Andrew Gates

Seas of the Red Star Andrew Gates

Swashbuckling pirates and faster-than-light travel!For generations, human expansion has been limited to the speed of light. But everything changed after the invention of a new technology allowing ships to travel at faster-than-light speeds. In the wake of this universe-altering discovery, the massive private conglomerate, Vexa Corp, sends its first terraforming ship to a previously uninhabited world orbiting a red dwarf. Two escort pilots, Ellen Milsen and David Cutter, embark with the terraforming ship in hopes of quick pay and a prompt return home. But after an unexpected ship malfunction, they instead find themselves stranded on a mysterious ocean planet inhabited by swashbuckling pirates. With no technology, no allies, and few answers, the pilots struggle to return to their home world. And in doing so, they will unravel the mysteries of this strange new planet.