But Now I See: The Indigo Reports, #1.1

By Cameron Cooper

A lethal cat and mouse game.

 

To pay off a long-standing debt, Tatiana Wang, captain of the freeship Hathaway, takes aboard a politically high-risk passenger. When the Hathaway is caught by the Karassian military's flagship, led by the biocomp captain Yishmeray, "high risk" becomes "deadly."

The But Now I See novelette is part of the Indigo Reports space opera series by award-winning SF author Cameron Cooper.

The Indigo Reports series:
0.5 Flying Blind
1.0 New Star Rising
1.1 But Now I See
2.0 Suns Eclipsed
3.0 Worlds Beyond
3.5 The Indigo Reports

Space Opera Science Fiction Story
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Praise for But Now I See:

Excitement PLUS! - we are immediately drawn into a high drama situation with some very interesting characters.

It's wonderful to read the conclusion of this little story: the great importance of the family for all humans, whether they live on Earth or in another dimension.

This is a fast paced short story which sets the stage for Bellona's future exploits. Definitely worth the read. This is a great series.
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Cameron Cooper is the author of The Indigo Reports science fiction series and the alter ego for an Amazon #1 bestselling author in an unrelated genre. The Indigo Reports was originally conceived as a one-off series, but readers demanded more.  A new series will be released in 2020.

Cameron tends to write space opera short stories and novels, but also roams across the science fiction landscape.  He was raised on a steady diet of Asimov, Heinlein, Herbert, McCaffrey, and others. Peter F. Hamilton and John Scalzi are contemporary heroes.  He is an Australian Canadian and lives near the Canadian Rockies.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Stories Rule Press
• Release date: Aug 21, 2020
• ISBN: 9781774382547

Cameron Cooper

Cameron Cooper is the author of the Imperial Hammer series, an Amazon best-selling space opera series.  Cameron tends to write space opera short stories and novels, but also roams across the science fiction landscape. Cameron was raised on a steady diet of Asimov, Heinlein, Herbert, McCaffrey, and others. Peter F. Hamilton, John Scalzi, Martha Wells and Cory Doctorow are contemporary heroes. An Australian Canadian, Cam lives near the Canadian Rockies.

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Space cities have been locked in war for centuries over the resources of an asteroid belt.

Humans pilot swarms of pod fighters to protect their city’s mining operations from other cities, risking everything and suffering multiple deaths and regenerations. Then Landry goes through a regeneration which introduces an error that will destroy the delicate balance of the war.

Resilience is a space opera short story by award-winning SF author Cameron Cooper.

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Epic science fiction at its finest. Realistic far future worlds. Incredible characters and scenarios. – Amazon reader.

This short story has not been commercially released for sale. It is only available as a gift to readers who subscribe to Cam’s email list.

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About But Now I See

Praise for But Now I See

But Now I See Title Page

But Now I See

Sneak Preview: Suns Eclipsed

Chapter One

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About But Now I See

A lethal cat and mouse game.

To pay off a long-standing debt, Tatiana Wang, captain of the freeship Hathaway, takes aboard a politically high-risk passenger. When the Hathaway is caught by the Karassian military’s flagship, led by the biocomp captain Yishmeray, high risk becomes deadly.

The But Now I See novelette is part of the Indigo Reports space opera series by award-winning SF author Cameron Cooper.

The Indigo Reports series:

0.5 Flying Blind

1.0 New Star Rising

1.1 But Now I See

2.0 Suns Eclipsed

3.0 Worlds Beyond

Space Opera Science Fiction Story

Praise for But Now I See

Excitement PLUS! - we are immediately drawn into a high drama situation with some very interesting characters.

It's wonderful to read the conclusion of this little story: the great importance of the family for all humans, whether they live on Earth or in another dimension.

This is a fast paced short story which sets the stage for Bellona’s future exploits. Definitely worth the read. This is a great series.

But Now I See Title Page

But Now I See

Freeship Hathaway. Cardenas Extended Spacezone.

The second time Maximilian Cardenas Scordini de Deluca stepped onto Captain Tatiana Wang’s bridge, he left as deep an impression as the first, yet they were very different impressions.

Someone has beaten experience into him lately, Tatiana thought. She held still as the Eriuman lieutenant came toward her, his stride across the steel plating of the bridge deck sure and even.

Everyone on the bridge had grown still, warily watching Lieutenant Cardenas approach their captain. Ruh stood stiffly just in front and to one side of Tatiana, his arms crossed and his legs spread. He was in full protection mode, but he did not attempt to stop Cardenas when the taller man moved passed him. Cardenas didn’t even look at Ruh.

Cardenas was not wearing his pretty purple uniform with the gold braid and ribbons. Instead, his jacket was simple and dark, the trousers even darker. The shirt beneath had no collar, was soiled, rumpled and looked as though he had been wearing it for days. His chin was dark with growth. Fatigue pulled at his black eyes and made his shoulders slump.

His gaze was still direct, though. He remained the privileged son of Erium even though his life had clearly not been easy or pleasant lately.

When the woman stepped out from behind Cardenas, Tatiana was only surprised it was a female accompanying Cardenas. The skiff Ruh had maneuvered into the cargo bay with the grappling beams had been small and scans had told them there were two people aboard.

Tatiana spotted blood on the woman’s long skirt and silky shirt, beneath the oversized male jacket only just hanging on her shoulders. The woman had Eriuman-black hair and eyes and dark olive skin. Her skin glowed with care and good health. Tatiana also spotted the familial features—the similarity to Maximillian Cardenas in her dark, direct gaze and the determined chin. With a jolt, Tatiana realized who this must be—the sister the lieutenant had spoken of when they had first met four years ago. This was the woman whose influence had made Max let Tatiana