Genre: Science-fiction
Length: 597 Pages
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Summary
So when the universe falls to pieces, it doesn’t mean your life has to, right? That comes later.
Jeane Blake, captain of the spaceship Skylark, makes her living by looting dead worlds, planets fallen prey to naturally occurring wormhole-like rifts plaguing the cosmos. She survives the only way she knows how: avoiding commitment and arguing with her dead foster father’s ghost. But when her crew stumbles upon an alien device that could collapse the wormhole network and wipe out all sentient life, they catch the hungry eyes of the Union, a tyrannical empire hunting the sinister tech.
As she flees the Union’s brainwashed agents, Jeane is forced to take on a shady mission and gets stuck assisting the runaway monarch of a technocrat planet. Queen Maura Tholis is seeking the aid of an interstellar resistance to reclaim her war-torn world, with another trouble-magnet device as her bargaining chip: a glove that allows her to command AI systems. Jeane couldn’t care less about the whole deal, but things become personal when the Union annexes the place she calls home. And it might be her fault.
Reluctant to become weapons in the hands of power-hungry militants and desperate rebels, smuggler and queen join forces. But to save their homes, they must redefine themselves, work with the enemy, and face personal traumas they’d buried long ago—and only stars know which challenge might break them in the end.
About the Author
Helyna L. Clove (she/her) is a science-fiction/fantasy novelist and a lover of all types of storytelling, hot comfort drinks, and a universe full of stars. She has been writing stories of thrilling adventures in expansive imaginary worlds since primary school but she has only recently stepped out into the world with her books. Skylark in the Fog is her debut novel. Currently she’s working on two new books: a dark fantasy inspired by Dragon Age and Arcane and a Supernatural/Ghostbusters-style paranormal horror.
When not writing, Helyna can be found doing her day job staring at pretty molecular spectra and commandeering radio telescopes, reading, cooking, playing video games or trying her hand at different art forms. She currently lives in Wales with her small family of a wonderful boyfriend and Puddle, the tortoiseshell cat.
