The vastness of space makes for an excellent place to form a thesis for your dissertation, and an even better place for getting lost.
Peony Hill is a bright, refined, and intelligent woman working towards her doctorate in extra-terrestrial anthropology. Nothing is more compelling to her than the idea of figuring out how humanoid aliens can co-exist with the expanding human population throughout the galaxy. It's a competitive field, but nobody is more determined to succeed and carve a name out for themselves than the recently crash-landed academic. Life is filled with ups and downs, and there is no use in lingering on the things you can't change! Especially when so much is at stake.
She's got one chance. Just one.
Pompeii is a steaming black rock filled with garbage, and Quickdraw is the volcanic planet's self-elected king.
Born and raised as a trash scrapper, the half alien led the imprisoned population in a revolution with nothing but a worn-out hat and an ancient earthling revolver. It's a lot of work being the head-champion-pain-in-the-ass to an entire army, but someones gotta do it.
Life is chaotic, fiery, and all around awful on Pompeii's isolated surface, and he's spent his whole life just waiting for the stars to gift him his hand of fate.
Until one day- her ship wrecks right in his backyard.
This is a land of retribution. Bound by the will of the stars.
Desolate World. A romantic sci-fi novel.
