The Future Nutcracker Prince

By M. Garnet

When Cera had given up all hope and found solace in some old Christmas treasures left in a dead friend’s tote, she read the stories and laughed as the bright round balls floated on her damaged ship. Her food was gone, she had very little water and she knew that there was no chance for someone to hear her signal in time.

This was the life she had signed up for as an explorer and she had very little regrets except perhaps of no family, no handsome mate waiting for her return and no small children on a home in a safe place. So in this dark deserted edge of space, she hugged the story of a nutcracker prince and lay dying.

• Language: English
• Publisher: eXtasy Books Inc
• Release date: Jan 8, 2017
• ISBN: 9781487409333

Book preview

Even the future can hold miracles and love and a nutcracker prince for the right princess.

When Cera had given up all hope and found solace in some old Christmas treasures left in a dead friend’s tote, she read the stories and laughed as the bright round balls floated on her damaged ship. Her food was gone, she had very little water and she knew that there was no chance for someone to hear her signal in time.

This was the life she had signed up for as an explorer and she had very little regrets except perhaps of no family, no handsome mate waiting for her return and no small children on a home in a safe place. So in this dark deserted edge of space, she hugged the story of a nutcracker prince and lay dying.

The unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this copyrighted work is illegal. Criminal copyright infringement, including infringement without monetary gain, is investigated by the FBI and is punishable by up to 5 years in federal prison and a fine of $250,000.

Please purchase only authorized electronic editions, and do not participate in or encourage the electronic piracy of copyrighted materials. Your support of the author’s rights is appreciated.

This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

The Future Nutcracker Prince

Copyright © 2016 M. Garnet

ISBN: 978-1-4874-0933-3

Cover art by Angela Waters

All rights reserved. Except for use in any review, the reproduction or utilization of this work in whole or in part in any form by any electronic, mechanical or other means, now known or hereafter invented, is forbidden without the written permission of the publisher.

Published by eXtasy Books Inc or

Devine Destinies, an imprint of eXtasy Books Inc

Look for us online at:

www.eXtasybooks.com or www.devinedestinies.com

Smashwords Edition

The Future Nutcracker Prince

By

M. Garnet

Dedication

To Tina for this fun idea.

Chapter One

Cera was dying. Her broken ship was drifting in space too far from anything that might receive her distress signal. Her two long time companions were already dead, killed by the explosion that had caused the damage to the small metal box that she had called home for over too many years.

Cera knew she was out of luck and she wasn’t surprised. How many times, as she had crossed the dark deep of space, had she pushed the edge to explore and find that special treasure? Cera was part of a three-man team that was licensed to retrieve items. They were not police or Space Corps Cops. They didn’t arrest anyone, as their job was not to do anything but to obtain any item that was not in the hands of its registered owner. Simply put, they were treasure hunters.

They didn’t make enough credits retrieving items, so they had to fill the cargo hold with material that they contracted to move from one location to another. It was not near as exciting or colorful as retrieving, but it was steady and paid on a regular basis.

Captain Tikki and Tiny–the ship’s mechanic–and Cera had found just enough treasure to keep them afloat, but never that big one that would put them on top with extra credits in their pockets. This trip they had gone out further into an area with deserted debris. It was an area with Prohibited written on all the charts.

They had heard there was a full ship that had