The Blighted Stars The Blighted Stars

Publisher Description

Stranded on a dead planet with her mortal enemy, a spy must survive and uncover a conspiracy in the first book of an epic space opera trilogy by an award‑winning author.

She's a revolutionary. Humanity is running out of options. Habitable planets are being destroyed as quickly as they're found and Naira Sharp thinks she knows the reason why. The all-powerful Mercator family has been controlling the exploration of the universe for decades, and exploiting any materials they find along the way under the guise of helping humanity's expansion. But Naira knows the truth, and she plans to bring the whole family down from the inside.

He's the heir to the dynasty. Tarquin Mercator never wanted to run a galaxy-spanning business empire. He just wanted to study rocks and read books. But Tarquin's father has tasked him with monitoring the settlement of a new planet, and he doesn't really have a choice in the matter. 

Disguised as Tarquin's new bodyguard, Naira plans to destroy the settlement ship before they make land. But neither of them expects to end up stranded on a dead planet. To survive and keep her secret, Naira will have to join forces with the man she's sworn to hate. And together they will uncover a plot that's bigger than both of them.

For more from Megan E. O'Keefe, check out:

The Protectorate 
Velocity Weapon
Chaos Vector
Catalyst Gate 

GENRE
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
RELEASED
2023
May 23
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
544
Pages
PUBLISHER
Orbit
SELLER
Hachette Digital, Inc.
SIZE
4.2
MB

Customer Reviews

Nbrig1027 ,

Relaxing read

Great sci-fi book that wasn’t super “heavy”. Loved the character development between Sharp and Tarquin. The science/geology elements were intriguing as well; just enough to get my science fix but not too much that it was overwhelming and hard to understand. I also wish I could have a Pliney the Metal of my own!

Loopless ,

Will they or won’t they gets tiresome.

Some good sci-if ideas that get lost in the romance sub plot - and that gets way too much prominence. Some of the prose is right out of a cheap romance novel.

Docleo83 ,

Okeefe crushes it again

Another fantastic tale of intrigue and intellect, equally human and scientific on an incredible scale.

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