🚨 TOP SECRET: Transmission Intercepted from MAP Command

Cover reveal inside. Also possibly a biohazard. Proceed at your own risk.

The book: Infection Zone. Book two of Starship Pegasus Adventures.
The mission: Launch by June.
The consolation prize: Free space opera from brilliant indie authors (see banner below 👇)
The TOP SECRET surprise: Keep scrolling…

—INCOMING TRANSMISSION—

SOURCE: MAP Command
CLASSIFICATION: Questionably Stable

MAP command has authorized you to receive confidential intel. Stand by. The signal is weak. Compensating for spatial inference. Recalibrating telemetry. Scanning for Crell contamination. Results: unknown.

Signal acquired.
Patching through now…

—END TRANSMISSION—

I have been informed (firmly and with increasing concern) that this book MUST launch in June.

Failure to comply will result in:

• Immediate loss of MAP commission

• Revocation of access to cryogenically frozen med-lab ice cream

• And permanent “definitely not important” waste dispeller cleaning duty

Which, to be fair, isn’t the worst outcome.

Chief Engineer Revvic Orn says it’s not so bad once you get used to the smell.
And by used to, he means you start to develop a flexible definition of ‘air quality.’

So yes. Stakes are high. But it’s okay. The intrepid crew of the Pegasus will not disappoint.

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👋 New Crew Members

Welcome aboard to the new subscribers who have joined through the Book Funnel and Substack bryll drop points.

You’ve been officially added to the crew manifest. Get ready for a mission involving:

✅ An adventurous and competent captain with the perfect amount of galactic luck
✅A telepath who absolutely did not sign up for any of this
✅An alien threat that doesn’t just spread… it learns
✅And, of course, a fake marriage that is definitely just for political reasons and will not spiral in any way whatsoever

You’re in the right place.

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If all goes according to plan, Infection Zone lands in June.

If not… you’ll find me cleaning waste dispellers and handing Revvic tools while pretending I know what I’m doing.

Keep dreaming. Keep exploring. Never stop looking up. 🌠

Nikki Root
Call sign: Plot Weaver