Victoria Randall

Orphaned when her parents vanished in deep space, Petrina dreamed of one day piloting a ship to explore the stars for the Intergalactic Coalition of Planets.But when she learns that her four-times-great grandfather has been trapped at the edge of a black hole for a century, she knows she has to rescue him. Family is the one missing element in her life, and her grandpa is the only family she has left.For the rescue, she will need to steal a starship. The one she chooses is home to Selka, an AI who isn’t thrilled with being stolen.In journeys of adventure, danger and amazement, the youngest pilot in the Coalition Space Force takes on alien life forms from Slithones, snake-like creatures who ...

 

Long John has been in trouble all his life, since the colony ship he was on as a child exploded, and he was raised by pirates, Now his old crew has deserted him, and since he needs to recruit a new crew, why not spiders?

An eerie entity has emerged from a black hole and is targeting planetary systems, wreaking havoc as it travels into the galaxy. It’s so distant that only Long John and his crew are willing to take it seriously. Can he, even with the help of an alien scientist and the lovely but tough Captain Alis, take on a danger that can’t even be measured?