The writer has a premise that will blow most readers out of the water. I expect my favorite writers and narrators to be predictably awesome but I admit to feeling especially grateful when a new writer turns my head about my shoulders! Black Sunrise is an incredible novel that has something special for any LGBTQ+ readers with an appreciation for science fiction. “New-to-me writer Christina Engela was responsible for one of the most delightful listening experiences I’ve had in a while.

A Little More About The Coming New Titles In The Quantum SeriesĪ terrifically entertaining science fiction feature two LGBTQ+ characters! I want more in audio!.

Quantum Spice – The Story Behind The Series.Pages: 190 pages (6×9 format paperback).Published: 5th Edition, (eBook, paperback, hardcover).

Still, Florpavian Flame-birds were a risky cargo… and damned tricky to transport – which is probably the only reason he’d had any entertainment at all on the last trip. Picked up and dropped off a few passengers on the way. Took a load of Florpavian Flame-birds to a zoo on Deanna, took a load of machinery to Salus. Yes, indeedy – the stories were far more interesting than his – took a load of ore to Gorda, took a load of mining equipment back to Tordrazil. It was part of the job after all, and yet somehow, they still got recruits signing up in droves. The Imperial Space Fleet’s recruiting office sure didn’t go around advertising ‘Join up, see the universe, meet interesting aliens and die screaming’, but it was known there were risks involved. You know, tales about the dude who got vaporized in a plasma accident in the engineering section, or the fella who got turned into a blob of weird space jelly by some alien virus – or the time someone flew a starship into an astor-field at warp four by mistake (they were still trying to find the black box on that one).

“It did occur to him that perhaps he’d gone to the wrong Academy – the guys in the Space Fleet always had more interesting stories to tell at the spaceport bars.

Black Sunrise by Christina Engela