Shade of the Aitel: A Strange Space Story

By H. E. Sherman

Shade of the Aitel: A Strange Space Story is the debut novella written by H. E. Sherman. This science fiction horror merges the vast emptiness of the universe with the close, complicated bonds of a found family. As the first story in the Strange Space series, Shade of the Aitel sets up and introduces the crew of the USRS Pioneer in their quest to locate the cargo vessel Aitel.

It's been three years since the Earth became uninhabitable. The 194 Rangers were Humanity's last ditch effort to save the species.
Now, stuck in the depths of space and resorting to mercenary work to stay fed and fueled, the Rangers have been given a recovery mission that sends them to the dark absorption nebula Barnard 68.
The cargo vessel Aitel has been missing for four months in the foggy depths of the nebula. Nobody seems to know what happened to it. One way or another, the Rangers will find out... if they can avoid becoming prey to the darkness inside.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FMRPFVJP
• ISBN13: 9798292522843
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 146 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"