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Sol (The Silver Ships Book 5)

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by S. H. Jucha


  Assembly – Haraken government representatives

  Cedric Broussard – Z’s New Terran avatar

  Central Exchange – Haraken central bank, directed by the SADEs

  Cordelia – SADE, Julien’s partner

  Darius Gaumata – Fighter/traveler captain and pilot

  Darrin Hesterly – No Retreat chief medical officer

  Deirdre Canaan – Wing commander

  Edouard Manet – Last Stand captain, partner to Miko Tanaka

  Ellie Thompson – Wing commander

  Espero – Haraken city

  Étienne de Long – Director of Security, twin and crèche-mate to Alain, partner to Ellie Thompson

  First – Leader of the alien Swei Swee hives

  Founding Day – Celebration of the founding of Haraken

  Franz Cohen – Wing commander

  GEN – Machine designed by Julien to help New Terran technology

  Hive Singer – Mutter, SADE, who sings to the Swei Swee in their language

  José Cordova – Rêveur captain

  Julien – SADE, Cordelia’s partner

  Libran-X – Powerful explosive discovered and made by the Librans

  Lucia Bellardo – Wing commander

  Michael “Mickey” Brandon – Senior engineer, partner to Pia Sabine

  Miko Tanaka – No Retreat captain, partner to Edouard Manet

  Miranda Leyton – Z’s femme fatale avatar

  Mutter – SADE, Hive Singer to the Swei Swee

  Nua’ll – Aliens who imprisoned the Swei Swee before they became Harakens

  People – Manner in which the Swei Swee refer to their collective

  Pia Sabine – Assembly member, partner to Michael “Mickey” Brandon

  Renée de Guirnon – First lady of Haraken, partner to Alex Racine

  Robert Dorian – Assembly member, commander of military pilot training school

  SADE – Self-aware digital entity, artificial intelligence being

  Sanders – Traveler copilot to Darius Gaumata

  Sean McCrery – Deceased fighter/traveler captain, friend of Darius Gaumata

  Sheila Reynard – Fighter commodore

  Star Hunter First – Swei Swee name for Alex Racine

  Swei Swee – Six-legged friendly alien

  Tatia Tachenko – Admiral, partner to Alain de Long

  Terese Lechaux – Medical expert

  Z – SADE

  Méridien

  Con-Fed – Méridien language

  Confederation – Collection of Méridien worlds

  Independents – Confederation outcasts, originally exiled to Libre, rescued by Alex Racine

  New Terra

  Clayton Downing – Former president of New Terra, convicted and imprisoned

  Maria Gonzalez – New Terra president

  Sol-NAC – Language of the New Terrans

  Tara – Computer on board Alex Racine’s Outward Bound explorer-tug

  United Earth (UE) and Earthers

  Alicante – Captain of the Lazy Pleasure yacht

  Antonio García – Reunion mission commander, UE speaker

  Berko – Militia major on moon base

  Borden – Captain of the Vigilance

  Boris Gorenko – UE scientist, medical background, immigrated to Haraken

  Charnoose – Pro-naval captain, later acting commodore

  Dahlia Braxton – Pro-naval commodore

  Darwoo – Captain, pro-naval

  Desmond Lambros – Sleepover owner aboard Idona Station

  Diaz – Militia sergeant aboard Idona Station

  Dimitri Agaloo – Privateer

  Edmas – Teenage rebel boy aboard Idona Station

  Edward – UE scientist, lead physicist, mathematician, immigrated to Haraken

  Enclave – Fifteen-member group of high judges who elect the three Supreme Tribunal members

  Faring – Militia major aboard Vigilance

  Fliklight – Luminescent tags for the tunnel rats aboard Idona Station

  Francis Lumley – Reunion captain

  Gardia – Lieutenant undercover against the judiciary enclave

  Ginny – Deaf child aboard Idona Station

  Giuseppe Lucchesi – Supreme Tribunal member, judiciary

  Guide – Generic name for the controlling computer on UE ships

  Hanford – Militia sergeant aboard Idona Station

  Hawkins – Lieutenant in Missile Command on the Guardian

  Heywood – Judicial force destroyer captain

  Ian Brennan – Supreme Tribunal member, corporate

  Irving – Pro-naval captain promoted to acting commodore

  Jason – Burn-scarred child aboard Idona Station

  Jorre – Tug captain of the Homeward Bound

  Jodlyne – Teenage rebel girl aboard Idona Station

  Kwan Woo – Supreme Tribunal member, military

  Li Chong – Space admiral, supreme leader of the UE naval forces

  Lindling – Militia major in command aboard Idona Station

  Lister – Miner out of Idona who donated Idona Station’s memorial

  Liston – Freighter captain of the Treasure Chest

  Livingsworth – Militia lieutenant masquerading as wealthy traveler

  Lydia Yelstein – Shuttle pilot at moon base

  Marlene Elliot – Militia noncom at moon base

  Needler – UE personal weapon fires high-speed poisonous darts

  Nema – UE scientist, immigrated to Haraken

  Nicolette “Nikki” Fowler – Rebel commander and granddaughter of Idona Station director

  Olawale Wombo – Reunion lead UE science administrator, immigrated to Haraken

  Patrice Morris – Militia lieutenant aboard Idona Station

  Patricio Bunaldi – Hand of Justice mission commander, UE high judge, killed at New Terra

  Pauline – Idona Station horticulturist and friend of Jorre

  Priita Ranta – UE scientist, immigrated to Haraken

  Provo – Militia lieutenant in league with Weevil’s plan

  Reiko Shimada – Captain of the UE destroyer Conquest

  Sendra Deveening – UE commerce head

  Shelley – Captain of the UE battleship Guardian

  Stremski – Miner out of Idona who donated Idona Station’s memorial

  Stunstik – Militia weapon that stuns with darts

  Supreme Tribunal – UE highest political system

  Tankerling – Captain of the UE destroyer Dauntless

  Tarek – Notorious hauler-tug captain

  Terrine – Captain, pro-naval

  Theodore Portland – UE judiciary admiral aboard battleship Guardian

  Theostin – UE Admiral aboard the Hand of Justice, killed at New Terra

  Torres – Ensign in Guardian Engineering

  Tribune – Member of the Supreme Tribunal

  Ullman – Admiral in command of last judiciary force in inner zone

  Vic Lambert – Rebel second-in-command at Idona Station

  Weevil – Sixteen-year-old dying boy who steals an ore grubber

  Willard – Miner out of Idona who donated Idona Station’s memorial

  Yoram Penzig – UE scientist, philosopher, immigrated to Haraken

  Yun – Militia captain aboard Idona Station

  Planets, Colonies, Moons, and Stars

  Callisto – Moon at Sol’s Jupiter

  Ganymede – Moon at Sol’s Jupiter

  Haraken – Home of the Harakens in the Hellébore system

  Hellébore – Star of the planet Haraken

  Libre – Independents’ ex-colony in Arno system, now home to the remaining Swei Swee hives

  Méridien – Home world of Confederation

  New Terra – Home world of New Terrans, fourth planet outward of Oistos

  Niomedes – New Terra fifth planet outward

  Oistos – Star of the planet New Terra, Alex Racine’s home world

  Sol – Star of solar system where Earth is locate
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  Tethys – Moon at Sol’s Saturn

  Ships and Stations

  Bon Vivant – Luxury yacht pirated by Dimitri Agaloo

  Ceres Station – Site of a rebel launch, resulting in docking arm destroyed by judicial forces

  Challenge – UE destroyer, Captain Irving in command

  Conquest – UE destroyer, Captain Shimada’s first command

  Daedalus – UE cruiser, Commodore Shimada’s new command

  Dauntless – UE destroyer

  Guardian – UE battleship under Admiral Portland

  Hand of Justice – UE battleship under High Judge Bunaldi, destroyed at New Terra

  Homeward Bound – Reclamation tug captained by Jorre

  Idona Station – Crossroads station located near Sol’s Neptune

  Last Stand – Haraken carrier

  Lazy Pleasure – Hijacked UE pleasure yacht, captained by Alicante

  No Retreat – Haraken carrier

  Outward Bound – New Terra explorer-tug, originally captained by Alex Racine

  Reunion – UE explorer ship

  Rêveur – Haraken passenger liner

  Shamrock – UE freighter

  Travelers – Haraken fighter-shuttles built with Nua’ll technology and Swei Swee shells

  Treasure Chest – UE freighter captained by Liston

  Vigilance – Renegade destroyer interdicting the Lazy Pleasure yacht

  My Books

  The Silver Ships series is available in e-book, softcover print, and audiobook versions. Please visit my website, http://scottjucha.com, for publication locations. You may also register at my website to receive email notification about the publish dates of my novels.

  If you’ve been enjoying this series, please consider posting a review at your favorite retailer, even a short one. Reviews attract other readers and help indie authors, such as myself.

  Alex and friends will return in the upcoming novel Espero, A Silver Ships Novel.

  The Silver Ships Series

  The Silver Ships

  Libre

  Méridien

  Haraken

  Sol

  Espero (forthcoming)

  The Author

  I have been enamored with fiction novels since the age of thirteen and long been a fan of great storytellers. I’ve lived in several countries overseas and in many of the US states, including Illinois, where I met my wonderful wife thirty-seven years ago. My careers have spanned a variety of industries in the visual and scientific fields of photography, biology, film/video, software, and information technology (IT).

  My first attempt at a novel, titled The Lure, was a crime drama centered on the modern-day surfacing of a 110-carat yellow diamond lost during the French Revolution. In 1980, in preparation for the book, I spent two wonderful weeks researching the Brazilian people, their language, and the religious customs of Candomblé. The day I returned from Rio de Janeiro, I had my first date with my wife-to-be, Peggy Giels.

  During the next thirty-four years, I outlined dozens of novels, but a busy career limited my efforts to complete any of them. Recently, I’ve chosen to make writing my primary focus. My first novel, The Silver Ships, was released in February 2015. This first installment in a sci-fi trilogy was quickly followed by books two and three, Libre and Méridien. Haraken and Sol, the fourth and fifth books in the series, continue the exploits of Alex Racine and company in a two-part story. Espero, the sixth book in the series, is forthcoming.

  I hope to continue to intrigue my readers with my stories as this is the most wonderful job I’ve ever had!

 

 

 


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