Firefly meets James Bond in this action-adventure romance set in an alternate future where the Cold War never ended…
Maria Watson defied her family to join the Mombasa as Chief Engineer, finding her place among a ragtag fleet of pirates and privateers. Their latest mission left her with a price on her head and a scar on her heart. When a surprise attack separates her from her ship, stranding her in hostile space with a stolen Soviet weapon, she’ll do whatever it takes to uncover that weapon’s secrets—even sacrifice herself.
Broken by the war, Combat Medic Tomas Nyota spent years drowning his sorrows in the bottom of a bottle. Sober, he found a new purpose as the Mombasa’s Chief Medical Officer. His job is to keep the crew alive, even the brilliant but contrary Chief Engineer with whom he’s constantly at odds.
Trapped together in a stolen ship, running from both the Alliance and the Soviets, they must work together to survive. But when the weapon’s horrific purpose is uncovered, their quest becomes a race against time. They must expose the truth and destroy the weapon—before it’s too late.
Bachar’s idea for sponsoring a caption contest for her book stems from the revelation that her heroine looks like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
What do you think? I can definitely see the likeness.
Here are the rules for captioning that cover:
Comment below with your caption! Caption that cover however you wish! You can come up with a new title or tagline. A winner will be randomly selected at the end of the contest!
The best captioner will receive a $10 bookstore credit to a book retailer of their choosing, courtesy of Robyn Bachar.
Standard disclaimers apply: We are not being compensated for this giveaway. Void where prohibited. Open to international residents where permitted by applicable law. Must be over 18. Remember, in space no one can hear you scream about the Green New Deal. Please launder all spacesuits in a timely manner. We don’t want to create a new strain of space mold in the locker room. Comments will close Friday April 19, 2019 around noon ET, and a winner will be announced shortly thereafter.
Best of luck!
Winner update: Congrats to DonnaMarie with the winning caption!
Go ahead, mansplain that to me again.
Stay tuned for more giveaways and contests!
“Yeah—you can go ahead and let Fox News know we’re waiting for them right now.”
“So, Senator McConnell, about that Medicare for All plan…”
Aaaand… yet another book to add to the growing list of Things I Must Read in 2019. You had me at Firefly.
Hi, we’re here with the monkey wrench you didn’t order.
Go ahead, mansplain that to me again.
She loved her job, but no one ever noticed how great of a mechanic she was due to her preference for space camouflage.
STEM girls are needed more than the Space Force
Over and out of f*cks
I like big tools and I cannot lie
A great big wrench sticking in your face
Gets it done!
“Hi, I’m here to beat the crap out of you and he’s here to put you back together so I can do it again.”
“Go ahead, tell her to smile…”
What part of “smash the patriarchy” don’t you understand?
“We are not beyond repair. We are never beyond repair.” That’s an actual AOC quote,btw, and it fits with the wrench.
Here to serve and protect.
She knew that introducing the galaxy to democratic socialism would be difficult, but with her trusty wrench and her best friend and sidekick by her side, all three of them would change the galaxy together.
“Damn it, Jim, I’m an engineer, not a … oh wait.”
Excuse me? I think you might be confused. *He* fixes people, *I* fix machines.
The only way to fix the patriarchy… is to destroy it.
And I now declare the subcommittee hearing on the budget irregularities in Space Army Corps of Engineers open.
We are here. Get used to it.
Welcome to the patriarchy’s worst nightmare.
A Spanner in the Works.
Guess where this goes.
You called for tweezers and a chamois to spruce up the Patriarchy? … I brought my wrench.
“Throwing a wrench in the plans of the patriarchy”