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The Two Lies of Faven Sythe by Megan E. O'Keefe

The Two Lies of Faven Sythe

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Megan E. O'Keefe

Orbit · Ebook · June 3, 2025

A search for a missing person uncovers a galaxy-spanning conspiracy in this thrilling standalone space opera from award-winning author Megan E.

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Space Opera, Sci-Fi Adventure, Space Exploration Fiction
Published
Orbit, June 3, 2025

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A search for a missing person uncovers a galaxy-spanning conspiracy in this thrilling standalone space opera from award-winning author Megan E. O'Keefe. The Black Celeste is a ghost story. A once-legendary spaceship collecting dust in a cosmic graveyard known as the Clutch. Only famed pirate Bitter Amandine knows better, and she’ll do anything to never go near it again. No matter the cost.

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Faven Sythe is crystborn, a member of the near-human species tasked with charting starpaths from station to station. She’s trained to be a navigator her entire life. But when her mentor disappears, leaving behind a mysterious starpath terminating in the Clutch, she is determined to find the truth. And only Amandine has the answers. What they will find is a conspiracy bigger than either of them. Their quest for the truth will uncover secrets Amandine has long fought to keep buried – secrets about how she survived her last encounter in the Clutch, and what’s really hidden out there amongst the stars...

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  • genetic-engineering and spacefaring lanes
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Space Opera100%
Space Exploration Fiction41%
Sci-Fi Adventure27%

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Publisher categories

  • Sci-Fi Adventure
  • Space Opera
  • Alien Contact
Authors
Megan E. O'Keefe
Publisher
Orbit
Published
June 3, 2025
Format
Ebook
Reading lane
Sci-Fi Adventure