Darkship Renegades

Entry number two in Sarah A. Hoyt's rollicking and popular Darkship series, sequel to Darkship Thieves,and winner of the Prometheus Award . After rescuing her star pilot husband and discovering the dark secret of her own past on Earth, Athena Hera Sinistra returns to space habitat Eden to start life anew. Not happening. Thena and Kit are placed under arrest for the crime of coming back alive. The only escape from a death sentence: return to Earth and bring back the lost secret to creating the Powertrees, the energy source of both Eden and Earth whose technological secrets have been lost to war. But that mission is secondary to a greater imperative. Above all else, Thena must not get caught. If she does, then suicide is to be the only option. With the odds heavily stacked against not only success, but survival, Thena comes to understand what her cynical accusers do not: it is not merely one woman's life on the line anymore. For it's on Earth where the adventure truly begins, and a secret is discovered that must be revealed and exploited, else humanity's days are most certainly numbered. Thena realizes that what is truly at stake is the fate of Eden and Earth alike, the continuance of the darkship fleetand freedom for all in the Solar systemand beyond. About series opener, Darkship Thieves: "[F]anciful and charming." Library Journal "Exceptional, wonderful and enormously entertaining." Booklist

Sarah A. Hoyt is the author of a dozen novels in various genres, including Darkship Thieves, The Gentleman Takes a Chance and Draw One in the Dark for Baen, as well as her acclaimed Shakespearean fantasy series, which started with the Mythopoeic award finalist, Ill Met by Moonlight. An avid history buff and longtime reader of sci-fi, fantasy, and mysteries, Hoyt has published over three dozen short stories in esteemed magazines such as Asimov's, Analog, Amazing and Weird Tales, as well as several anthologies. She lives in Colorado with her husband, two teen boys and a pride of cats.