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The Fortune Chronicles #2.5
Change of Fortune: Fortune Chronicles 2.5
Another day. Another job. Another disaster in the making.
Still reeling from the fallout of their last mission, Captain John Pitte and his crew are desperate for a clean run—and a paycheck. So when a routine passenger job comes their way, they jump at the chance.
But “routine” dies fast when one of the passengers is a spy, the Errant is grounded by a vicious storm, and a killer from Eitan’s past bursts onto the scene.
Clawing through the storm and surrounded by ghosts—both literal and personal—the crew must confront secrets they thought long buried.
With old wounds reopened and trust unraveling, survival may come down to whether the Errant’s misfit crew can pull together… or fall apart for good.
If you enjoy low-tech sci-fi, scrappy underdogs, and found-family dynamics with heart, grit, and checkered pasts, you’ll love Change of Fortune.
Previously published as The Crew Who Came in From the Cold.
Still reeling from the fallout of their last mission, Captain John Pitte and his crew are desperate for a clean run—and a paycheck. So when a routine passenger job comes their way, they jump at the chance.
But “routine” dies fast when one of the passengers is a spy, the Errant is grounded by a vicious storm, and a killer from Eitan’s past bursts onto the scene.
Clawing through the storm and surrounded by ghosts—both literal and personal—the crew must confront secrets they thought long buried.
With old wounds reopened and trust unraveling, survival may come down to whether the Errant’s misfit crew can pull together… or fall apart for good.
If you enjoy low-tech sci-fi, scrappy underdogs, and found-family dynamics with heart, grit, and checkered pasts, you’ll love Change of Fortune.
Previously published as The Crew Who Came in From the Cold.
130 pages, Paperback
Published October 2, 2024
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January 22, 2025
Thank you!
I was so happy to read more in this universe. These are such wonderful characters, I love reading more about them.
I was so happy to read more in this universe. These are such wonderful characters, I love reading more about them.
August 9, 2023
To begin, i would just like to mention that i received a free copy of this book from Kathleen and Kelley to read and review.
I've always been a total fan of the Fortune series, always great writing, great characters, interesting relationships, with lots of action and shenanigans, and this story was more of the same.
This story follows on from Outrageous Fortune , so do read that first.
In this story Kathleen teams up with Kelley McKinnon once again and what the reader gets is another wonderful adventure with the crew of the Errant when they get a passenger job to carry some doctors to another part of Fortune (they're like Fortune's vesion of "Doctors Without Borders), but one of these passengers isn't who he says he is. Anyway, when this passenger goes to meet up with an old friend all hell breaks loose and, once again, trouble soon finds the crew of the Errant and shenanigans ensue. Plus, we get an update on John and Jagati's budding romance . . . awwww!
All in all, while not a big long book, it's a very good little adventure within which we learn a lot more about our favourite airship crew and, also, a very good little adventure that'll keep you awake reading at bedtime when you should be going to sleep. But who needs sleep, right?
A must read for all Fortune fans and if you're not a Fortune fan yet then i would humbly suggest that you go to Outrageous Fiction and get a free copy of Soldier of Fortune and give it a read. Yes, the first book in the series is free to try, so what's stopping you? The planet Fortune is a wonderful stage setting for these really good, character driven adventures that Kathleen and Kelly take us on. If you like lots of action with great characters and great writing you won't be disappointed.
Bye for now.
I've always been a total fan of the Fortune series, always great writing, great characters, interesting relationships, with lots of action and shenanigans, and this story was more of the same.
This story follows on from Outrageous Fortune , so do read that first.
In this story Kathleen teams up with Kelley McKinnon once again and what the reader gets is another wonderful adventure with the crew of the Errant when they get a passenger job to carry some doctors to another part of Fortune (they're like Fortune's vesion of "Doctors Without Borders), but one of these passengers isn't who he says he is. Anyway, when this passenger goes to meet up with an old friend all hell breaks loose and, once again, trouble soon finds the crew of the Errant and shenanigans ensue. Plus, we get an update on John and Jagati's budding romance . . . awwww!
All in all, while not a big long book, it's a very good little adventure within which we learn a lot more about our favourite airship crew and, also, a very good little adventure that'll keep you awake reading at bedtime when you should be going to sleep. But who needs sleep, right?
A must read for all Fortune fans and if you're not a Fortune fan yet then i would humbly suggest that you go to Outrageous Fiction and get a free copy of Soldier of Fortune and give it a read. Yes, the first book in the series is free to try, so what's stopping you? The planet Fortune is a wonderful stage setting for these really good, character driven adventures that Kathleen and Kelly take us on. If you like lots of action with great characters and great writing you won't be disappointed.
Bye for now.
July 29, 2023
After the near disaster in Outrageous Fortune it is almost an anti-climax as the crew of the airship Errant continue living life on the plant Fortune.
It is the almost next step relationship between John Pitted and his first mate, Jagati, that raises a smile on my face every time I think back on their interactions with each other.
But when they pick up a couple of doctors is when things starts going awryinto another strange venture, once again not one of their own making.
The Crew Who Came In From The Cold is an immersive almost gentle transitional novella preparing the reader no doubt for another full and outrageous action adventure to follow. I can hardly wait as author Kathleen McClure has surprised keen followers by now often enough with her innovative plots.
Enjoy
It is the almost next step relationship between John Pitted and his first mate, Jagati, that raises a smile on my face every time I think back on their interactions with each other.
But when they pick up a couple of doctors is when things starts going awryinto another strange venture, once again not one of their own making.
The Crew Who Came In From The Cold is an immersive almost gentle transitional novella preparing the reader no doubt for another full and outrageous action adventure to follow. I can hardly wait as author Kathleen McClure has surprised keen followers by now often enough with her innovative plots.
Enjoy
August 7, 2025
I loved CHANGE OF FORTUNE aka THE CREW WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD! I only have one complaint — it ended!
Great story and wonderful characters. I wanted it to go on forever.
Great story and wonderful characters. I wanted it to go on forever.
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