Safe-Harbor Paradox

Bound by Destiny, Forged in Cosmic Fire

De: Y.N. Bar-Lev

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

The Universe is being deleted. Carson Twiddle just wants a cup of coffee.

Carson Twiddle is not a hero. He’s the captain of the Rusty Bucket, a decrepit freighter held together by duct tape and denial. He’s a fugitive hiding in plain sight, trying to raise a crew of illegal, genetically-engineered teenagers without getting them arrested or vaporized.

He thought he’d found sanctuary at Sanctum Station—the galaxy’s most bureaucratic "Safe Harbor." He was wrong.

The rent is due, and the currency is survival.

When a fleet of desperate refugee ships jumps into the system, they bring a nightmare with them: The Hollowing. It’s not an invasion; it’s an erasure. A storm of entropy that doesn’t just destroy ships—it edits them out of existence.

Now, the stars are going out. The governing Council has locked the doors, trapping the refugees outside to die. And a corporate privateer is circling like a shark, waiting to turn the Rusty Bucket into scrap metal.

Carson has a choice: obey the law and watch the innocent vanish, or break every rule in the book to hold the door open.

• He has a ship that steers like a brick.
• He has a crew of teenage biological weapons.
• He has a dog-bot that’s secretly a war machine.

It’s time to show the galaxy what happens when you bring a laser to a paperwork fight.

• "Safe enough to work," the mechanic says.
• "Safe enough to defy," the Captain corrects.

Firefly meets The Expanse in this high-stakes, heart-pounding space opera about found family, cosmic horror, and the terrifying power of a dad with nothing left to lose.

Why Readers Are Boarding the Rusty Bucket:

• Bureaucratic Warfare: Watch a Captain weaponize trade treaties and insurance clauses to fight battleships.
• The Kinetic Vanguard: Meet Zipp, a pilot who can dance through gravity wells, and Fret, a sensor operator who can smell intent.
• Rusty the War-Dog: A sarcastic AI trapped in a brass terrier chassis who is one bad day away from leveling a city.
• Cosmic Horror: The Hollowing is a terrifying new sci-fi threat—a "Visual Silence" that eats reality itself.

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A Few Quotes:

"The problem with saving the world is that the world rarely wants to be saved. Usually, it wants to see a permit."

"I’m a pirate, not a saint!"

"The universe did not end with a bang... It simply ceased to be relevant."

Krall purring like a "garbage disposal eating a brick"

"The problem with saving the world... was that the world usually arrived hungry, traumatized, and with very specific dietary complaints."

"Smelling of burnt ozone and expensive failure."

"The cargo bay is an olfactory cocktail of ozone, unwashed flight suits, and the sharp chemical tang of 'Spicy Foot'."

Similar Works To This:

• Skyward by Brandon Sanderson

• Illuminae by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff

• The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

• Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff

• All Systems Red by Martha Wells

• The Disasters by M.K. England