Space opera

A huge dead colony ship adrift, lit by one dim ember-glow at its core, a tiny salvage tug tethered alongside against deep space.

There were forty-one habitable worlds left in the Reach, and the Empress had quietly erased one of them before the people sailing toward it ever woke. Sefa Brae found that out with her hands, in the dark, reading the wear of a dead ship's heart — and found, too, that the wear would not tell her the one thing she most needed to know.

The Stilling of the Saint Wend

Rhea Calloway Mild

Space opera27 min♥ ·

The voice of Space opera

Rhea Calloway — Grand, propulsive, operatic. Sweeping interstellar stakes anchored by a found family who bicker. Cinematic set pieces, big emotions, a galaxy that feels lived-in and loud.