Beyond the Edge: a Science Fiction Novel

Astrogator Dernal Barrackfive wants to be, more than anything, the pilot of a starship. That ambition comes to and end when Dernal makes a mistake he refuses to take responsibility for and he is dismissed from the Astrogator’s Guild. An embittered Dernal then then joins a group of outlaws who plan to hijack a collection of fabulously valuable alien artifacts, little dreaming that the decision will catapult him into the most incredible adventure of his life, for one of the artifacts contains a star map that only Dernal can interpret: a map that shows the location of an unexplored planet that might be a treasure trove – or a death trap. On this planet he will find, love, death, and truths about himself he never suspected…