Starship Satori series by Kevin McLaughlin (#1-#12)
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Overview: When not practicing hobbies which include sailing, constructing medieval armor, and swinging swords at his friends, Kevin McLaughlin can usually be found in his Boston home. Kevin’s award-winning short fiction is now available in digital form at all major ebook retailers. His urban fantasies “By Darkness Revealed” and “Ashes Ascendant” are available in ebook and print. His latest stories, the “STARSHIP” series and “King of the Dead” serial, are ongoing.
Genre: Science Fiction
1. Ad Astra (Adventures of the Starship Satori Book 1)
Dan Wynn wanted to explore space more than life itself, but a tragic accident left him too injured for NASA’s space program. Second chances don’t come along every day, so when an old friend offered him one, he grabbed on with both hands. The next thing Dan knew, he was on the moon, piloting humanity’s first starship while fighting his way through one peril after another.Little did Dan know that simple offer was anything but, and would lead him to the stars far beyond our own.The risks are great. But if life knocked you down, what would you gamble to have one more shot at your dreams?Excerpt:”Dan – ad astra!”
Dan heard the order. Ad astra. To the stars. It was a toast the two of them had shared back in college, when they first stepped onto the roads which would lead them into space. It had been John’s idea to use the toast as a code word now.
Dan didn’t even take a deep breath before executing the order. He’d practiced this with Majel enough times in the simulator – not the part about having a gunman in the bridge, but if that order was ever given, it would be a true crisis.
He checked the screen again. Visual range in only fifteen seconds. No time for anything else. He rapidly initiated the program, said a quick prayer, and pressed the Enter button on his keyboard.
Immediately, the ship began to shudder.This book is a heavily revised second edition of the original volume. The story length has been increased by about 60%, adding enormously more background to the characters and deepening of the personality of the world and crew. If you’ve already read the first edition, you won’t need to read this version to catch up – but fans of the series are sure to enjoy this expanded and improved “Author’s Preferred Edition”!
2. Stellar Legacy (Adventures of the Starship Satori Book 2)
A wild jump into uncharted space saves the starship Satori and her crew from their near brush with death. With a badly damaged ship and injured crew, the planet with breathable air they find on the far side of their jump seems like a stroke of luck. But they quickly learn that they’ve only gone from one danger into another far greater threat.The planet they find is ruined, abandoned, and devastated by some long ago war. Was it once the home of the civilization that built the wormhole drive? What happened to them?As the crew begin their search for clues, they stumble across the remnants of a war a thousand years old and an enemy more terrifying than anything mankind has ever faced.Excerpt:“Oh,” Beth said in a distracted voice.
“Beth, what the heck is up with you?” Dan went beside her to see what she was looking at.She was watching a radar screen, showing the airspace around them. It was pretty easy to read. Satori was dead center on the screen, and everything in the air nearby showed up with a number next to it showing relative altitude. When he’d last looked at the screen, there was nothing except the occasional satellite passing overhead. That had changed.
That had changed a lot.
Something very large was flying into radar range, about thirty miles above them and coming down fast. As he watched, the object broke apart, smaller bits flying off.
“Majel, what is it? Asteroid?” Dan asked. The larger object was still showing as about five hundred meters long and nearly half as wide. If it was a rock, it was going to make one hell of a crater, and they’d need to be long gone before it came down.
“Negative,” came the computer’s answer. “Object is decelerating.”This book is a heavily revised second edition of the original volume. The story length has been increased by about 20%, adding enormously more background to the characters and deepening of the personality of the world and crew. If you’ve already read the first edition, you won’t need to read this version to catch up – but fans of the series are sure to enjoy this expanded and improved “Author’s Preferred Edition”!
3. Deep Waters (Adventures of the Starship Satori Book 3)
The Satori’s crew have returned.Home again, they lick their wounds, repair the badly damaged starship, and try to make sense of all the things they saw during their first mission beyond our star system. First contact was everything humanity had dreaded in our worst nightmares. The universe seemed an inhospitable place, full of deadly and warlike beings. They escaped home to some well-earned rest.But they’ve brought danger back with them. Charline and Beth undertake a mission home to Earth which will prove more perilous than they could possibly guess.And something is wrong with Andrew. Can Dan and John unravel the mystery in time to save their friend?Home should be a safe place, a place to rest and recover. A place to heal. Instead, each of the crew find themselves in the middle of more trouble, each of them in over their heads in Deep Waters.Excerpt:“It’s not just a drone,” he explained. “It’s armed. The thing has four small rockets mounted on the wings.”“Shit, that’s awesome,” Beth said.“When were you planning to tell us this?” Charline asked.“Just did,” Cory replied, flashing her that same infectious grin. “They’re not military grade hardware, mind you. They’re flash-bangs, like what police use. But if you can pop a few off as we’re coming in…”“I can do that,” Charline said. This was gonna be like playing Halo. With a Banshee. With real bullets flying, she reminded herself. But hell, it would be interesting.“You’ve only got four rockets, remember,” Cory said. “Make them count. Toggle to fire them is on the lower left. Tap to arm, tap again to fire.”“Got it,” she said.
4. No Plan Survives Contact (Adventures of the Starship Satori Book 4)
The crew races against time to learn more about the deadly Naga, an enigmatic race of alien predators who will stop at nothing to find the starship Satori. A risky mission is put together: a return to the dead world where they first encountered the Naga. There the crew will try to wrest the information they so desperately need directly from the satellite defenses the aliens placed to blockade the planet.It should be a simple scouting run. They’ll be in and out before the Naga have any idea they are even there.But no plan survives contact with the enemy.
5. Liberty (Adventures of the Starship Satori Book 5)
Armed with a new weapon, the crew of the Satori risk the voyage to a new world – the home of the Cyanauts, a race of beings enslaved by the Naga for their ability to telepathically translate languages.They hope to free the slaves, depriving the Naga of a powerful tool in the process. But freedom is not so simple as flipping a switch. Trust is earned, and the crew find themselves embroiled in controversy and danger.The Naga are not about to give up their servants without a fight, and would like nothing better than to get their hands on the human starship.The crew of the Satori must decide for themselves the value of liberty – theirs, the Cyanauts, and that of all humanity lie in the balance.
6. Satori’s Destiny (Adventures of the Starship Satori Book 6)
The sixth book in the Adventures of the Starship Satori, by USA Today bestselling author Kevin McLaughlin.Since their first encounter with the crew of the Satori, the alien Naga have been hunting. The technology the Satori uses is a powerful remnant from a nightmare race the Naga believed had been extinguished eons ago. They will do anything to find the Satori’s home, capture the ship, and enslave or destroy humanity.At long last their hunt has borne fruit. The Naga have found Earth.As a fleet of battle cruisers closes with the planet, humanity rises with the one weapon they can possibly use to defend themselves – the Satori. But this time the ship and her crew might not be enough to stop the enemy. It will require every weapon the Earth can bring to bear, and every sacrifice that humanity can make to win the day.The stakes have never been higher. This time, if they fail, the Earth burns.
7. Ashes of War (Adventures of the Starship Satori Book 7)
The alien Naga tried to destroy all life on Earth, but what doesn’t kill us makes us stronger.Six months ago we fought a short but devastating war against the invaders. Our ships burned, and whole cities were annihilated, but we defeated them.Now out of the ashes rises a new Space Force, led by the heroes from that final terrible battle. Beth Wynn wants nothing more from life than to retreat back into the design and invention she’s always loved most. But Earth needs her mind and leadership now more than ever.Because not all the ashes are cold and dead. Even in the calm after the fires have gone out, danger lurks close to home. A team sent to the abandoned lunar base vanishes without a trace. Security forces guarding one of the captured Naga starships go silent. Enemies close in, and our very survival will rest on a knife’s edge.In this game of interstellar survival of the fittest, Earth’s heroes will need to put all their courage and brilliance into play to win.
8. Embers of War (Adventures of the Starship Satori Book 8)
The alien Naga have reached out to contact humanity and a response is required. Rather than invite trouble by allowing the warrior race to send more ships to Earth, the decision is made to detach a delegation to the Naga homeworld. Dan Wynn will command the newly restored starship Independence on its maiden flight.Meanwhile, the Satori will carry a group of humans to the ruined world of Dust. The only remnants of the race which built the Satori still rest there, and Earth desperately needs any technological edge it can acquire.But an ancient force is moving between the stars again for the first time in a millennium. As this old enemy of both Naga and Human alike prepares to reveal itself, neither race will ever see the universe the same way again!
9. Dust & Iron (Adventures of the Starship Satori Book 9)
Charline Foster was marooned on a desert planet during an alien attack.Taking command of the handful of people stranded with her, she struggles to survive a desolate and hostile world. But the predators stalking them are the least of their worries. The aliens who forced the Satori to flee return, seeking the survivors.Charline must forge her small band into an effective fighting force and engage the enemy. Together, they must strive to do the impossible if they want to ever see Earth again.
10. Clad in Steel (Adventures of the Starship Satori Book 10)
When the alien Naga attacked Earth, they took everything from Owen McInness. His home was destroyed, his parents killed in front of him. He hated the invaders with every fiber of his being and dedicated his life to making them pay for what they’d done.But that anger was burning him up from the inside. Soon his Academy career was in tatters. Owen is offered one final chance to make a difference – if he can conquer the hate boiling inside him. But redemption is never easy, especially when one’s heart is clad in steel.
11. Strange New Worlds (Adventures of the Starship Satori Book 11)
Earth is in danger, and we have no ‘planet b’ to retreat toward if the enemy strikes at our home.But there is one planet so remote that even the Kkiktchikut might not be able to find it.Using their star-drives together, The Satori and Independence can reach the extra-galactic star that Beth accidentally discovered. Scans of the solar system showed a planet humans might be able to colonize.But space exploration is never without surprises.The team sets out on a mission of exploration – which quickly turns into a desperate fight for survival!
12. Peace Talks (Adventures of the Starship Satori Book 12)
The Naga have returned to Earth – this time hoping for an alliance, not war. ★★★★★Humans and Naga working together was the only thing which staved off the destruction of the Naga homeworld, but the threat against both species is far from gone. Only by working together will they have a prayer of surviving.But not everyone on Earth is happy with the idea of peace with these former invaders. Some humans think the only good Naga is a dead Naga, and they’re prepared to do whatever it takes to kick the aliens off their world.Owen McInness used to be one of them, until life gave him a wake-up call. But now he will need to stop the people whose hatred puts Earth and all of Humanity at risk, before it’s too late!
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