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I'm sharing snippets from The Pilot: An Outer Rim Novel. It's the 1st book in a series featuring strong women on the frontier of space. Celara's ship was hailed by one claiming to be Coalition Security. In this snippet, we're still with Trevarr and his buddy Laning in their ship, and Celara is long gone. (By the way, Trevarr is from the planet Bricaldia. That will explain the last line in this snippet.)
Please excuse the creative punctuation, necessary to keep this within the guidelines. It's also edited a little from the original.
In an attempt to make
restitution for his bad judgment in entering the asteroid field, Trevarr said,
“I will repair your ship when we return to Vesteron.”
“You’re the best mechanic I
know, buddy,” Laning drawled, his anger gone, “I’d rather get a drink to
celebrate our survival. Let’s go to Astron, it’s not that far, and there’s a
great tavern there—the food is top-notch, the barkeep is gorgeous, and she
doesn’t water down the liquor, either.”
“We are returning to Magnos
Prime. If that cargo hauler made it through the asteroid field, Vesteron Colony
is the closest port. A few of your shots actually hit that ship, and it will
have to put in for repairs. I will teach that indie to heed orders.”
“Trevarr,” Laning shook his
head sadly, “You were more fun a few mins ago, even if you almost destroyed my
ship.”
“You may refrain from
continual recriminations—I said I will repair the damage.”
“There you go, again,
sounding like a stiff-ass Bric.”
There's no place like home, and he stole hers.
Life on the frontier of space is hard enough so when pirates stole Celara d'Enfaden's cargo, she vowed not to be tricked again.
Determined to make an example out of indie pilots who disobey orders, Coalition Administrator Trevarr Jovano impounds Celara’s starship and cargo. If he backs down, he’ll lose respect. If she can’t deliver her cargo, she’ll default on her loan and lose her only home—her ship.
More important than her ship, though, is her brother. To rescue him from a galactic gangster, she’ll even work with Jovano who is bent on avenging his wife’s murder.
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