A Path in the Darkness

Name: A Path in the Darkness
Author: M. D. Cooper

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The Intrepid Saga

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The Intrepid is falling into a star

The ship’s AI has lost control of the engines and core systems. Battling a saboteur who strives to isolate him, his last act is to wake Colonel Tanis Richards from stasis.

Tanis finds herself alone on a dying ship, unable to contact the AI. She must discover what has happened and save the Intrepid from burning up in the star’s angry red light.

Even if she is successful, the journey to the colony world of New Eden is just beginning. With decades of travel ahead, she will somehow have to find a path in the darkness.

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Tropes: Military Science Fiction · Strong Female Lead · Space Opera · Hard Science Fiction · No Faster-Than-Light Travel · Sublight Realism & Slow Zones · Artificial Intelligence Characters · Human-AI Partnership · Mind-Machine Melding · Generation & Colony Ships · Transhumanism · Nanotech & Picotech · Political Intrigue · Long-Running Bingeable Universe

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