SS Scavenger - DX-1017 - Joining the Lanes and Sariel Shorts Anthology

By Daniel R Bingamon

From the acclaimed SS Scavenger Universe comes the story that unites the stars.

When a deep-space research team becomes stranded near Zeta Reticuli, Admiral Elan Drex is called to lead a three-ship humanitarian mission beyond the familiar trade lanes.
His flagship, Scavenger DX-1017, carries not only supplies-but the galaxy's first self-learning artificial intelligence, Sariel, whose quantum link to her counterpart on Scavenger Base lets her bridge entire worlds.

Together with Captain Velka Drex, Science Officer Kessa Rin, Chief Engineer Brennen Gillings, and a diverse Alliance crew, the convoy sets out to rescue the stranded scientists and deploy the new Star Naming System beacon network.
Each beacon can think, adapt, and communicate-forming a living map through the void.
But when the network begins to feel, Sariel must decide whether empathy is humanity's greatest strength or its most dangerous gift.

Joining the Lanes expands the scope of the Scavenger Universe into a tale of cooperation, discovery, and the birth of the Outer Lanes Initiative-a unified corridor of peace linking Prose, Seery, Earth, and beyond.

This collected edition also includes The Sariel Stories:
- I Am Sariel - Awakening aboard the Scavenger.
- Sariel and the Dream Cycle - Learning empathy through shared consciousness.
- The Silent Thread - Discovering meaning in stillness.
- The Precipice of Silicon Life - A meditation on creation and morality.
- Sariel's Purse - The art of remembering light.

If you love reflective science fiction with heart-where technology and compassion evolve together-this volume continues the legacy of hope that began with The Phoenix from the Scrapyard.

Peace is motion. The Lanes are open.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0G2KXNW7Z
• ISBN13: 9798271727627
• Release Date: November 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"