Alan Stewart, First Lieutenant on the space ship Qatar, and Captain Robin Lang of the Huan Police Force, have been best friends since their days in the Space Academy, despite the fact that Stewart is homosexual and Lang has a wife and son, Max.
However Max is growing up and their friendship is threatened when Lang believes Stewart has designs on his son.
When Max, now an adult and a recent recruit to the Qatar, is assaulted in a gay bar, Lang accuses Stewart. In an attempt to protect his son at all costs, Lang finds himself drawn into a dark conspiracy of murder and blackmail.
Meanwhile, Stewart has his own battles to fight. Apart from defending himself against Lang's accusations, he discovers the young man he is falling in love with, Michael Banner, is the one man on the ship who is out of bounds, untouchable.
Lives and love hang in the balance as Lang and Stewart search for the truth.
... (LGBT / Romantic Sci-Fi)
(Watty 2012 Awards Finalist)
In a future, where humanity is divided into uneven casts, there is one ship that acts like a beacon of light for those with a red stamp in their ID.
Rin has been cast down into a second-class citizen position because of a medical assesment. Now he has to find his place in a society he was taught to hate and be disgusted with. Yet, he finds that it is much more appealing than he could ever imagine.
Nikolai is the captain of the most famous ship in Human SOI - Hopestar. It is the only space liner operated by the stamped. Despite being an beacon of hope and the myth surrounding him, he still struggles with the demands of a commanding position and ever-present self-doubt. Can he keep the crew from falling apart when trouble hits?
Devon has been a steward for several years but perhaps wasn't completely honest with himself about his own feelings. What should and should not be allowed, when you live outside the 'norms' of the society?
This is the voyage of Hopestar, as experiences by three members of its crew.