Dementia Cascade

They saved the ship. Now everyone wants them dead.Jacks Harrison and chief engineer Antony Watts avoided a catastrophic collision between their generation ship Peace and their three sister ships that would have killed every human in the fleet. But saving their people came with a cost, and now Jacks and Antony are wanted by the rebellious factions that overthrew Peace's corrupt governor.With Peace's two cities in shambles and neighbor turning against neighbor, Jacks and Antony must fight their way to safety only to find that the people on Peace are still in terrible danger: the ship's water system is bleeding out, and it's up to them to figure out how stop it.Along the way, Jacks must reckon with the violence she finds herself too comfortable with and Antony must confront his past complicity in the corrupt regime. Because Peace doesn't hand out easy answers, and they both have to decide how far they're willing to go to ensure they survive. Lynn has been reading and writing science fiction and fantasy stories since she became obsessed with Star Trek: The Next Generation at age ten. She loves adventure stories that feature the best of humanity in dire circumstances, while leaving plenty of gray area for messy feelings and complex characters.She lives in Maryland with her husband and cats, Josie and Polly. Four generation ships. Five hundred years from Earth. One impossible disaster.In the vast void between stars, the generation ships Destiny, Peace, Grace, and Hope experience a sudden and inexplicable jolt, an earthquake that shakes the cities within to their foundations. The event sets off a cascade of failures throughout each ship: technical, environmental, and social, and with each new problem humanity must adapt or die.Join Jacks, Amita, and Nayeli, the radio operators who keep open lines of communication between the ships, as they race to find solutions before the collapse of their entire collective civilization.