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    The Star Travelers Episode 1: Ships and Swords
    The Star Travelers Episode 1: Ships and Swords
    The Star Travelers Episode 1: Ships and Swords
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    The Star Travelers Episode 1: Ships and Swords

    By Mary Herdman

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    The first installment in a new science fiction short story series.

    Sam Tanner is the captain of the Fluster, a T-Class ship roaming the universe. These are the stories of their adventures, beginning with a run-in with the law.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMary Herdman
    Release dateDec 12, 2013
    ISBN9781311859785
    The Star Travelers Episode 1: Ships and Swords
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    Mary Herdman

    Mary Herdman is an aspiring novelist, freshly graduated from the University of Mary Washington with a degree in English. She has been working on the Star Travelers series since the beginning of college, and is finally ready to take the next step in her career: publishing. She took a month-long backpacking trip around the UK and Ireland in 2012, and a short series about her adventures across the pond will be released shortly. She currently lives in Northern VA with her dog.

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      The Star Travelers Episode 1 - Mary Herdman

      The Star Travelers

      Mary Herdman

      Copyright 2013 by Mary Herdman

      Smashwords Edition

      Episode 1 - Ships and Swords

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      Slash!!

      Silver flashed as the cutlass sliced the air. The arm wielding it was skilled, practiced on pattern dances for decades until it had perfected the art of swordplay. The cutlass was well-kept, shining in the dim light as it made another two vertical cuts in the target.

      Slash slash!!

      The target was a man, vaguely human in appearance, and wielded another deadly blade. He, too, was skilled with the weapon, making an even match for the first. His sandy hair never fell out of

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