One of Our Spaceships is Missing

Name: One of Our Spaceships is Missing
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Chris Gerrib
ISBN: 9798350808001

Author: Chris Gerrib

Narrator: Curtis Michael Holland

Unabridged: 9 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/28/2023

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction, Military Science Fiction

Synopsis

In the 23rd century, spaceships just don't go missing.

FBI agent Ray Volk is assigned to a task force to investigate a tragic accident: the disappearance of interplanetary passenger liner ValuTrip Cardinal, carrying 500 souls between Mars and Earth on a routine run. What looks like a cut-and-dried case of pressure loss is complicated by the arrival of a Martian Captain. A very cute Martian Captain who keeps sticking his nose in Ray's investigation.

Martian exchange student Kelly Rack knows the disappearance is no accident. She survived the ships' hijacking, but learns the former cruise entertainer leading the pirates has plans for the passengers, and they don't include sightseeing. Kelly has avoided the murderous pirates, except now an off-duty Earth Commander insists on organizing resistance for the passengers. She forces Kelly to climb through service tunnels on sabotage runs, risking capture and death.

Can Ray shake down the right accomplices to capture the good ship ValuTrip Cardinal before its new captain spaces everyone on board? Will Kelly discover the pirates' hidden plans for their prisoners? The race is on, because one of our spaceships is missing!

About Chris Gerrib

Chris Gerrib has been an avid fan of science fiction and space exploration since he was a child riding his bicycle to his small town's library where he memorized every book they had on the subject. Since then, he spent a tour in the US Navy, got an MBA, and now has a day job with a multinational software company as a project manager. He lives in the Chicago suburbs and is active in his local Rotary Club. One of Our Spaceships is Missing is his fourth science fiction novel.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jim on July 24, 2022

I received an advance copy of this book and am leaving this review voluntarily. The first thing that attracted me to this was the title. It immediately grabbed my curiosity. I didn't even bother reading the back-cover blurb before I downloaded it. One of Our Spaceship's is Missing is a tale of piracy......more

Goodreads review by Erin on October 31, 2024

A queer space opera with space pirates (bad guys), spunky high schoolers, burnt out police men, and an all-around fun cast. The story isn't comedic but it is entertaining. The investigation Earth-side is a good police procedural. Loss of a star to the portrayal of sexuality by women. The queer men wo......more

Goodreads review by William on July 20, 2022

I read an ARC of this book and very much enjoyed it! From a secretly-royal piano player who hijacks a ship, to a gay detective on Earth, to a bisexual woman prisoner, this book has a lot of personality! If you like military sci-fi with queer characters, there's a lot to love. There's a lot of swearing......more

Goodreads review by Tania on August 01, 2024

I like all the characters, the changing of point of views, the story in itself. Bu what really sold me was the details. Like the difference between Earth and Mars, the fact that Alaska is now a country (found it quite funny!), the tidbits of history here and there. Also, it was also a nice touch to......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on July 22, 2022

Space Pirates. Science. Space exploration. Martians. Mercurians. Earthlings. Unique story about a luxury space ship traveling from Mars to Earth when it is hijacked by space pirates. Brief romance and death are focal occurrences. The narrative is given by multiple characters to paint the entire pict......more