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This is a seafaring adventure story, except it happens in space, in the far-distant future. The Lost Star is a tramp spaceship with a long history and some dark secrets.

When Wil Litang becomes its acting captain, he has no idea where he and his crew will end up or what nail-biting adventures they will experience. As a reader, I was right there with them, fleeing space pirates through asteroid fields, visiting strange planets and stranger planetoids.

The best thing about the book is its matter-of-fact approach to space travel and the first-person narration by Captain Wil, liberally seasoned…

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