Barbary Station
eBook - ePub

Barbary Station

  1. 448 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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eBook - ePub

Barbary Station

About this book

Two engineers hijack a spaceship to join some space pirates—only to discover the pirates are hiding from a malevolent AI. Now they have to outwit the AI if they want to join the pirate crew—and survive long enough to enjoy it.

Adda and Iridian are newly minted engineers, but aren’t able to find any work in a solar system ruined by economic collapse after an interplanetary war. Desperate for employment, they hijack a colony ship and plan to join a famed pirate crew living in luxury at Barbary Station, an abandoned shipbreaking station in deep space.

But when they arrive there, nothing is as expected. The pirates aren’t living in luxury—they’re hiding in a makeshift base welded onto the station’s exterior hull. The artificial intelligence controlling the station’s security system has gone mad, trying to kill all station residents and shooting down any ship that attempts to leave—so there’s no way out.

Adda and Iridian have one chance to earn a place on the pirate crew: destroy the artificial intelligence. The last engineer who went up against the AI met an untimely end, and the pirates are taking bets on how the newcomers will die. But Adda and Iridian plan to beat the odds.

There’s a glorious future in piracy…if only they can survive long enough.

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Information

Publisher
S&S/Saga Press
Year
2017
eBook ISBN
9781481476881
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Science Fiction
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. Chapter 1: Charges Accrued: Piracy, Assault and Battery, Theft
  4. Chapter 2: Charges Accrued: Trespassing
  5. Chapter 3: Charges Accrued: Conspiracy to Sabotage Artificial Intelligence
  6. Chapter 4: Charges Accrued: Distribution of Stolen Property
  7. Chapter 5: Charges Accrued: Unauthorized Access to Nonpublic Computers
  8. Chapter 6: Charges Accrued: Unlicensed Use of Military-Grade Shielding
  9. Chapter 7: Charges Accrued: Illegal Surveillance
  10. Chapter 8: Charges Accrued: Extravehicular Repair without a License
  11. Chapter 9: Charges Accrued: Misprision of Felony
  12. Chapter 10: Charges Accrued: Destruction of Property (Vandalism, First Count)
  13. Chapter 11: Charges Accrued: Desertion, Draft Dodging
  14. Chapter 12: Charges Accrued: Interference with Approved Microbiological Research
  15. Chapter 13: Charges Accrued: Violation of Human Medical Testing Protocol
  16. Chapter 14: Charges Accrued: Slander
  17. Chapter 15: Charges Accrued: Impersonation of a Digital Role
  18. Chapter 16: Charges Accrued: Vandalism (Second Count)
  19. Chapter 17: Charges Accrued: Use of a Controlled Substance without a Prescription
  20. Chapter 18: Charges Accrued: Murder
  21. Chapter 19: Charges Accrued: Unauthorized Access to Medical Information
  22. Chapter 20: Charges Accrued: Theft of Radioactive Material
  23. Chapter 21: Charges Accrued: Interference with Legally Contracted Military Operations
  24. Chapter 22: Charges Accrued: Destruction of Property
  25. Chapter 23: Charges Accrued: Child Endangerment
  26. Chapter 24: Charges Accrued: Hiding, Protecting, or Directing Prohibited Artificial Intelligence
  27. Chapter 25: Charges Accrued: Endangerment of Minors
  28. Chapter 26: Charges Accrued: Misuse of Radioactive Material
  29. Chapter 27: Charges Accrued: Unlicensed Closed Habitat Environment Administration
  30. Chapter 28: Charges Accrued: Manslaughter
  31. Chapter 29: Charges Accrued: Unauthorized Direction of Artificial Intelligence
  32. Chapter 30: Charges Accrued: Resisting Arrest
  33. Acknowledgments
  34. About the Auuthor
  35. Copyright