The Silver Ships · Book 1 of 20
The Silver Ships
An explorer-tug captain, Alex Racine spends years in space, harvesting ice asteroids for New Terran’s water-hungry outposts. His existence is both routine and solitary …
Overview
The Silver Ships
An explorer-tug captain, Alex Racine spends years in space, harvesting ice asteroids for New Terran’s water-hungry outposts. His existence is both routine and solitary … until his ship’s computer detects a damaged alien craft drifting into system. Recognizing a once in a lifetime opportunity to make first contact, Alex pulls off a daring maneuver to latch on to the derelict. When Alex boards the Rêveur, the only entity he encounters is the ship’s AI.
The entire craft is riddled with holes, damage that could only have come from a fight. While confronting the AI for answers, Alex is shocked to learn that eighteen survivors, trapped in stasis, are on board. Like the New Terrans, the Méridiens are human—both settlements originating from colony ships sent from a dying Earth—but oddly the Méridiens’ technology is hundreds of years ahead, which makes their story all the more terrifying.
The Rêveur was attacked by an unknown craft, the first of its kind ever encountered. The mysterious silver ship made no contact before firing its beam weapon, and its attack was both instant and deadly. Intrigued by the Méridiens’ story, and even more so by their leader, the exotic Renée de Guirnon, Alex decides to help them repair their ship and return home … but not without the means to protect themselves.
For, he was haunted by one thought: where there was one, there might be many.
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Book resources
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FAQ
The Silver Ships: questions readers ask
What is The Silver Ships about?
An explorer-tug captain, Alex Racine spends years in space, harvesting ice asteroids for New Terran’s water-hungry outposts. His existence is both routine and solitary … until his ship’s computer detects a damaged alien craft drifting into system.
Where does The Silver Ships fall in the Earthers' saga?
The Silver Ships is book 1 of 20 in the Silver Ships series, one of the four series that make up the Earthers’ saga. It opens the series and is followed by Libre.
Do I need to read the earlier books before The Silver Ships?
No. The Silver Ships is the very first book of the saga and the place most readers start.
Is The Silver Ships available as an audiobook?
Yes. The Silver Ships is available as an audiobook on Audible, narrated by Grover Gardner.
Can I read a sample of The Silver Ships before buying?
Yes. A free excerpt is available as a PDF: download the excerpt. No email or sign-up required.
Is there a glossary for The Silver Ships?
Yes. The saga has a large cast, several races and a lot of ship names, so each book has its own glossary of characters, places, ships and terms: download the glossary.
What formats does The Silver Ships come in?
The Silver Ships is published in e-book, softcover and audiobook. Print and e-book editions are sold through Amazon. The audiobook is on Audible.
Who wrote The Silver Ships?
S. H. Jucha (Scott Jucha), author of the Earthers’ saga: forty-four science fiction novels across The Silver Ships, Pyreans, Gate Ghosts and Cercians, published by Hannon Books, Inc. More about Scott.