Starship Castaways - Softcover

Marooned on board an alien-built space station deep inside dangerous Clan space, all the survivors from the destroyed star cruiser Archangel want is to go home. Or do they? Captain Mitch Dufrain has found love here, 20 years after he lost his first family. Chief Engineer Rilla Lansing has discovered new purpose after fleeing both retirement and her long-dead marriage. Senior Ordinary Aristotle Merchant looks forward to seeing the survivors colonize the planet the station orbitsbut First Mate Thalia Eriknova, stranded among unchanged humans, wonders when and if shell see her native Themyscira and other womyn again.Meanwhile, on Lansings home-world at the border of Clan space, a lone survivor from the ship that wrecked the Archangel lives a paroled prisoner of wars existence and plans for the day when he can return and (if necessary) finish the job as Clan Cranstons honor requires. When Rilla Lansings diplomat ex-husband needs Chandler Cranstons help, the clansman gets his opportunity at lastand the resulting rescue mission sails straight into an ambush as the space stations mysterious builders return.

Nina M. Osier started writing at the age of two, when her parents decided to write down her stories and read them back to her. She lives in a turn-of-the-century Victorian house in Augusta, Maine, where she writes, gardens, and wishes humans didnt have to waste time sleeping.