A Pale Light in the Black

K. B. Wagers

• Publisher: Harper Voyager
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN:
  9780062887795
• eBook ISBN:
  9780062887801
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Science Fiction
• Index: Literature

K. B. Wagers military SF novel A Pale Light in the Black introduces the Near-Earth Orbital Guard—NeoG—inspired by the U.S. Coast Guard's real-life mission.
For the past year, their close loss in the annual Boarding Games has haunted Interceptor Team: Zuma's Ghost. With this year's competition looming, they're looking forward to some payback—until an unexpected personnel change leaves them reeling. Their best swordsman has been transferred, and a new lieutenant has been assigned in his place.
Maxine Carmichael is trying to carve a place in the world on her own—away from the pressure and influence of her powerful family. The last thing she wants is to cause trouble at her command on Jupiter Station. With her new team in turmoil, Max must overcome her self-doubt and win their trust if she's going to succeed. Failing is not an option—and would only prove her parents right.
But Max and the team must learn to work together quickly. A routine mission to retrieve a missing ship has suddenly turned dangerous, and now their lives are on the line. Someone is targeting members of Zuma's Ghost, a mysterious opponent willing to kill to safeguard a secret that could shake society to its core . . . a secret that could lead to their deaths and kill thousands more unless Max and her team stop them.
Rescue those in danger, find the bad guys, win the Games. It's all in a day's work at the NeoG.
NeoG series
A Pale Light in the Black
Hold Fast Through the Fire
The Ghosts of Trappist

Table of contents

• Dedication
• Epigraph
• Contents
• Sol Year 2435, One Day Post–Boarding Games
• T-minus Four Months until Prelim Boarding Games
• Chapter 3
• T-minus Fifteen Weeks until Prelim Boarding Games
• Chapter 5
• Chapter 6
• Chapter 7
• T-minus Fourteen Weeks until Prelim Boarding Games
• T-minus Thirteen Weeks until Prelim Boarding Games
• Letters
• T-minus Twelve Weeks until Prelim Boarding Games
• Letters
• T-minus Ten Weeks until Prelim Boarding Games
• Letters
• T-minus Eight Weeks until Prelim Boarding Games
• Letters
• T-minus Five Weeks until Prelim Boarding Games
• T-minus One Week until Prelim Boarding Games
• Letters
• T-minus Forty-Six Hours until Prelim Boarding Games
• Preliminaries Day One, T-minus One Hour until Opening Ceremonies
• Preliminaries—Day One
• Preliminaries—Day Two
• Preliminaries—Day Three
• Preliminaries—Day Four
• T-minus Twenty Weeks until the Boarding Games
• Chapter 27
• T-minus Nineteen Weeks until the Boarding Games
• Letters
• T-minus Seventeen Weeks until the Boarding Games
• Chapter 31
• Chapter 32
• T-minus Sixteen Weeks until the Boarding Games
• Chapter 34
• T-minus Thirteen Weeks until the Boarding Games
• Chapter 36
• Letters
• T-minus Ten Weeks until the Boarding Games
• T-minus One Week until the Boarding Games
• Chapter 40
• Letters
• T-minus Three Days until the Boarding Games
• Boarding Games—Day One
• Boarding Games—Day Two
• Boarding Games—Day Three
• Boarding Games—Day Four
• Boarding Games—Day Five
• One Week Post-Games
• Chapter 49
• Chapter 50
• Chapter 51
• Acknowledgments
• An Excerpt from HOLD FAST THROUGH THE FIRE
• About the Author
• Also by K. B. Wagers
• Copyright
• About the Publisher