Starhoppers
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How many innocent lives are you willing to sacrifice to save the people you love?
Zachary Granger, a 20-year-old nobody from a farming planet somewhere in the Milky Way galaxy, joins a crew of Starhoppers - cartographers in the early days of space travel hired to chart distant worlds for anyone willing to cover the cost. When an ancient evil is uncovered beneath the surface of their latest job site, the Starhoppers must plot an escape before the fate of the galaxy itself falls into their own hands.
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