Shipwright & Six-Bits

Abandoned outside a starport as an orphan, Mell grew up around ships. Her school was an engine room, and her playthings were reactors and hyperdrives. She knows better than anyone how to keep ships running. After her sister went missing, she was alone. She preferred it. She could live and work her own way, without compromise. But the universe chose to surround her with people. First the kind Jan, the priest without a religion. Then the dilapidated ship Meltdown and its crew of misfits. It's been hard enough keeping that wreck running, let alone starting her own repair yard. Turns out, the universe wasn't done with her. Chaos has landed in her life in the form of four bickering, vulgar former soldiers from some far-off planet called Earth. And after they stumble upon a growing conspiracy, they'll need to work together to stay alive.