Separate Orbits

by Yael Mermelstein

Baylee Brenner's face doesn't look like everyone else's face - a fact she's been living with all her life,but which takes on much more import when it comes time to find her soul mate. When the first shomer Shabbos shuttle to Planet Myazma is announced, the Brenners see an opportunity for Baylee to find her match through a completely different model of dating. But the issues on Myazma are more than skin deep. The Zygode is up to nefarious things, his Zygoons are mindlessly doing his bidding, and honest citizens are being sent to The Edge, some of them never heard from again. And what Baylee discovers about herself on Myazma is enough to send her spinning into a completely different orbit.

Action...Adventure...Intrigue...and a whole lot of heart - Separate Orbits is the new sci-fi thriller by Yael Mermelstein, popular author of A Fragile Thread, Chutes and Ladders, and Petalsamong many other riveting titles.

425 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2019

About the author

Yael Mermelstein holds an MA in Jewish Education, and teaches at a post high school institution in Israel. A winner of the Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award, Yael writes regularly for publication and is the author of two childrens' books; The Stupendous Adventures of Shragi and Shia published by Artscroll and The Car that Goes Far published by Hachai. She lives in the pastoral Judean Hills with her husband, their delicious children and her pet computer.

Yael Mermelstein is excited to announce the release of her new book; Moonlight, a collection of emotionally stirring and thought provoking short fiction stories, published by Targum Press.