The Relatives

by Billy White

Genres: Colonization; Space Exploration; YA Science Fiction

Synopsis

Graham’s Planet, 2408:

253 years after colonization, narcissistic leader Jordan Graham uses a new technology to contact two ships that never arrived.

Jordan gets a response, and young colonist Lorena Deets regards it as a miracle when Motivation—a ship lost in space—delivers a strange group into their midst. Like most others, she believes Furtherance—a ship stranded on Earth—will never reply.

But when a security officer risks his life to make a dangerous public announcement, Lorena embarks on a breathless tour through the colony’s wind-whipped cities to answer one chilling question: is there a connection between the colony’s new guests, and the fate of Earth?

Praise for the Relatives:

"Centuries-long family drama, lost colonies, and the ultimate oedipal complex with Earth combine to make The Relatives by Billy White an astonishingly addictive sci-fi novel." — Self Publishing Review

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Release date: August 20, 2022

Print pages: 331