The Captain's Chair: A Science Fiction Adventure: Seeds Among the Stars

By Margaret McGaffey Fisk

A science fiction adventure for ages 13 and up to enjoy. 

approx. 10,000 words (52 pages)

Indie traders value freedom over security. 

Samantha Marsdom has grand plans to expand the starship she inherited from her father into a profitable indie trader fleet. She has much to prove to herself and her father’s crew, but the path has not been easy. Still, her reputation is growing, and when a prime job comes her way, she’s eager to show the crew, and her childhood friend, she has what it takes to secure their freedom with hefty profits. 

This is a short story in the Seeds Among the Stars universe. It stands alone and can be read before or after any of the books in the series. An excerpt from book 1, Shafter, is included.

The novels in Seeds Among the Stars: 

Book 1: Shafter 

Book 2: Trainee

• Language: English
• Publisher: TTO Publishing
• Release date: Mar 17, 2016
• ISBN: 9781631390203

Margaret McGaffey Fisk

Margaret McGaffey Fisk is a storyteller whose tales often cross genres and worlds to bring events and characters to life. She currently writes steampunk, romance, science fiction, and fantasy but will go wherever the story takes her. Foreign Service brat, data entry clerk, veterinary tech, editor, manager, and freelance programmer are among the roles she’s lived, giving depth to the cultures and people that form the heart of her works. As her website is titled, she offers tales to tide you over.

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