num_pages: 310
description: On the verge of extinction the Stephens Point colony must take desperate measures to save themselves. Without communication or resupply from Earth for the last fifteen years the colony has but one chance to survive: restore the ancient starship Chimera and train a young crew to pilot her. The fate of the entire colony rests on the shoulders of a pair of misfits: Theo Puck a sixteen-year-old hacker with a gift for speaking to machines and fifteen-year-old Selena Samuelson a brash but talented pilot with a dark secret in her past.To Theo the Mandate to crew the Chimera seems like a gameone he isnt invited to play. A brutal murder changes everything. Left with no choice Theo has to complete the Selection training and make it aboard the Chimera or face terrible consequences.Selena wants to do what she does bestfly. Piloting her fathers ore trawler is the only life shes known before a horrifying accident strands her aboard the Hydra the station responsible for rebuilding the Chimera. Forced into the Mandate testing against her will Selena encounters an unexpected ally forever changing the way she sees the Chimera and herself.Forced to make brutal choices in order to survive Theo and Selenas fates intertwine. But behind the scenes someone else sets into motion events that could destroy everything theyre fighting to protect.
language: English
title: Chimera
publisher: JNR Media