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Recent Reading - 2026
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2026-02-05
Boneyards
314 pages
Rusch, KristineeKristine Rusch
Squishy cannot stand that the Empire continues to do Stelth Tech research. Since joining the wreck diving company "Lost Souls" Squishy has learned that ancient space ships belonging to The Fleet had a working interstellar drive, called anacapa. Stelth tech is such a drive which malfunctioned. The Empire wants to know what she knows. She wants to destroy all stelth tech research, knowing the Empire only wants to weaponize it.
Recommended
2026-01-22
The Application of Hope
91 pages
Rusch, KristineKristine Rusch
As the Fleet's attempts at diplomacy break down, a cluster of tiny, unrecognized spaceships begin to fire their unknown weapons, "Coop", the captain of the Ivoire engages his ship's anacapa drive, intending to enter foldspace for just a short time to protect it from fire. Something goes wrong. Ships sometimes get lost in foldspace. The other frontline ships have been sent to help but must wait impatiently to have Ivoire pop back into normal space. Way too many hours pass and Fleet Command sends the closest frontline Fleet ship to investigate...carefully.
Highly Recommended
2026-01-19
The Galaxy and the Ground Within
312 pages
Chambers, BeckyBecky Chambers
Galaxy-crossing tunnels are busy and travel through them is tightly controlled by the Galactic Commons Transit Authority. For spacefarers, it often means parking your ship and taking a shuttle to the nearest plant for some time on the ground between trips. When a mixed species group visit the same ground facility they are not prepared for more than a bit of rest. Chance denies them rest as low orbit communications satellites begin to collide and plummet to the ground. It isn't safe to leave the planet. They are stuck until the space debris can be cleared for traffic again.
Highly Recommended
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