Leta Adler is a young, well-bred Vescentian doctor who suddenly gets plucked off of her home planet by the unregistered criminal rustbucket, the Dionysian. The rustbucket she finds herself on belongs to the notorious weapons-dealing, smuggling and recklessly mad mercenary , Fiearius Soliveré and his younger brother, acclaimed engineering genius and unappreciated mechanic, Cyrus, both exiles from their home planet . . .
Kas Balera is used to a bit of chaos. As a space bounty hunter, capturing three Class-2 criminals should have been the most difficult part of her week, but when a disaster of epic proportions rocks the entire solar system, Kas is thrust into the midst of an adventure far beyond her wildest fantasies. With the help of . . .
Vai Ma’amaloa is 17 years old, and his father has just accepted the position of Chief Science Officer aboard the G.E.V. Shadow, a retrofitted warship tasked with exploring the unknown reaches of the galaxy. Now, Vai will have to come to terms with leaving his old life behind. As he forges new relationships aboard the Shadow, and tries to . . .
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Aug 22, 2013: The colorful illustrations took me by surprise, at first, but I found myself liking them more and more as I followed the adventures of Leta, Cyrus, and Fiearius. I was even more surprised by the bonus entries between chapters: futuristic computer screenshots, company e-mails, character profiles, even a grade schooler’s homework. All these bonus materials are professionally designed and non-intrusive to the main story, and Caelum Lex’s multimedia presentation gives its in-depth worldbuilding a pleasantly shallow learning curve.
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