Cross the Sky

By Scott Azmus

Some secrets are meant to stay in the past. With the treasure ship Aquila up for grabs, can Lissaya's trusty heist crew bring their ingenious schemes to fruition before conflicting conspiracies upend their entire world? Lissaya Anning (callsign "Hipshot") does not see force fields or sealed starship hatches as obstacles, but as invitations. After years of living on a knife's edge between indentured servitude and starvation, Lissaya and seven other young women pool their resources in hopes of recovering the starliner Aquila. Used to evacuate precious metals and rare artworks at the end of a galactic war, Aquila is the richest and most heavily-laden treasure ship ever lost to the rifts. Unfortunately, her cargo may also include a dangerous virus. A virus so potent that alien retribution for its mere existence (never mind its release!) could be an extinction-level event for humanity. With everything hanging in the balance, can Lissaya foil her opponents and still save the exquisitely valuable star liner? Facing myriad adversaries, alien intrigue, and the rift's own crisscrossing tides of dark-energy unreality, Lissaya flies into the future aboard the alien derelict "Sapphire Sky." Care to travel along with her? Cross the Sky's combination of heist elements and treasure hunting, with wild action-adventure echoes aspects of C.J. Cherryh's Downbelow Station, Vernor Vinge's A Deepness in the Sky, and Dewey Gram's Ocean's 11. From the author of Many Moons, Lesser Beings, and Broken Bells. Writing "...reminiscent of the fine tales of Ray Bradbury or Zenna Henderson--the kinds of stories that will always be in demand."--Dave Wolverton, Writers of the Future Volume XII.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 179160840X
• ISBN13: 9781791608408
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.0"