Colony One: A Free Space Colonization Adventure

Tarah Benner

The Elderon Chronicles Book 1 · Tarah Benner

About this ebook

Colony One is prepared for anything — except the saboteur who's already on board.

For Jonah Wyatt, the Space Force is his last shot at a military career. After years leading an elite task force, he was discharged from the army and stuck working one menial job after another. Now this disgraced combat specialist is headed to space. He's tasked with training his own unit aboard Elderon: colony one. Nobody bothered to tell him it would be a squad of white-hat hackers and intel eggheads who are definitely not Space Force material.

One recruit is Maggie Barnes — an undercover reporter who was brought on board as a member of the press corps. Her job is to create fluffy corporate propaganda that paints the colony as a futuristic utopia, but Maggie can't follow the rules once she gets wind of a story.

When Maggie gets a tip from an unknown source, she realizes Elderon is not at all what it seems. As she gets closer to unraveling the conspiracy, Sergeant Wyatt begins to suspect that there's a spy on board. The saboteur has been with them all along, and he's been building an army of his own.

If you enjoy blistering action, near-future technology, sassy heroines, and reluctant heroes, you'll love Colony One.

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"Brilliant, exciting and engaging."

"The world-building is a fascinating effort of plausible, near-future science."

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Ratings and reviews

Beware, cliffhanger alert! Nice story I guess until it stops dead. Overviews should always be upfront about cliffhangers because ratings will suffer from the annoyance factor of wasting time on a book which wasn't upfront.

Exciting, well told story with unexpected events told in an extremely enjoyable style. Human nature at it's best and worst.

I couldn't put down this series once I got into it - I gobbled up the books like a bag of chips. Fast paced, good characters that are constantly fighting hummanoids and figuring out how to save humans.

About the author

Tarah Benner is the author of The Fringe, the Lawless Saga, and other sci-fi and dystopian novels. Her specialties include badass heroines, tormented heroes, and totally binge-worthy end-of-world stories. Contrary to popular belief, Tarah does not transmit her books from a secret underground bunker. She lives and writes in Colorado Springs with her two dogs, a cat, and her beloved partner in crime. When she’s not writing, she enjoys breakfast, hiking, traveling, and Krav Maga