A dying Earth plagued with fires, natural disasters, and a deadly virus. A luxury spaceship, planned to send only the wealthiest families on a one-hundred-year hypersleep journey to a safe haven out on the far stretches of the universe. And a girl who is determined to get her and her family on board. After receiving the last four tickets aboard the STARLINE, seventeen-year-old Lina McAddams thinks that finally, everything is going to be okay. Her and her family are going to leave a decimated Earth behind and restart their lives, embarking on the STARLINE's one-hundred year long journey to "paradise." It seems that nothing can wrong. Until Lina wakes up from hypersleep fifty years too early. And she is the only one. Frightened and alone, Lina slowly begins to unravel the true intentions and destination of the STARLINE company, realizing that maybe, just maybe, the spaceship is not going to the "paradise" it advertised that it would be going to. Fighting fear, solitude, and the sudden outbreak of the deadly virus aboard the ship, Lina doesn't think she can survive. Until she realizes that she wasn't the only one who woke up. Filled with action, romance, suspense, and adventure, "ASCENSION" tells the chair-gripping story of Lina McAddam's harrowing journey through the cosmos.

"How dare you bring me aboard this ship without so much as telling me what you are?" She yelled. Kincade let out a smug grin, one that infuriated Astryd even more. She took a few more steps toward him so that they were mere feet apart. He looked down at a doubloon he was holding and slowly turned it over in his hands as he spoke. "I saw a troubled woman in a sailor's pub, obviously hiding from the royal guards. Surely you must have gotten yourself into a sticky situation. And you don't expect me to assume what you are?" Astryd fumbled for words. What was he getting at? He lifted his head to look her in the eyes. "You're a thief and now a sailor. You know what that makes you, sweetheart?" "I am not a..." she shouted, but she stumbled at the last word. She pointed her finger in Kincade's face and whispered, "pirate." -------------------------------------------- I would like to acknowledge Thompson Editing Services, who is responsible for being my editor and proofreader for this book as well as an amazing writing mentor. I own the story as well as all of the characters inside it. This book is copyrighted to me. I own the book cover art (illustrated by myself) but I do not own any of the images featured throughout the story. Highest rankings: #1 in Sailor, #1 in Sailing, and #10 in Pirate This is the first draft. This story is currently in the process of being edited.

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