Wings of Earth: 1 - Echoes of Starlight: A hard sci fi space opera
<b>One hundred thousand colonists can’t disappear.</b> <br> <br><b>No bodies. No evidence of an attack. Just gone.</b> <br> <br>On what should have been a routine cargo run to the far edge of the Coalition, Captain Ethan Walker is carrying a payload of medical technology and two passengers returning home to Starlight Colony. When they arrive, they discover that everyone on the planet is missing. <br> <br>The company he works for wants him to leave immediately, but he’s obligated to report to FleetCom that the entire population has vanished. Captain MacKenna of the <I>Magellan</I>, tells him stay put until they can arrive to begin an official investigation. <br> <br>Caught between his legal responsibilities and the need to know what happened, Walker has to resist increasing pressure to defy orders. Unfortunately, his passengers make a decision that forces him into doing the one thing he can’t do. <br> <br>Captain Walker must risk his ship and crew to return to the surface even though it may ultimately cost him everything. <br> <br>Get the exciting opening book to the new Wings of Earth series. <br>