Longing for the Stars
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When Echo finally has enough of being treated as less than because of her (human) species, she disposes of her old identity, stows away on a one of a kind starship and assumes the identity of Echo, the technologically skilled engineer with a penchant for holographic design and quick wit.
But her untimely arrival on the Apollo isn't welcomed by everyone, particularly the renowned captain, Alix Colburn. Who keeps her on board for his personal agenda and nothing more, or so he says.
Inadvertently diving head first into the danger-ridden realm of interstellar clandestine operations wasn't part of the plan when she left home. But she'll be damned before she returns from the stars without what she's looking for.
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