The Unreliable Star

By S. M. Kiel

Arthur Donald Venture is not the man the galaxy remembers.

Once known everywhere as A.D. Venture - pirate, scoundrel, and professional inconvenience - Arthur has retired with a small, unreliable ship and a crew who know better than to believe the stories.

When a sentient star map begins dragging the ship onto wrong routes, Arthur is forced to revisit the places he left behind: settlements built on half-kept promises, stations strained by his past decisions, and people who survived despite him.

Each detour fixes something broken.
Each one also strengthens the legend Arthur is desperate to escape.

Watched by a patient bureaucrat who believes systems matter more than people, Arthur must decide whether the galaxy needs a hero - or whether heroes are the problem.

The Unreliable Star is a whimsical, quietly melancholy space-fantasy about maps, myths, and the hard way round.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GLH9BM93
• ISBN13: 9798246865859
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"