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The one time I got the whole #HeraldPetrel crew to pose for a crew picture.

Left to right:
Bill Cox (logistics Specialist)
Waylon Grass (Chief of Logistics)
Lynda O'Brian (Chief Engineer and yes, that's a "Best Wife Ever" cup in her hand and she deserves it)
Raffi (assistant and best friend of our captain and that is title enough!)
Harry Galahad (Captain. Even though he doesn't want to)
Siff Braghor (Commander, First Officer)
Caesar Hector Merrimen (Defense Officer)
Intan Lanny Kartawijaya (Communications Officer, 2nd shift)
Peter Bergman (Communications Officer, 1st shift)
Hayden Sinclair (Chief of Security)

Yes, I am crazy enough to have my own set of custom #lego #minifigs made. No, I don't care what you think about that!

BTW: Today is the last day you can get #HeraldPetrel for 50% off at #Smashwords due to #ebookweek25

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1584221

#SciFi #SpaceOpera #QueerSpaceOpera #ReadingCommunity #WritingCommunity #bookstodon #EnsembleCast #Team #Crew #CharacterDrivenSciFi #Characters #LegoMinifigures

If you ask Harold Galahad, he isn’t fit to lead a crew or command a ship. But nobody is asking Harry.

Instead, he finds himself back on the bridge, on a ship stranded in space, no help in sight, only kept alive by remnants of a gradually failing life support system.

His crew? A nurse running out of tentacles and eyes to care for all the wounded, a chief engineer who knows all about her systems but struggles with people, a chief of security who thinks everything can be solved with paragraphs from the Company’s handbook, a cursing chief of logistics, an anxiety-ridden communications officer, and a first officer who stays mysterious and feigns ignorance. This ship needs a captain to avert a complete disaster that includes the death of everyone on board.

If you enjoy a complex tale that brings a human element to all species that travel space, combined with a multi-layered mystery, and starring a broken hero, Herald Petrel might be the book for you.

Today is the last day you can get #HeraldPetrel for 50% off at #Smashwords due to #ebookweek25

smashwords.com/books/view/1584

Artwork by instagram.com/aljeensane/
Blurred for direct eye contact.

If you like:

- ensemble cast #ScienceFiction
- unusual heroes
- a broad range of personalities, belief systems, worldviews, genders, humanoid and non-humanoid species, romantic and aromantic relationships...
- a dystopian setting with light-hearted elements and a hopeful outlook
- a trauma-ridden and a bit dorky main character who doesn't want to be a captain
- a mix of action and emotions
- stories like The Expanse or The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
- solutions not based on violence
- finding out what the heck happened

Then maybe #HeraldPetrel is something for you. It is 50% off at #Smashwords due to #ebookweek25

smashwords.com/books/view/1584

A part of the crew getting together in the canteen and being their own, typical selves was brought to life by @fieryzard