Wreck of the Dauntless: Mutiny and Murder: A Survival Sci-Fi Thriller Inspired by True Events
By Nicholas Hurzeler
"Lord of the Flies" meets "The Expanse" in this gritty space survival thriller that straddles the fine line between civilization and savagery ...
Inspired by the true story of a 17th-century Dutch Shipwreck …
Two thousand light-years from Earth, the ultimate survival game has begun.
The Dauntless was supposed to be a beacon of hope—a state-of-the-art colony ship carrying four hundred souls to a lush new world. But beneath the starched uniforms and corporate protocols of the Westmoreland...
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"Lord of the Flies" meets "The Expanse" in this gritty space survival thriller that straddles the fine line between civilization and savagery ...
Inspired by the true story of a 17th-century Dutch Shipwreck …
Two thousand light-years from Earth, the ultimate survival game has begun.
The Dauntless was supposed to be a beacon of hope—a state-of-the-art colony ship carrying four hundred souls to a lush new world. But beneath the starched uniforms and corporate protocols of the Westmoreland Corporation, a rot is spreading.
First Mate Adrian Jacobs is drowning in resentment. Chief Engineer Jeronimus Cornelis is a charismatic sociopath, with a silver tongue and a taste for power. Together, they whisper of a secret cargo—a fortune in Cortium-7—and a mutiny that will turn the ship into their private kingdom.
But space has no mercy for the greedy. When a desperate gamble to seize the ship ends in a catastrophic collision, Dauntless is left a mangled wreck on a desolate, twin-asteroid system. Abandoned by their Captain in a search for rescue, the survivors are left in "The Graveyard"—a world of oppressive heat, bone-chilling shadows, and a rapidly vanishing water supply. And as the thin line between order and anarchy vanishes, Jeronimus rises not as a savior, but as a tyrant.
In the cold vacuum of P-48, water is life, power is absolute, and the greatest threat may not be the environment after all—but the person standing next to you.
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