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Between Fleets

By: Andrew C. Merrick

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Paperback | 2 March 2026

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296 Pages

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19.84 x 12.85 x 1.7

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A Character-Driven Space Opera Romance

When the Casarian Star Kingdom is heading into a new collision, a young officer of the Royal Star Navy named Luke unexpectedly meets a new Kherrian friend, Shaera, from the Kherrish Peregrine Fleet. On the lush paradise world of Irillia, a maiden world in the Andromeda Galaxy, they must navigate the differences between their respective cultures. However, as the astropolitical situation grows tense, the Irillian populace's deeply entrenched xenophobia revitalises.

Shaera's peregrination to prove herself to her people brought her right into the lion's den, and only Luke can guide her through it. In doing so, the two slowly grow closer and find that their species are more alike than different. Despite the sprouting political fallout between their species, love sparks between them.

In a realm where fate and volition spar, neither one of them truly knows what awaits them beneath the heaven's dour tar...

Industry Reviews

"Merrick (...) handles the enormous galactic scale beautifully and never loses sight of the people living within it. Well written and full of heart, readers who enjoy space opera where the romance matters as much as the stars will adore this book." - Readers' Favorite

"Readers of Becky Chambers, especially The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, will recognize the emphasis on cultural exchange, companionship, and the everyday details of life among different species. (...) It also has the expansive setting and interspecies diplomacy associated with space opera series such as Mass Effect. (...) Between Fleets is an earnest, richly imagined space opera that pairs first-contact politics with a sincere love story and treats hope as something its characters must actively build." - Literary Titan

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