Debris Dreams

by David Colby

Overview

The year: 2067

The place: Sun-Earth Lagrange Point L1, 1.5 million kilometers above the surface of the Earth

The objective: Survive

Sixteen-year-old Drusilla Zhao lives in the Hub, a space station used by the Chinese-American Alliance as a base to exploit Luna's resources. Desperate to break free of the Alliance, a terrorist group from the Moon destroys the space elevator, space's highway to Earth. In a flash, Dru's parents are dead and she is cut off from her girlfriend Sarah on Earth.

The Alliance declares war against the Moon, conscripting Dru and all the youth of the Hub. Dru is forced to become a soldier fighting in the lethal vacuum of space. Can Dru survive lunar terrorist attacks and find her way home to Sarah?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781942480136
Publisher:	Thinking Ink Press
Publication date:	11/08/2016
Series:	Lunar Cycle , #1
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.61(d)

Editorial Reviews

I'd recommend Debris Dreams to those who loved Ender's Game.

Drusilla Zhao’s character was a complete win for me and she was far more endearing than Andrew Wiggin. I also liked the bits of Mandarin and the addition of aspects of Chinese-American culture. All in all, it was a fun and adventure-filled read.

- Queer Sci Fi

Appealingly reminiscent of an updated Heinlein juvenile...

Drusilla, a girl raised on a space station, lives in a in a time where the crowded Earth must mine resources from asteroids and the moon. When the moon secedes from Earth with an act of violent terrorism to an elevator rising into the stratosphere, Drusilla loses her parents and is conscripted into the oncoming war.

- Publisher's Weekly

The best elements of the novel are the combat scenes, many of which feature young Space Marines fighting out in the black in power armor. These scenes are simply stunning.

Colby has packed a primer in space habitat sociology, a convincing space-borne war story, a charming coming of age narrative, and a tale of the ultimate in sucky long-distance relationships, into a brisk-reading microgravity adventure.

- Kate of Mind

The life in space and all the gritty space marine stuff really reminded me of the show Battlestar Galactica. This was quite the exciting reading and I would recommend it to anyone looking for a gritty YA space adventure.

This is book is full of science, space, and one truly long-distance relationship. Dru is a great character because she feels so relatable. There is plenty of intrigue and some definite politics in play. The ending is done well and makes you wonder what could be next for these characters.

4 out of 5 gnomes

- Bibliognome

Add David Colby’s Debris Dreams to the list of “WTF, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL MY LIFE?” books. Part Ender’s Game, part Firefly…I loved it.

- SJ, Goodreads

There was something wonderful about this book. Dru is an amazing girl with a whole crap-load of the universe dumping on her. I recommend this book for readers that love space adventures, soldiers with rebellious streaks, and a love for things in constant motion.

- Jesse, Goodreads

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