Stargun Messenger – Darby Harn

Aug 30, 2023

Stargun Messenger – Darby Harn 

 

Astra Idari must keep the last living star alive in a galaxy lost to shadows.

Astra Idari is a mess. She drinks too much, remembers too little, and barely pays for it all as a Stargun Messenger. She hunts down thieves who steal filamentium, the fuel that allows for faster-than-light travel. When Idari meets Gen Emera, she meets the girl of her dreams and the last living star. There's just one problem.

Filamentium is only found in the blood of living stars.

Once Idari knows the truth, she faces a stark choice. Either she turns Emera over to her employers who control the filamentium monopoly or risks everything to help Emera fulfill her quest to save her people. The choice should be simple, but it's not losing her life that terrifies Idari. It's finally living. Idari knows she's human despite outwardly appearing to be an android with a failing memory stitched together by her ship's irascible AI, CR-UX. She's been just getting by for longer than she remembers, assured in her humanity, but not enough to risk it. If she does now, she may lose her life.

If she doesn't, she may never live.

SPSFC Year 

Subgenres: Artificial Intelligence, Cyberpunk, LGBTQIA+, Space Fantasy, Space Opera

Date first published:  May 5, 2023

On Kindle Unlimited: Yes

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Author Information

Twitter: @Darbyharn

Website: http://darbyharn.com/

Biography: Darby Harn is the author of Stargun Messenger and the SPSFC quarterfinalist Ever The Hero, which Publisher's Weekly called "an entertaining debut uses superpowers as a metaphor to delve into class politics in an alternate America." His short fiction appears in Strange Horizons, Interzone, Shimmer, and other venues.

Other information

Cover artist name: Al Hess

Cover artist website: https://www.alhessauthor.com/

Editor/Formatter’s name: Darby Harn

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