Project Charon 2 by Patty Jansen (brene brown rising strong .TXT) 📗

know where we are, right?”

Tina said that she thought so, but it frustrated her that the Alethia wasn’t out here waiting for them. This wasn’t working out the way she had hoped.

But Evelle touched her on the shoulder.

“Hey, we’re family,” she said. “They’ll find us.”

“I thought you didn’t care about family,” Tina said.

Evelle shrugged. “I used to play tough and say I didn’t miss being part of a family. Most of the time, I don’t.”

“But?”

“About a year ago, I was pretty sick for a few weeks. I couldn’t work and I was bored in the hospital ship. I was reading a lot of things, and I came across something about Dad. It didn’t say anything I didn’t already know, but it said that no one knew what had happened to him, and then I thought about when I wanted you to wish me a happy birthday when I turned twenty, and I sent you a message but it was returned because Project Charon didn’t exist anymore, and no one knew where you had gone.” Her voice was soft. “At that moment I believed I was all alone and no one would care if I died.” Her voice sounded insecure.

“But I care,” Tina said. “Rex cares.”

Evelle nodded. She was in ship uniform, a set of grey overalls with the name of the ship on the breast pocket. She looked tough, but Tina didn’t miss the glint in her eye.

She said in a low voice. “I’m afraid Dad may have been set up. I’d give up my position to know what happened to him.”

The story continues in book 3, Survival Mode, in which Tina, Evelle and the crew battle to keep the ship and its crew safe.

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About the Author

Patty Jansen lives in Sydney, Australia, where she spends most of her time writing Science Fiction and Fantasy.

Her story This Peaceful State of War placed first in the second quarter of the Writers of the Future contest and was published in their 27th anthology. She has also sold fiction to genre magazines such as Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Redstone SF and Aurealis.

Patty has written over thirty novels in both Science Fiction and Fantasy, including the Icefire Trilogy and the Ambassador series.

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Watcher’s Web

Trader’s Honour

Soldier’s Duty

Heir’s Revenge

The Return of the Aghyrians Omnibus

The Far Horizon (For younger readers)

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The Sahara Conspiracy

Raising Hell

Changing Fate

Coming Home

Blue Diamond Sky

The Enemy Within

The Last Frontier

The Alabaster Army

Red Crystal Desert

Lost Forest Secrets

The Forgotten War

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Shifting Reality

Shifting Infinity

Charlotte’s Army

Juno Rising

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Observation

Extermination

Permutation

Elevation

PROJECT CHARON

Re-entry

Originator

Survival Mode

Swarm

Epic Fantasy

GHOSTSPEAKER CHRONICLES

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Innocence Lost

Willow Witch

The Idiot King

Fire Wizard

The Dragon Prince

The Necromancer’s Daughter

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DRAGONSPEAKER CHRONICLES

The Bastard Prince

The Wizard Priest

The Dragon King

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ICEFIRE TRILOGY

Fire & Ice

Dust & Rain

Blood & Tears

The Icefire Trilogy Omnibus

MOONFIRE TRILOGY

Sand & Storm

Sea & Sky

Moon & Earth

Short story collections

Out Of Here

New Horizons

Self-publishing (Non-fiction)

Self-publishing Unboxed

Mailing Lists Unboxed

Going Wide Unboxed

Indie Writer Unboxed

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