[This week, The Galaxy Express is spotlighting a number of Australian sci-fi romance authors. I'm pleased to welcome aboard Ros Baxter, Amanda Bridgeman, S.E. Gilchrist, Donna Maree Hanson, Anna Hackett, Shona Husk, and Nicole Murphy. Edited for new addition: Yolanda Sfetsos.
Each informational post will focus on one of the authors and will feature a cover and blurb. Social media links will be at your fingertips so you can learn more about these lovely ladies and their work. Enjoy!]
When a distress signal
is received from a black-ops space station on the edge of inhabited space,
Captain Saul Harris of the UNF Aurora is called in from leave
to respond. But the mission is not what it seems. Female members of the United
National Forces have not been allowed to travel into the outer zones before,
but Harris is ordered to take three new female recruits.
For Corporal Carrie
Welles, one of the Aurora‘s new recruits, her first mission in
space seems like a dream come true. Determined to achieve the success of her
father before her, and suddenly thrust into a terrifying mission, she must work
with her new captain and the strained Aurora crew
to make it home alive.
When the Aurora arrives
at the station Harris and Welles soon find themselves caught up in a desperate
fight for survival. Station Darwin is not what they expected. The lights are
off. But somebody is home . . .
About the author
Born
and raised in the seaside/country town of Geraldton, Western Australia, Amanda
hails from fishing and farming stock. The youngest of four children, her three
brothers raised her on a diet of Rocky, Rambo, Muhammad Ali and AC/DC. Naturally,
she grew up somewhat of a tomboy, preferring to watch action/sci-fi films over
the standard rom-com, and liking her music rock hard. But that said, she can
swoon with the best of them.
She
lived in ‘Gero’ for 17 years, before moving to Perth (WA) to pursue her dreams
and study film & television/creative writing at Murdoch University (BA
Communication Studies). Perth has been her home ever since, aside from a
nineteen month stint in London (England).
She
has so far released four books in the Aurora series - Aurora: Darwin,
Aurora: Pegasus, Aurora: Meridian - which was recently been nominated for
an Aurealis Award for Best Science Fiction Novel – and Aurora: Centralis. The
fifth book in the series, Aurora: Eden will be released this
month.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bridgeman_Books