Nantais

Richard Hayek is an exolinguist with a troubled past and a way with his fists. As the first officer of the ISS Jemison, his duty is to smooth the way for the ship's crew of scientists to explore places never before seen by human beings. And he likes his job, when he gets to do it. But when a rogue computer virus leaves the Jemison stranded and her crew helpless, Hayek's options aren't promising. There's also the matter of David Molloy, the captain's son, missing for four months after an encounter with some enigmatic space pirates. Hayek's only leads are an unscrupulous station administrator, an illicit chop shop, and the station's head of computer sciences, an alien named Dar Nantais. But Nantais is dying, and something much bigger may be aiming to wipe out her entire species.



In Book One of the Non-Compliant Space series, Verity Reynolds introduces us to a unique cast of characters and an unforgettable world of interstellar intrigue.