Evacuation Order

by Cora Buhlert

When the test of a planet killer weapon goes awry, the light cruiser Fearless Explorer is ordered to the planet Jagellowsk to evacuate the scientists in charge of the test before the planet breaks apart. But in defiance of orders, Captain Brian Mayhew and his crew decide to aid the civilian evacuation efforts instead.

Meanwhile, on Jagellowsk, thirteen-year-old Katya Grikova is desperate to get herself and her little brother Misha to safety from the ever stronger seismic shocks that are rocking the planet.

The Fearless Explorer is Katya and Misha's only chance to get away from Jagellowsk. But Captain Brian Mayhew and his crew cannot evacuate all the children waiting for rescue…

This is a prequel novella of 29000 words or approximately 100 print pages in the "In Love and War" series, but may be read as a standalone.

112 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 28, 2018

About the author

Born on April 18, 1973, in Bremen, Germany, where she still lives today, she graduated from the University of Bremen with an MA degree in English.

She writes short stories, non-fiction and poetry in English and occasionally in German

Reviews

[Andrew Bowen · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the first book in a series of books, and I was attracted to it by the colourful cover. I am not normally that into sci-fi books, but the author doesn't fill the story with a lot of techno speak, that usually makes the standard sci-fi novel drag. Instead, it focuses on the characters and how they react to one another.

The story goes at a good pace, and when I reached the end, I was desperate for more.

Unfortuntately, the story had several grammatical errors that at times upset the flow of the story. Overall, this is a solid 4 stars.