Good little sci-fi book that deals more with the relationships between people (and species) than with space battles or even space travel.

Good little sci-fi book, more about relationships

But Rosemary isn't the only person onboard with secrets to hide, and the crew will soon discover that space may be vast, but spaceships are very small indeed. They'll earn enough money to live comfortably for years.if they survive the long trip through war-torn interstellar space without endangering any of the fragile alliances that keep the galaxy peaceful. Until the crew are offered the job of a lifetime: the chance to build a hyperspace tunnel to a distant planet. Life onboard is chaotic but more or less peaceful - exactly what Rosemary wants. The crew is a mishmash of species and personalities, from Sissix, the friendly reptillian pilot, to Kizzy and Jenks, the constantly sparring engineers who keep the ship running.

The Wayfarer, a patched-up ship that's seen better days, offers her everything she could possibly want: a small, quiet spot to call home for a while, adventure in far-off corners of the galaxy, and distance from her troubled past.īut Rosemary gets more than she bargained for with the Wayfarer. When Rosemary Harper joins the crew of the Wayfarer, she isn't expecting much. Longlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction, 2016.įirefly meets Mass Effect in this thrilling self-published debut!

The long way to the small angry planet