Majera
About this audiobook
Their last flight?
Testing a new Jump drive far beyond the Frontier, Captain Kitra Yilmaz and her friends plunge headlong into a rare first contact...
...just a little too late.
The world they find seems lifeless, shrouded in eternal silence--until it lashes out with lethal intent. Now, with danger all around, and emotions running high, can the Majera crew solve the riddle of the plagued planet in time to save a dying race?
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About the author
Gideon Marcus is the founder of Journey Press, an independent publisher focused on unusual and diverse speculative fiction. He is also a four-time Hugo Finalist for the time machine project, Galactic Journey.
An acclaimed science fiction author, he has just released Majera, fourth book in The Kitra Saga, a YA space adventure series featuring themes of isolation, teamwork, and hope, and starring a queer protagonist of color.
His short fiction can be found in Dark Matter, Utopia, Simultaneous Times, and elsewhere. He is also the editor of the Rediscovery: Science Fiction by Women anthology series, featuring some of the best works of science fiction’s Silver Age.
Gideon lives in San Diego County with his writer/editor wife and their polymath artist daughter…along with a cat, a snake, and an immense library.
Lorelei Esther is a young woman taking on the world. The youngest Hugo Finalist in the history of the award, she is an accomplished artist, having started her comic career at age nine with the famous Blue Bird (inspiration for the DC character of the same name). She has illustrated all of the books in The Kitra Saga and is the staff artist for Journey Press. Lorelei also creates character designs for other authors.
She is an accomplished singer/songwriter, regularly performing live independently and with Galactic Journey. Her articles frequently appear on the Journey, and she has written introductions for the lauded Rediscovery: Science Fiction by Women series.
A fangirl and activist at heart, Lorelei hopes to leave an impression on the world by educating, inspiring, and providing for the community.
