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    Shapeshifter's Saviour
    Shapeshifter's Saviour
    Shapeshifter's Saviour
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    Shapeshifter's Saviour

    By KS Augustin

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    Hoara Felin has fallen in love with a man who is forbidden to leave the planet. Plus, he’s not quite a man…
    Junior Commander Hoara Felin of the Republic’s Space Fleet has problems. Her ship is inoperable and her shipmates are dead. The only thing that can make a bad situation worse is finding she has crashed on the notorious prison-planet of Bliss—a place where condemned criminals are sent…but never leave.
    She finds an unexpected ally in Toh, a caring man who treats her injuries and hides her from those who would hold an officer of the Space Fleet for ransom. But, as Hoara is about to find out, Toh is keeping a terrifying secret of his own.

    (2016 update: This book, previously titled ON BLISS, has been re-edited and contains a compact list of people, places, and things)
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChallis Tower
    Release dateFeb 29, 2016
    ISBN9780987317476
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      Shapeshifter's Saviour - KS Augustin

      Hoara Felin has fallen in love with a man who is forbidden to leave the planet. Plus, he’s not quite a man…

      Junior Commander Hoara Felin of the Republic’s Space Fleet has problems. Her ship is inoperable and her shipmates are dead. The only thing that can make a bad situation worse is finding she has crashed on the notorious prison-planet of Bliss—a place where condemned criminals are sent…but never leave.

      She finds an unexpected ally in Toh, a caring man who treats her injuries and hides her from those who would hold an officer of the Space Fleet for ransom. But, as Hoara is about to find out, Toh is keeping a terrifying secret of his own.

      2016 update: This book, previously titled ON BLISS, has been re-edited and contains a compact list of people, places, and things.

      People

      Hanek – Hoara Felin – Sim – Timon – Drue Jeen – Old B’nen – Lanstrum – Shapeshifter – Dae - Jaynex

      Places

      Snaggle Teeth – Cleaner’s Rock – Regulation – Bliss – Northern Waste - Justice

      Things

      Odyssey – Patience – ocho berry – slangtik – Ramtesh Eagle - Zephyr

      Chapter One

      The talk in the cabin of the shuttle Odyssey was tired but relaxed.

      Think we convinced anyone? Hanek asked, his voice brighter than the current state of exhaustion warranted.

      Hoara shot the young astronomics expert a smile. That your theory of hyperspace accidents is due to the interaction between our propulsion systems and the universe’s boundary? She appeared to consider the question. Hmm, probably not.

      He looked crestfallen. Why not? None of the other conference attendees appeared to come with anything more solid.

      The other attendees had one advantage you don’t, Sim, the third member of the small group, remarked. She was more of a classic astrophysicist, currently taking on the Odyssey’s navigation duties while they were away from their mother ship, a larger cruiser that did double-duty as a science vessel. They can test their experiments in normal space. For yours, we need to enter hyperspace, and nobody can look at hyperspace. Well, she corrected, nobody can look at hyperspace and remain sane.

      Hoara Felin was their commander. She was no scientist. Instead, she had climbed to her current position through the military ranks. She frowned as she concentrated on the conversation, trying to comprehend the gist of what was being discussed.

      What about that Timon guy? she asked. Didn’t he deliver a talk about developing some kind of filtering system so we could see into hyperspace?

      The other two, older Sim and younger Hanek, laughed.

      Timon’s been attempting to construct his system for the past six years, Sim said, letting her in on the joke. I swear, the only reason he comes to these conferences is to catch up with friends and exchange gossip.

      Speaking of gossip, Hanek sent a quick sideways flick towards his superior, did you hear about that Space Fleet captain? The one who let the terrorists get away?

      Drue Jeen. Hoara’s voice was chill.

      Unfortunately, it didn’t have the desired effect. Hanek shot her a grin of thanks and continued.

      Yeah, that’s him. He was responsible for the death of a Special Counsel as well.

      I hear she was only demoted, not killed, Sim countered.

      The way I heard it, she bought a one-way ticket to the abyss. He straightened two fingers and pointed them to his forehead. Laser rifle, straight to the head. I suppose you could call it a demotion.

      The two scientists laughed again.

      You’re not supposed to be discussing Captain Jeen, Hoara said. That’s a classified matter.

      Hanek subsided in his chair, but Sim was made of sterner stuff. He’s not a captain anymore though, is he? she remarked. In fact, if they catch him, he’ll be as demoted as that Special Counsel Hanek mentioned. Which means there’s an empty slot a level above you, Commander. She shot her a meaningful glance.

      It was a tempting fantasy. As much as Hoara liked her crew, it was mostly shepherding a bunch of scientists in roughly the same direction. Their mother ship, the Patience, resembled its name—a light cruiser that moved at its own steady pace. Her weapons weren’t top-notch, her thrusters were a generation old.

      Hoara sighed. What she could do in charge of a Raker-class vessel, for example, or in command of one of those special ultra-light pickets.

      You might find yourself trading in a bunch of old farts like us for an Enforcer-class ship, Sim prompted, or even a fortress destroyer.

      Hoara shook her head. I’d need decades more experience than I currently have to even be second-in-command on a fortress, she said.

      Sim was opening her mouth, obviously willing to argue the point, when the shuttle was violently wrenched sideways. Harness straps bit into Hoara’s body.

      Gravity shear! Sim yelled. She scrabbled at the console. I’m picking up increased radiation vectors. We’re headed into hyperspace!

      The word itself was enough to raise fear in every spacefaring human. There had been no mapped crease entrance on the charts, no warning of imminently entering a zone of chaos, only an unshielded glimpse of that which turned the average brain to mush.

      Hoara shut her eyes. Sim, bring down those shields.

      I’m trying, Commander, but primary systems are unresponsive. Attempting to—

      The shaking of the ship smoothed immediately into a feeling of complete serenity that was even more terrifying.

      A scream pierced the shuttle’s control room, the voice ragged and edged with hysteria. Were they travelling a hyperspace crease now? Hoara wondered. Was that Hanek’s voice? Had he seen the soul-bending transit of non-matter with his naked gaze? The temptation to open her eyes was intense; instead, she screwed them tighter shut.

      Sobs broke out from the direction of the

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