The Blighted Stars by Megan E O'keefe

The Blighted Stars by Megan E O'keefe

Stranded on a dead planet with her mortal enemy, a spy must survive and uncover a conspiracy in the first book of an epic space opera trilogy by an award-winning author of The Protectorate series.

"A body-hopping, zombie-popping rock licking good time." --Emily Skrutskie, author of Bonds of Brass

She's a revolutionary. Humanity is running out of options.

Habitable planets are being destroyed as quickly as they're found and Naira Sharp thinks she knows the reason why. The all-powerful Mercator family has been controlling the exploration of the universe for decades, and exploiting any materials they find along the way under the guise of helping humanity's expansion. But Naira knows the truth, and she plans to bring the whole family down from the inside.

He's the heir to the dynasty.

Tarquin Mercator never wanted to run a galaxy-spanning business empire. He just wanted to study rocks and read books. But Tarquin's father has tasked him with monitoring the settlement of a new planet, and he doesn't really have a choice in the matter. Disguised as Tarquin's new bodyguard, Naira plans to destroy the settlement ship before they make land. But neither of them expects to end up stranded on a dead planet.

To survive and keep her secret, Naira will have to join forces with the man she's sworn to hate. And together they will uncover a plot that's bigger than both of them.

For more from Megan E. O'Keefe, check out:

The Protectorate
Velocity Weapon
Chaos Vector
Catalyst Gate

Megan E. O'Keefe lives in the Bay Area of California and makes soap for a living. (It's only a little like Fight Club.) She has worked in arts management and graphic design, and spends her free time tinkering with anything she can get her hands on.

Megan is a first place winner in the Writers of the Future competition, vol. 30. Steal the Sky is her first novel.

You can find Megan online at meganokeefe.com and@MeganofBlushie on Twitter.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780316290791
ISBN 10	0316290793
Title	The Blighted Stars
Author	Megan E O'keefe
Series	The Devoured Worlds
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Orbit
Year published	2023-05-23
Number of pages	544
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.