Blue Defender

Fifty light years from Earth, Matti-Jay Menthony encounters a dragon in space. A myth? A robot? What? She must be dreaming.But the dragon proves all too real.Matti-Jay's scientific mission means everything to her. She never expected it to descend into a fight for survival.With the lives of the crew in desperate jeopardy, Matti-Jay must stretch her abilities to the very limit.And planet Ludelle has even more mysteries hidden away.A deep space adventure from the author of Habitat. Sean Monaghan is the author of more than one hundred stories, in print, online, on broadcast radio and podcast. His stories include "Concentration" in Landfall, and "The Molenstraat Music Festival" in Asimovs. He was the Grand Prize winner in the 2014 Jim Baen Memorial Writing Contest for his story "Low Arc" When the exploration vessel The Donner arrives at planet Ludelle, the crew have no idea of the dangers awaiting them.