The Caphenon
By: Fletcher DeLancey
Series: Chronicles of Alsea -- book one; Chronicles of Alsea -- bk. 1.
Publisher: Ylva Publishing
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Kriftel, Germany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 374
ISBN-13: 9783955332532
Subjects: Human-alien encounters; Fiction; Interplanetary voyages
Description: On a summer night like any other, an emergency call sounds in the quarters of Andira Tal, Lancer of Alsea. The news is shocking: not only is there other intelligent life in the universe, but it's landing on the planet right now. Tal leads the first responding team and ends up rescuing aliens who have a frightening story to tell. They protected Alsea from a terrible fate--but the reprieve is only temporary. Captain Ekayta Serrado of the Fleet ship Caphenon serves the Protectorate, a confederation of worlds with a common political philosophy. She has just sacrificed her ship to save Alsea, yet political maneuvering may mean she did it all for nothing. Alsea is now a prize to be bought and sold by galactic forces far more powerful than a tiny backwater planet. But Lancer Tal is not one to accept a fate imposed by aliens, and she'll do whatever it takes to save her world.