James Nicoll Reviews

Home > Reviews > By Contributor

Reviews by Contributor: Wijeratne, Yudhanjaya (1)

Another Day Older

The Salvage Crew

By Yudhanjaya Wijeratne  

15 Jan, 2021

Doing the WFC's Homework

0 comments

Yudhanjaya Wijeratne’s 2020 The Salvage Crew is a standalone science fiction novel. 

Centuries in the future, the United Nations (UN) and its rival, the Outer Reaches Colonial Association (ORCA), are busily spreading humanity and its creations across the nearer stars. The distances are formidable, the challenges of alien worlds more so. Truly, shaping human destiny is the work of heroes!

Unfortunately for Overseer AMBER ROSE 348 and its salvage team, the cost-conscious UN opted to go with the lowest bidder. Thus, Planetary Crusade Services got the contract to check an ancient crash site for salvage. Thus, AMBER ROSE finds itself headed to an alien world with a crew the AI would not have selected had it had any say in the matter.


Read more ➤