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Scavengers
Life on the run is no way to live, but neither is being abandoned on a treacherous planet when you’re just a kid. Auden and T’tireva, daughters of a pilot dishonorably discharged from the Consulate Navy, are on the run. Inexplicably left behind by their loving, fugitive parents after a crash landing, the sisters toil for little reward and look for them … or an explanation for why they were abandoned. Dealing with a bureaucracy pitted against their interests, they are determined to survive until their parents’ return. If they return. But being stranded on a world in an inhospitable planetary system does not remove the threat of being captured by the Consulate Navy. A jealous admiral with a personal vendetta is willing to go to any lengths to get what he is after. Even if that means silencing the Mor children permanently. Can the girls face a life without hope?
118 pages, Paperback
Published June 15, 2017
About the author
Drew Avera
97 books167 followersDrew Avera is a Navy veteran, musician, and the bestselling author of the Dead Planet series and the Alorian Wars.
He was born and raised in rural Mississippi and grew up with a deep affection for comic books and science fiction movies and television shows. At one point he boasted a comic book collection with more than 1,000 issues. His love for comics inspired him to pursue a career as a comic book artist, but an injury to his hand ended that dream permanently.
Still, he was inspired to create in one medium or the other. He picked up a guitar at fifteen years old and began writing songs almost immediately. That “obsession” as his parents called it put him on the path to rock stardom…in his bedroom.
It was when he turned sixteen and bought the novel “What Savage Beast” by Peter David (The Incredible Hulk) that he caught the bug to be a writer. Unfortunately, it would not come to fruition until fourteen years later.
Drew enlisted in the US Navy as an Aviation Electricians Mate at seventeen years old. He served twenty years and deployed on four combat deployments to the Persian Gulf. During those deployments he would spend his free time reading books. He loved reading books in a series and that inspired his journey to becoming a fiction author.
In November 2012, at the age of thirty, Drew began his journey as an author by participating in national Novel Writing Month (NANoWriMo). He published his first book in March of 2013 and the rest, as they say, is history. With more than twenty books published in the space opera, military science fiction, cyberpunk, and dystopian genres, he has built a backlog with something for everyone who enjoys science fiction adventures.
After retiring from the Navy, he began an exciting new career in the simulation field. Drew is now focusing his efforts on building upon what he learned in his first eight years of publishing. He has plans for an all-new space opera and military science fiction series as well as new collaborations with other writers.
The best is yet to come!
To learn more about Drew and his books, visit www.drewavera.com.
Subscribe to Drew’s newsletter for updates on new releases, or follow his Amazon Author Page to receive updates directly from Amazon.
The Alorian Wars (Space Opera/Military Science Fiction Series)
Broken Worlds
Deadly Refuge
Mutiny Rising
Shadow Empire
Regime Change
The Dead Planet Series (Cyberpunk/Dystopian)
Exodus
Verity
Endgame
The Syndicate Series (Cyberpunk)
Rise of the Syndicate
Eye of the Syndicate
Other books
Traitor
Skye Byrn
He was born and raised in rural Mississippi and grew up with a deep affection for comic books and science fiction movies and television shows. At one point he boasted a comic book collection with more than 1,000 issues. His love for comics inspired him to pursue a career as a comic book artist, but an injury to his hand ended that dream permanently.
Still, he was inspired to create in one medium or the other. He picked up a guitar at fifteen years old and began writing songs almost immediately. That “obsession” as his parents called it put him on the path to rock stardom…in his bedroom.
It was when he turned sixteen and bought the novel “What Savage Beast” by Peter David (The Incredible Hulk) that he caught the bug to be a writer. Unfortunately, it would not come to fruition until fourteen years later.
Drew enlisted in the US Navy as an Aviation Electricians Mate at seventeen years old. He served twenty years and deployed on four combat deployments to the Persian Gulf. During those deployments he would spend his free time reading books. He loved reading books in a series and that inspired his journey to becoming a fiction author.
In November 2012, at the age of thirty, Drew began his journey as an author by participating in national Novel Writing Month (NANoWriMo). He published his first book in March of 2013 and the rest, as they say, is history. With more than twenty books published in the space opera, military science fiction, cyberpunk, and dystopian genres, he has built a backlog with something for everyone who enjoys science fiction adventures.
After retiring from the Navy, he began an exciting new career in the simulation field. Drew is now focusing his efforts on building upon what he learned in his first eight years of publishing. He has plans for an all-new space opera and military science fiction series as well as new collaborations with other writers.
The best is yet to come!
To learn more about Drew and his books, visit www.drewavera.com.
Subscribe to Drew’s newsletter for updates on new releases, or follow his Amazon Author Page to receive updates directly from Amazon.
The Alorian Wars (Space Opera/Military Science Fiction Series)
Broken Worlds
Deadly Refuge
Mutiny Rising
Shadow Empire
Regime Change
The Dead Planet Series (Cyberpunk/Dystopian)
Exodus
Verity
Endgame
The Syndicate Series (Cyberpunk)
Rise of the Syndicate
Eye of the Syndicate
Other books
Traitor
Skye Byrn
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Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
July 15, 2022
This was a very different story from what I was expecting. Well done, Drew Avera. The family is on the run and are forced to land on a planet where they attempt to do much needed repairs. The two young girls awaken to find their parents gone and no idea what to do. At the tender ages of 11 and 14, the girls must fend for themselves on a strange and hostile world. The managed to get jobs hauling metals and getting paid by the weight. Seven months later and things are just going routinely - until they're not. For such young girls, they were smart, and brave, and mad at their circumstances they now have to live. The girls are very courageous to fight against the beings who kidnap them and going to the Consulate Navy just put a target on them. And Admiral Boda-Donna is definitely no friend of the family. This was a real adventure to read.
October 10, 2017
GOOD SCI-FI SHORT STORY
An interesting read and not sure what the storyline was about. Leaving the kids with no knowledge of what had been done, left them in the dark for seven months in a hostile environment. Thank you, Danny and Debbie Scott.
An interesting read and not sure what the storyline was about. Leaving the kids with no knowledge of what had been done, left them in the dark for seven months in a hostile environment. Thank you, Danny and Debbie Scott.
October 22, 2017
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read this one in GALAXY AT WAR: Three Space Opera Adventures for the Price of One!
Broken Worlds first part Scavengers second then DARKEST BEYOND (CHANCERIAN Book 1)
read this one in GALAXY AT WAR: Three Space Opera Adventures for the Price of One!
Broken Worlds first part Scavengers second then DARKEST BEYOND (CHANCERIAN Book 1)
November 22, 2017
It was OK.
April 23, 2018
Great story
From start to finish this book kept me in suspense i really enjoyed reading every word looking forwards to more story's from drew avera
From start to finish this book kept me in suspense i really enjoyed reading every word looking forwards to more story's from drew avera
December 16, 2017
This was a good, short novella. It has some strong moments from the beginning to the end, but the overall conclusion could had been so much greater. The protagonist defeat the bad guys in a literal one fell swoop. I understand this story is for young readers. but you'll enjoy a simple plot and great characters, nevertheless.
Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews