About this series
Serials can't feel emotions as humans do.
Or so Ptolemy Jovan Lane has always insisted. Yet when he learns that an old friend, Marija, might still be alive, he leaves an unsolved murder behind him in order to dash across the fringes to find her, bringing his human assistant, Ninety-Nine, with him.
His intention is purely to learn the truth, but his impetuous mission goes swiftly and spectacularly awry, leaving Ninety-Nine and him cut off and at the mercy of an enemy Jovan didn't know he had.
The Ancient Girl in the Autopod is the fourth story and the first full novel in the Ptolemy Lane space opera science fiction series by award-winning SF author Cameron Cooper.
The Ptolemy Lane Tales:
1.0: The Body in the Zero Gee Brothel
2.0: The Captain Who Broke the Rules
3.0: The Maker of Widowmakers' Arm
4.0: The Ancient Girl in the Autopod
Space Opera Science Fiction Novel
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Praise for the Ptolemy Lane Tales:
Hard-boiled detective meets Mos Eisley cantina
I was pleasantly surprised by the depth of the world building.
A lot of potential for rich, nuanced story telling in this world.
I look forward to seeing more of Ptolemy Lane and others from his world!
I felt like I was in a black and white sci-fi avant-garde movie. Humphrey Bogart is in the background somewhere, smoking a Camel cigarette, or maybe a future Sherlock Holmes.
I have truly enjoyed Cameron's other books, but this one is so very different from all the rest.
Ptolemy Lane is one of the most unique characters I've seen in awhile!
Very interesting, beautifully written, complex story.
Very interesting and imaginative, it's like Cameron has already been there and lived that!
Original and entertaining.
Snappy action with unpredictable characters in a captivating world!
I love this series and can't wait for the next installment
Lane is utterly complex and leaves the reader wanting more.
I actually felt bad for how Ptolemy Lane started his day
This is such a clever story!
A complex world which is presented with mystery , intrigue and entertainment
I find Ninety-Nine a most interesting character
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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.
Titles in the series (4)
- The Body In The Zero Gee Brothel: Ptolemy Lane Tales, #1
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Meet Ptolemy Jovan Lane, a unique peacemaker. Laws are hard to hold, out in the fringes of known space, but Ptolemy Lane is charged with maintaining peace under the dome of Georgina's Town, among humans, the docile emre and more. When a body is discovered in a zero gee suite in the local casino's brothel wing, Lane is reluctant to get involved. The casino is off limits to his style of law keeping. Only, the body is the casino's owner, Guisy Oakmint, and Doc Lowry is insisting Lane investigate. Lane soon learns why… "The Body in the Zero Gee Brothel" is the first Ptolemy Lane story in the science fiction series by award-winning SF author Cameron Cooper. The Ptolemy Lane Tales: 1.0: The Body in the Zero Gee Brothel 2.0: The Captain Who Broke the Rules …and more to come! Space Opera Science Fiction Novelette __ Praise for Cameron's Science Fiction: I am in awe of the writing ability and imagination of Cameron Cooper. Before reading any of this author's work, I would have stated I did not really like science fiction. THAT has changed. Brilliant and intricate. Twists and turns so you're never really sure what is going on behind the scenes. __ Cameron Cooper is the author of the Imperial Hammer series, an Amazon best-selling space opera series, among others. 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.
- The Captain Who Broke The Rules: Ptolemy Lane Tales, #2
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Ptolemy Jovan Lane meets his next adventure. Lane's personal cargo is jettisoned while travelling back to Georgina's Town after the death of a friend. Lane confronts Captain Sandor and learns the ship is being pursued by slavers. Captain Sandor's response to the disaster is anything but typical. Nor is she above roping in Lane to help… The Captain Who Broke The Rules is the second Ptolemy Lane space opera science fiction story by award-winning SF author Cameron Cooper. The Ptolemy Lane Tales: 1.0: The Body in the Zero Gee Brothel 2.0: The Captain Who Broke the Rules Space Opera Science Fiction Novelette __ Praise for Cameron's Science Fiction: I am in awe of the writing ability and imagination of Cameron Cooper. Before reading any of this author's work, I would have stated I did not really like science fiction. THAT has changed. Brilliant and intricate. Twists and turns so you're never really sure what is going on behind the scenes. __ Cameron Cooper is the author of the Imperial Hammer series, an Amazon best-selling space opera series, among others. 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.
- The Maker of Widowmakers' Arm: Ptolemy Lane Tales, #3
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Ptolemy Lane faces two problems. A severed arm found on the roof of the highest building in Georgina's Town sends Ptolemy Lane on the hunt for the rest of the body. It neatly distracts him from the fact that Diya Sandor, former ship captain and new town resident, has left him. But when both issues intersect, the fallout can't be ignored. The Maker of Widowmakers' Arm is the third Ptolemy Lane space opera science fiction story by award-winning SF author Cameron Cooper. The Ptolemy Lane Tales: 1.0: The Body in the Zero Gee Brothel 2.0: The Captain Who Broke the Rules 3.0: The Maker of Widowmakers' Arm 4.0: The Ancient Girl in the Autopod Space Opera Science Fiction Novelette __ Praise for The Maker of Widowmakers' Arm: Ptolemy discovers he cared for someone who has left him; it saddened me but made him feel a little more human and less cold to me. We learn more about this domed city and its citizens in this great world-building Space Opera series. I've grown to like and empathise with Ptolemy Jovan Lane even more with each novel in the series as we get to know him. How well Cameron Cooper has packed so many components into such a small slice of Jovan's life. Lane is utterly complex and leaves the reader wanting more. What a gruesome find. Amazing how something so small and gruesome can lead to so much information. Ptolemy gets right on track quickly 99 is the character that I hope to see more of, he could turn out to be my favorite supporting character. A nice addition to this series. I love the detail in the story that sets the stage for interactions and action. For example, the visit to the food facility. This is such a clever story! Its great lead character is intriguing and enigmatic, and his supporting cast just add to it. The plot is clever and kept me guessing right through to the end. I thoroughly enjoyed it! __ Cameron Cooper is the author of the Imperial Hammer series, an Amazon best-selling space opera series, among others. 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.
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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