Shattermoon: the first in the action-packed space opera series The Long Game

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Brilliant young space grifter Orry Kent works the space-lanes with her family - until the day she steals a pendant and runs headlong into a dark conspiracy that threatens every planet in the system. Orry's father is the best conman in the quadrant; his elaborate heists target the decadent ruling families of the Ascendancy - but this time, Orry's gone off-script. Less than an hour later, the Duke's spoiled grandson is dead and Orry's on the run with her dad and brother, accused of a murder she didn't commit. Orry's stolen a pendant crafted by the mysterious civilisation that once lived on the Shattermoon, and ruthless space pirate Morven Dyas isn't the only one who wants it. It doesn't take Dyas long to track Orry down, or to threaten her with her worst fear - but she's unexpectedly rescued by grumpy loner Jurgen Mender and his ageing spaceship, the Dainty Jane. It takes all Orry's powers of persuasion to get Mender to agree to her plan, when even she can see the madness of pitting an inexperienced young grifter, a space-dog long past his best and an obsolete spaceship against the Imperial Fleet, the worst of the space pirates - and the alien Kadirans, who are getting bored with the long, uneasy truce with humankind ...

Reviews

Imaginative world-building . . . a lively sci-fi romp - SFX

A riptide of excitement, it totally swept me away! - Daniel Godfrey, author of New Pompeii

Dominic Dulley's Shattermoon is big screen space opera at its most entertaining. With a welcome hint of an updated Stainless Steel Rat, Orry Kent makes for an engaging and savvy protagonist. A very impressive debut novel! - Gavin Smith, author of The Bastard Legion

For those in need of a gallivant through space with a bunch of mismatched chancers, Shattermoon should be at the top of your list - SciFiNow

This book builds and builds with so much action that it kept me entertained to the very end - Dyslexic Reader

[A] fast paced read from start to finish, a total page turner, which I read almost in one go - Bookish Outsider

A fun and fast-paced heist novel - I Should Read That

The action never lets up, and I found myself racing towards the end to find out what was going on . . . Highly recommended for a fun space-opera read! - Bibliophile Book Club

Author Bio

Dominic Dulley is a software developer with a passion for SF. His short fiction has been published widely, in books, journals and magazines. Shattermoon is his first novel, and the start of the fast-moving space opera The Long Game. He lives with his wife and family in Warwick.