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Follow a motley crew on an exciting journey through space-and one adventurous young explorer who discovers the meaning of family in the far reaches of the universe-in this light-hearted debut space opera from a rising sci-fi star. Rosemary Harper doesn’t expect much when she joins the crew of the aging Wayfarer. While the patched-up ship has seen better days, it offers her a bed, a chance to explore the far-off corners of the galaxy, and most importantly, some distance from her past. An introspective young woman who learned early to keep to herself, she’s never met anyone remotely like the ship’s diverse crew, including Sissix, the exotic reptilian pilot, chatty engineers Kizzy and Jenks who keep the ship running, and Ashby, their noble captain. Life aboard the Wayfarer is chaotic and crazy—exactly what Rosemary wants. It’s also about to get extremely dangerous when the crew is offered the job of a lifetime. Tunneling wormholes through space to a distant planet is definitely lucrative and will keep them comfortable for years. But risking her life wasn’t part of the plan. In the far reaches of deep space, the tiny Wayfarer crew will confront a host of unexpected mishaps and thrilling adventures that force them to depend on each other. To survive, Rosemary’s got to learn how to rely on this assortment of oddballs—an experience that teaches her about love and trust, and that having a family isn’t necessarily the worst thing in the universe.
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I got stuck on this book in places. I think it's because the book is really about the characters and their interactions and not really about the plot, so relative to other scifi books I've read, little actually happened. There wasn't like, a relationship between the plot unfolding and the characters transforming, although some of that did happen. This really felt like the pilot of a situational TV drama about the multispecies crew of a space ship where, unlock Star Trek, for example, they didn't necessarily discover anything during the show, other than their infinite capacity to empathize and care for each other. Whereas Star Trek did that 5-10% of the time, this book is on that maybe 70-80% of the time. I enjoyed it, will likely take a small break to visit a past indulgence before moving onto book two, and will recommend it to fellow readers with caveats about it being pretty non-traditional for most contemporary scifi.