Persephone Quest

The deep space battleship Persephone Quest crashed on Paulding's surface centuries back.The history books closed long ago. Leaving behind a monument and nothing much else.When people start asking the wrong questions, Flis and Grae find themselves tangled in a tangled and tightening web of deception and corruption.Only one person has the answers. The pilot of Persephone Quest herself.Big problem. The pilot died in the wreck. Three hundred years ago.A standalone novel in the thrilling Karnish River Navigations series. Sean Monaghan is the author of more than one hundred stories, in print, online, on broadcast radio and podcast. His stories include "Concentration" in Landfall, and "The Molenstraat Music Festival" in Asimovs. He was the Grand Prize winner in the 2014 Jim Baen Memorial Writing Contest for his story "Low Arc" Battle weary after years of interstellar war, Flis Kupe returns home to the quiet peaceful Karnish canal lands on Paulding, her home world. Turns out, times change. The turmoil of pirates, brigands and low lives shatters the peace. All too often.