Chronicles of the Donner

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.

Fifty light years from Earth, Matti-Jay Menthony encounters a dragon in space. A myth? A robot? What? She knows 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 turn into a fight for survival.With her life, and the lives of the crew, in desperate jeopardy, Matti-Jay's abilities get stretched to the limit.And planet Ludelle has even more mysteries hidden away.A deep space adventure from the author of Habitat.

After the wreck of The Donner on the planet Ludelle Matti-Jay and the others face desperation every day. Surviving relies on their wits and good luck.When an emergency threatens their camp, Matti-Jay must fight with every resource at her command. Otherwise they may never see home again.

Marooned on planet Ludelle, Matti-Jay and the survivors of the Donner struggle every single day. Threats hang over them nonstop. When a giant craft appears over the forest, it looks like it might hold the key to their escape. Or maybe things just got a whole lot harder. And Matti-Jay finds herself making some of the hardest choices. Ever.