Exploration

Exploration’s peaceful search for a new home ends abruptly when the vessel is attacked by the Silestri, stripped of its crew, and destroyed. While the men are marooned and left for dead, the women are forced into a slavery of the worst kind on the enemy’s homeworld.The lost ship was not forgotten, and the search continued until the discovery of a corridor through space leading straight to the enemy—and the dark secrets they kept. In a race against time, an audacious rescue effort is launched to reunite the remnants of humanity and bring them safely home.

(Book three of the Galactic Neighborhood trilogy. The stories are best read in order to understand the complete backstory and characters.)

WARNING—this story contains elements of alien slavery, sexual violence, and psychological trauma that some readers may find disturbing.