Captain Tyrell Hanson, or “Tyrell” to his crew, is known as a loose canon, and a force of nature. Now it's up to him and a hand-picked but untested crew to save the last ship made at Luna Colony-- and the fledgling government that sent him. On their way to finish their retrofit, Tyrell’s crew finds a ship so desperate to escape its captain destroys the ship with only a cryptic warning about the Nameless. With the Ground Patrol seeking to destroy the last survivor of the ship that exploded; a Unit; stripped of all human rights, the young man flees the terror of the Nameless with only a fairytale in his memory. In the midst of all this, a plot to destroy Tyrell’s ship is uncovered.
When the dust settles, a pilot is nearly dead, another-- a friend is accused of her attempted murder, and the captain must fight to save his oldest friend from a plot twenty years in the making. With danger on every side and a sacrifice that makes everyone uneasy, the captain finds the answers of the Nameless in the dreams of the dying, and of all things, an old children’s story.
Racing against time, he must give the Nameless back her name, her steel, and her purpose or watch the galaxy destroyed by a child. But secrets kept too long had marred everything, and the world, for this small crew, will never be the same.
Elle Pepper is an author with Phoenix Voices Publishing, she is a teacher, a member of the LGBTQ spectrum, and loves her two cats. She lives in California’s Central Valley where she teaches and writes.
"Growing up, I used to devour books. A few hours and the book would be read, and I'm one of those people who never lets a book go, to me, they are all old friends."
So, this was my first Science fiction book in a LONG time. And I have to say, I really enjoyed it. I liked the unique characters in there, and how there was an actual transgender character represented appropriately and well done. The different alien species were unique and I liked seeing them interact with each other and their differing cultures. I had never read anything by this author before, but I think I'll be purchasing the physical copy to have for myself. I really love the captain a lot. I would have liked to know more about some of the characters (They weren't flat or anything I just like lots of details), but that was the only thing I could say about the story that I really would change.