Overview
In 2144 AD, the generation ship Kap's Needle left Earth to settle a new world. It all went wrong. Now, two years into a desperate return trip, the ship's biospheres are collapsing and oxygen is nearly depleted. Life Support Manager Reva is now little more than a tax collector, deciding who gets to breathe. When Captain Horvat launches a corruption purge to cover his own failures, Reva knows she's next. To protect her son, she must do the unthinkable: trust First Officer Torres, the woman who ruined her life, and help bring down the captain no matter how many innocent lives it costs. BONUS CONTENT includes two short stories by the author: ""A Lifeline of Silk"" and ""Callis Praedictionem.""
Full Product Details
Author: Renan Bernardo
Publisher: Dark Matter Ink
Imprint: Dark Matter Ink
Dimensions:
Width: 12.70cm
, Height: 0.80cm
, Length: 20.30cm
Weight: 0.145kg
ISBN: 9781958598740
ISBN 10: 1958598747
Pages: 142
Publication Date: 29 April 2025
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
""A future vision as dark and compelling as the spaces between the stars."" -Gareth L. Powell, author of Future's Edge and Embers of War ""Disgraced Return of the Kap's Needle is a space opera filled with secrets and revelations, hope and addiction, along with the grief and struggle of a mother trying to save her fractured family."" -Ai Jiang, Nebula and Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Linghun ""A tense and tightly-paced thriller of greed, resilience, and community action. Reva, a formally high-ranking officer aboard the Kap's Needle, on the return journey from a failed terraforming attempt, will face her darkest fears; on the other side of her own power. Come for the disaster and decay, and stay for the sliver of hope that Bernardo so skillfully holds out, if only we have the courage to overcome ourselves and take responsibility for our actions."" -Eliane Boey, author of Club Contango ""Treachery and grief simmer below the surface, threatening one woman's sanity and the future of her crew in this deeply personal space noir from rising star Renan Bernardo."" -Jendia Gammon, Nebula and BSFA Award finalist author of Atacama and The Shadow Galaxy
Author Information
Renan Bernardo is a Nebula and Ignyte Award finalist author of science fiction and fantasy from Brazil. His fiction has appeared in Reactor/Tor.com, Clarkesworld, Apex Magazine, Escape Pod, and elsewhere. His solarpunk/cli-fi short fiction collection, Different Kinds of Defiance, was published in 2024. He's had stories recommended by Locus, longlisted for the BSFA, and published in several languages.
