND
Release Feb. 17, 2023
Spacecraft engineers have one job… make it fly.
When a mysterious spacecraft with alien technology attacks an armored freighter and takes her best friend prisoner, junior engineer Cassiopeia Requin will stop at nothing to get her back.
Reassigned to a state-of-the-art deep space cruiser, Cassi and her crew jump on a chance that might be their only opportunity to capture the alien spacecraft. But when they end up transiting into the accretion disk around a black hole, their cruiser is catastrophically damaged, and their chain of command is fractured.
Predators become prey as alien drones close in and cut through the remains of their hull in a desperate fight for working technology. Cassi must improvise, adapt, and use every engineering skill she’s learned to hold both her spacecraft and her team together as they spiral toward the event horizon and make a desperate attempt to escape the crushing gravity of a black hole.
Fractured Command is a stand alone novel set the Cassi Requin Universe.
It is now available…
Amazon.com: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BV3CFS17
Amazon.ca: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0BV3CFS17
Other major book retailers: https://books2read.com/FracturedCommand
The print book is also due for release momentarily.
FIRST COMMAND
Released June 6, 2021
More than anything astronaut cadet Cassi Requin wants to earn a position in the Alliance Expeditionary Fleet. And she’s almost made it.
But during an interstellar training flight Cassi investigates a distress call, directly disobeying the orders of her instructors. In doing so she leads her crew into a pirate trap, a battle, and a disaster of a crash on the surface of an alien world.
With the only qualified astronauts on board locked in survival stasis, Cassi is promoted into her first command—rank, authority, and responsibility.
Food and water are in short supply. Their spacecraft hull is compromised. Rescue is light years away.
With bloodthirsty pirates in pursuit, Cassi must lead her crew across hostile ground seething with predators to seek the safety of a remote survey outpost that might be their only chance to return home.
What Amazon Reviewers are saying…
“I just finished this amazing book and I loved every chapter.” – Craig
“… this book is non stop action.” – A. Stubbins
“… a fun adventure that keeps you reading right to the end.” – Wendy
“Every chapter left me hanging…” – Amazon Customer
“I ended up lending this book to friends with young teens. Their oldest (age 15) read it in a day! They said they really enjoyed the science in the science fiction and found the characters to be relatable.” – Jessica
“This book delivers. There is tension that never lets up and the concept that danger lurks around every corner- keeps you turning the page. These kids are alone on a hostile planet searching for safety from pirates – both determined to destroy them. There is no reprieve as help is far off. Cassi must use her wits and her team to outsmart and out think her opponents or die trying.”
– Leslie Johnson
Reading Age
12 +
Print Length
249 pages
Genre
Science Fiction / Young Adult
Editor
Adria Laycraft
Fractured Command
COMING SOON
Spacecraft engineers have one job… make it fly.
When a mysterious spacecraft with alien technology attacks an armored freighter and takes her best friend prisoner, junior engineer Cassiopeia Requin will stop at nothing to get her back.
Reassigned to a state-of-the-art deep space cruiser, Cassi and her crew jump on a chance that might be their only opportunity to capture the alien spacecraft. But when they end up transiting into the accretion disk around a black hole, their cruiser is catastrophically damaged, and their chain of command is fractured.
Predators become prey as alien drones close in and cut through the remains of their hull in a desperate fight for working technology. Cassi must improvise, adapt, and use every engineering skill she’s learned to hold both her spacecraft and her team together as they spiral toward the event horizon and make a desperate attempt to escape the crushing gravity of a black hole.
Charles James SF Author 