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Arkship Countdown
2023
First Published
4.08
Average Rating
33
Number of Pages

Part of Series

The backstory on Arkship Obsidian. Earth has been destroyed, the entire solar system turned to dust by a cataclysmic event known as the Fracture. Now, the last survivors of humanity live on vast arkships drifting through the Cluster, doing what they can to survive in a hostile ever-changing environment. Life on board the Ark Royal Obsidian is a quiet routine for Chief of the engine deck, Bran Colmen. That is until his family is kidnapped and he is forced to steal secrets about the vast arkship's engines by a covert intruder. As time runs out, Colmen finds himself trapped between saving his family and averting a war that could kill thousands.

Avg Rating
4.08
Number of Ratings
13
5 STARS
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4 STARS
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3 STARS
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2 STARS
8%
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Author

Niel Bushnell
Niel Bushnell
Author · 7 books

Niel Bushnell is an award-winning science-fiction and fantasy author based in the north-east of England. An accomplished artist and animator, Niel has worked in the creative sector for over twenty years, across film, TV, online, games, advertising and publishing. He is the author of the Arkship Saga, a science-fiction series set in the distant future after the Earth has been destroyed along with the rest of the solar system in a cataclysmic event known as the Fracture. He is also the author of two time-travel children's books called Sorrowline and Timesmith, and a Young-Adult novel called Altitude.

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