by S. H. Jucha
Karl Beckert – Station Director on Orbital Station Drei over Libre
Pia Sabine (să∙bēn) – Rêveur passenger
Renée de Guirnon (gir∙nōn) – House de Guirnon representative aboard the Rêveur
Terese Lechaux – Rêveur medical specialist
Ships:
A Little Shove – New Terran tug dedicated to Joaquin space station
Celeste – Confederation freighter attacked by silver ships
New Terra – colony ship from Earth, survivors named their new planet after the ship
No Bounds – explorer-tug, leased from the government by Duggan and Katie Racine
Outward Bound – explorer-tug owned by Alex Racine
Rêveur (rē∙vœr) – Méridien House de Guirnon passenger liner, Jacques de Guirnon was the original Captain
Thirst Quencher – New Terran fuel tanker, commanded by Captain Osara
Planets, Colonies and Moons:
Bellamonde – 6th and latest Confederation planet to be attacked by the silver ships
Cetus – last Confederation colony established, first colony attacked by the silver ships
Cressida – one of New Terra’s metal-rich moons circling Ganymede
Ganymede – New Terra’s 6th planet outward, a gas giant with metal-rich moons
Libre – Independent’s colony in Arno system
Méridien – home world of Confederation in the Oikos system
New Terra – home world of New Terrans, 4th planet outward of Oistos
Niomedes – New Terra’s 5th planet outward and site of the Habitat Experiment
Seda – New Terra’s 9th and last planet outward, a gas giant with several moons
Sharius – moon circling Seda and TSF support outpost for explorer-tugs
Stars:
Arno – star of the planet, Libre, home of the Independents
Cepheus – original star destination for the New Terra
Hellébore – star of Cetus colony, first Confederation colony attacked by silver ships
Oistos – star of the planet, New Terra, Alex Racine’s home world
Oikos – star of the Méridien home world
Mane – original name of the star, Oikos
My Books
The Silver Ships is published in e-book and print-on-demand, softcover versions. Please visit my web site, http://scottjucha.com, for publication locations. You may also register at my web site to receive email updates on the progress of my next novels.
The Silver Ships Series:
The Silver Ships
Libre (summer 2015)
Méridien (late 2015)
Hellébore (summer 2016)
The Author
It's been an eventful journey from Anchorage, Alaska, where I was born over six decades ago, to San Diego, California where I currently reside with my wife.
Between these two destinations, I've spent years overseas, earned two college degrees, held many jobs, and found a wonderful marriage partner.
My first attempt at a novel was entitled The Lure. It was a crime drama centered on the modern-day surfacing of a 110-carat yellow diamond that was 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, I had my first date with my wife-to-be, Peggy Giels.
Over the past thirty-four years, I outlined dozens of novels, but a busy career limited my efforts to complete a single one. Now, the time has come, and I've thoroughly enjoyed planning, researching, and writing my first novel—in fact, the entire series.
I was a young teenager when I discovered the joy of reading. Today, I hope, through my stories, I’m sharing that joy.
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