Iceoaks and Warblers: Interstellar Spring Book 3

by J. Darris Mitchell, Sam Mayle (Illustrator)

Iceoaks and Warblers Monsters evolved on the terraformed worlds. Meet the people who study them. In Book 3 of Interstellar Spring, Captain Catalina Mondragon and her crew find themselves at the mercy of scoundrels armed with both ancient and futuristic weapons in a region of space not beholden to the Charter. In an effort to get to Epsilon-V and learn about the monstrous insects that killed their last Entomologist, the crew of the Artemis must pass through a region of space where violence is still used to solve problems!!!. While there, Fin Zerog must confront a scorned lover and a pilot maybe even more skilled than herself. Farah Relkor, despite years of experience as an Interstellar Botanist, drags her husband through a field of poison ivy. Osha McKenna tries to distract herself from melting permafrost with conspiracy theories about secret aliens before she must rescue her crush, Roman Jupiter, who falls in love with a moody, techno-genius of a princess. Worst of all, Captain Mondragon learns more about the mysterious disease that killed her father and is forced to grapple with what it really means to be a Captain for the Institute and a champion of the Charter. ABOUT INTERSTELLAR A century ago, the Institute for Organic Expansion launched unmanned spacecraft loaded with spores, seeds and eggs to 51 Earth-like planets to begin the terraforming process. It worked, mostly. Now, Interstellar Ecologists stabilize these young, planetary ecosystems to strengthen mankind’s place in a lifeless galaxy. J. Darris Mitchell is an Austin native obsessed with bringing biodiversity back to the city. He lives with his darling wife, his amazing sons, a flock of chickens, a lazy cat, and a backyard brimming with wildflowers and insects.

182 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 29, 2017