Iron Truth – S.A. Tholin 


 

When miners on a remote colony dig too deep, the golden age of space exploration comes to a bloody end. A corruption springs from Xanthe's alien soil, possessing every mind it touches.

Embroiled in civil war, the galactic community spirals into panic, and the Primaterre Protectorate seizes control. In order to preserve Earth, its surface is quarantined, and all further deep space colonisation is outlawed.

Aboard one of the last colony ships, junior botanist Joy Somerset slumbers in cryostasis, unaware of war and corruption. Expecting the clear skies of a garden world, she instead wakes stranded on Cato - a planet whose menacing sands seem to share a hunger with the crazed locals - and Joy faces mortal peril at every turn.

Commander Cassimer, troubled by a past of epic proportions, is a Primaterre veteran dedicated to fighting the corruption. Now he leads Scathach Banneret Company's elite strike team on a mission to recover a clandestine starship lost on Cato. On this storm-lashed world, surrounded by shadow and ruin, Cassimer risks not only failure, but the loss of what little sanity he has.

Joy and Cassimer must trust each other long enough to uncover Cato's dark secrets, and work together to survive deranged cultists, terrorist rebels and the IRON TRUTH.

SPSFC Year 2021

Subgenres: Adventure, Cosmic Horror, Military, Space Opera

Date first published:  March 18, 2018

On Kindle Unlimited: Yes

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/tholin

Website: https://satholin.wordpress.com/

Biography: Sofie Anya Tholin is an award-winning Swedish author. Following multiple honorary mentions for her short stories, and a Fantastiknovelltavlingen victory in 2002, she moved to the UK to study English at Cambridge. She returned to live and work in Skane, Sweden in 2012.

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Cover artist name: M.R. O'Hara

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Editor/Formatter’s name: M.R. O'Hara

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