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Space Pirates! #8
Till the Engines Fall Silent
One ghost, one gravity well, and zero time to fix the air purifier.
The Meridian is falling apart—literally and emotionally. The reactor’s unstable, the AI thinks Rask is someone called “Captain Omega,” and half the crew hasn’t slept since the coffee machine caught fire. Again.
So when a distress signal comes in from a wreck orbiting a collapsing star—and it features a voice they all thought was dead—they do the obvious go straight toward it.
What they find is worse than a trap. Inside the buried secrets, a long-lost traitor, and a ticking bomb hidden in the Meridian’s core—courtesy of the Empire.
As time runs out and the star begins its death spiral, the crew must escape an impossible gravity well, survive a mutiny, and figure out which one of them is still sending messages to the enemy.
This time, making it out alive might cost more than just parts and pride.
It might cost them their captain.
The Meridian is falling apart—literally and emotionally. The reactor’s unstable, the AI thinks Rask is someone called “Captain Omega,” and half the crew hasn’t slept since the coffee machine caught fire. Again.
So when a distress signal comes in from a wreck orbiting a collapsing star—and it features a voice they all thought was dead—they do the obvious go straight toward it.
What they find is worse than a trap. Inside the buried secrets, a long-lost traitor, and a ticking bomb hidden in the Meridian’s core—courtesy of the Empire.
As time runs out and the star begins its death spiral, the crew must escape an impossible gravity well, survive a mutiny, and figure out which one of them is still sending messages to the enemy.
This time, making it out alive might cost more than just parts and pride.
It might cost them their captain.
214 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 5, 2026
About the author
Mark Voss
45 books2 followersMark Voss is the sci-fi alter ego of Jon Smith—a multi-award-winning author, screenwriter, and musical theatre librettist.
Jon/Mark had a suspiciously pleasant childhood involving table-top roleplaying, sunny holidays, and an obsessive love of all things fantasy and science-fiction. One broken bone, no braces, and only one heartbreak (not his). It all went very well.
He’s since written over 50 books for children, teens, and adults as Jon Smith, and—just to keep booksellers on their toes—writes crime fiction as Adi Flynn.
He lives near Liverpool with his wife and two school-age kids. When he grows up, he wants to be a librarian. Or a space pirate. Possibly both.
Jon/Mark had a suspiciously pleasant childhood involving table-top roleplaying, sunny holidays, and an obsessive love of all things fantasy and science-fiction. One broken bone, no braces, and only one heartbreak (not his). It all went very well.
He’s since written over 50 books for children, teens, and adults as Jon Smith, and—just to keep booksellers on their toes—writes crime fiction as Adi Flynn.
He lives near Liverpool with his wife and two school-age kids. When he grows up, he wants to be a librarian. Or a space pirate. Possibly both.
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