The Orpheus Plot

First sentence: If you get caught, I'm going to pretend I don't know who you are. Premise/plot: Lucas Adebayo dreams of joining the Navy, but as a "belter kid"--someone who grew up on a mining ship--it seems unlikely, until it isn't. Given the opportunity to join the Orpheus as a cadet, he is thrille......more

Lucas is a Belter, which means his dreams of going to the Navy academy are just that, dreams. He's a lowly Belter, the Navy takes the kids who aren't from the fringes and have a more stable and traditional life in the center of the system. But suddenly the captain of the Navy's academy ship Orpheus......more

Walking with my youngest son, he asks the difference between olive jars and pickle jars. Then he abruptly asks what I thought happens when we don’t exist anymore (we don’t have to worry about olive jars or pickle jars?). Life as a kid can appear deceptively simple to adults and that’s why I’m always......more

Even after conquering the challenges of space exploration, humans are likely to continue to experience the same interpersonal conflicts that have plagued them through all of time. Thirteen-year-old Lucas Adebayo is a Belter, having grown up in the Asteroid Belt and away from the comforts of gravity.......more