The Star Travelers Episode 2: The Girl in the Towel

By Mary Herdman

In the second installment of The Star Travelers series, an unexpected guest arrives in the form of Leah Roberts, from Earth. As she finds herself in an entirely new environment, the crew must figure out how to deal with both the human and the deputy, while avoiding the Timen and the Sheriff.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Mary Herdman
• Release date: Dec 18, 2013
• ISBN: 9781311106308

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

Mary Herdman

Copyright 2013 by Mary Herdman

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Episode 2 - The Girl In The Towel

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So who's our guest? Alice asked her boss. They had landed on Sirius III, and were loading some of the boxes on a borrowed grav-lift for Sam, Info, and Tinny to fence.

Sam dropped his box onto the lift. Some fed, he answered, Ferris' new deputy, in fact.

Another one? she looked up at an indistinct part of the ship. Why do you have it in for the deputies? Hearing an inaudible answer that Sam could only guess at, Alice shrugged and turned back to the work. Oh well. The last one was fun enough. How long's this one staying?

Don't get attached, Al, Sam warned, heaving another box up with a grunt, He's shut up with Joe 'til we get to the next planet. No one else is to see him.

Why does Joe get to see him?

Sam dropped his box onto the lift. Because Joe is grounded. Trust me, he's not having fun.

Alice effortlessly picked up the next box. Aw, Sam, c'mon!! It's so rare to get new faces on board!!

Alice, Sam said with a