CALL NOW. BECOME A NOVA SLINGER TODAY. Those are the words Mark Allen reads inside an old 80s comic book buried in the back of his uncle's retro 80s arcade. Between playing Galaga and Pac-Man, he decides to pick up the phone and give it a call, only to discover that the number still works. It doesn't take long before an old man shows up at his doorstep, dressed in strange clothes, driving a Delorean, and calling himself "The Recruiter". Mark thinks he's won a prize from some old contest… but the reality is far stranger. The old man has come to take Mark to a faraway space station—to train him for an impossible fight against an enemy that threatens everything. Because, as it turns out, the comic book is real. And so is the war. Now, Mark enters a galaxy full of countless species and alien cultures, and each of them has somehow heard of Pretty in Pink, The Goonies, and Star Wars. When and how did Earth's culture find its way to the rest of the galaxy? And why did it all stop in the late 1980s? Adventure is calling. Join the fight and save the universe today! From the author of Backyard Starship comes a brand new adventure filled with aliens, arcades, and starships. Thrilling, insanely fun, and full of engrossing characters, 1-800-STARSHIP keeps its eyes on the future and its heart in the past.

Mark Allen thought he'd seen the worst the Ascendancy had to offer. He was wrong. A routine mission turns into a nightmare when Rylos Squadron discovers an abandoned facility deep within Ascendancy space—one that should not exist. Inside, rows of bodies float in vats, the remnants of a long forgotten experiment. But the dead don't stay buried in this war. On Rylos Station, Mark also fights to prove that Rocky, a former Ascendancy drone, deserves his freedom. But the Council of Three asks a question that may have no can you truly trust someone who was once controlled by the enemy? Mark and his squadron must travel the stars to uncover the enemy's secrets, but time is running out. Another enemy moves in the dark, quietly plotting to change the balance of this war. A third force that aims to conquer them all. Join Mark and his team in this third explosive installment of the 1-800-STARSHIP series from USA Today Bestselling Author J.N. Chaney. The war is heating up, and the Nova Slingers need you.