By B.B. Irvine
Epic Fleet service set in space, in the best swashbuckling traditions of Forester’s Hornblower, Pope’s Rammage, and the immersive atmosphere of O'Brian’s Aubrey-Maturin series (novels like Master and Commander). Follow the career and adventures of Xiu-Li "Mariposa" Chen from crewper to Captain as she and other humans venture forth into a sixty light year bubble of local space that in seven years will become the Human Sphere, once humans join the mysterious Assembly Of Sentients in 2180. Xiu-Li Chen and several friends and colleagues are instrumental to many of the pivotal events along the way, and must deal with all of the complex results afterward. She is one of only two survivors of the first actual "alien encounter" with another sentient intelligent species - and eventually she must not only negotiate with them, she becomes embroiled in their internal politics, along with her first officer Commander Ecurba, who has adventures of his own while en route to his own starship command.
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Mariposa (2173)
by B.B. Irvine
Series: Spacer Series, Book 1.
Price:
Free!
Words: 111,750.
Language:
English.
Published: February 28, 2012
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Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera
(4.40 from 5 reviews)
On a survey of planet Deepstrike, 34 light years from Earth, newly promoted Space Fleet Ensign Xiu-Li Chen uses her butterfly swords and fierce determination to survive first contact with the Qet, a violent human-like alien species. The first of a 12 book S.F. series starting in 2173 that follows Xiu-Li Chen's InterWorld Group Space Fleet career from "Crewper" to Captain.
Conflict (2176)
by B.B. Irvine
Series: Spacer Series, Book 2.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 110,410.
Language:
English.
Published: May 31, 2012
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Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Science Fiction
Conflict (2176) – Book 02: Lieutenant Chen (sequel to MARIPOSA).
Commanding her own combat rescue ship SR-T CATFISH within an InterWorld Group Training Group based at Van Mannen’s Star (Hellhole), on 29 February 2176 Tac/SAR specialist Lieutenant Xiu-Li Chen finds herself leading a critical tactical combat mission at what will be known as the Battle Of Hellhole.
Darkeyes (2178)
by B.B. Irvine
Series: Spacer Series, Book 3.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 116,390.
Language:
English.
Published: September 8, 2012
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Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
(5.00 from 1 review)
After a combat rescue mission crash on Jade, an Exotic Niv woman with matte black skin rescues Lieutenant Commander Xiu-Li Chen, then both are transferred to JOHN A. WHEELER, the first starship Xiu-Li served on. Later, the WHEELER needs Lieutenant Ecurba’s skills during a dangerous tactical interception at planet Deepstrike.
Victory Saved (2179)
by B.B. Irvine
Series: Spacer Series, Book 4.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 127,540.
Language:
English.
Published: September 8, 2012
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Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
(5.00 from 1 review)
First Officer Xiu-Li Chen saves her crew on battle damaged IWG VICTORY then faces mutiny during return to Earth, while on Niv, the planet at Tau Ceti, Lieutenant Ecurba becomes a hero to the mysterious Ceti Cats and the neosapien Niv.
Phase Change (2180)
by B.B. Irvine
Series: Spacer Series, Book 5.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 149,300.
Language:
English.
Published: October 2, 2012
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Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » Hard sci-fi, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
Phase Change (2180): New Captain Xiu-Li Chen leaves her starship SAS JAGUAR to discover what happened to the missing crew on board the drifting, empty science ship ROSALIND FRANKLIN. When armed raiders arrive to salvage the hulk, First Officer Commander Ecurba must take JAGUAR into harm’s way to protect his captain. Book 5 in the Spacer Series.
Qet Contact (2180)
by B.B. Irvine
Series: Spacer Series, Book 6.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 116,950.
Language:
English.
Published: October 2, 2012
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Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
Qet Contact (2180): During final negotiations for the Human Sphere’s entry into the Assembly Of Sentients, Captain Xiu-Li Chen and Commander Ecurba save the alien Qet leader from an assassination attempt; Ecurba falls in love with the Qet-Qeta’s daughter during sanctuary on SAS JAGUAR; and the Human Sphere is formalized. Then assassins attack again. Book 6 of the Spacer Series.
Greatstar Lost (2181)
by B.B. Irvine
Series: Spacer Series, Book 7.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 95,180.
Language:
English.
Published: October 16, 2012
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Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » General
Greatstar Lost (2181): As Captain Xiu-Li Chen settles into her role as Steward of the Human Sphere, the catastrophic destruction of a GREATSTAR ship in an attack sends SAS VICTORY and newly promoted Captain Ecurba and his wife Qet-Sia on a deep space rescue mission. Book 7 of the Spacer Series.
Qet Toccata (2181)
by B.B. Irvine
Series: Spacer Series, Book 8.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 105,260.
Language:
English.
Published: December 4, 2012
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Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
On planet Deepstrike Captain Ecurba battles a plan to imprison and control Ceti Cats in order to kill seventy eight billion Qet and destroy the Qet Sphere, while on Cape Of Velvet Captain Xiu-Li Chen seeks out the Niv criminal responsible. Book 8 of the Spacer Series.
Past, Present, and Future (2176-2194)
by B.B. Irvine
Series: Spacer Series, Book 9.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 90,000.
Language:
English.
Published: April 16, 2013
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Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
(5.00 from 1 review)
"Interstitial short stories" include Ecurba’s rescue of 31 kids during Operation NESTKNOCK (2176), his meeting of a daughter he did not know he had (2194), the full closing of the circle between Admiral Xiu-Li Chen and Captain Priti Fareyes (2192), and Admiral Chen’s meeting with “Katsavr’s Qitten” (2194).
The Secret Navigator (2182) Spacer Series: Book 10
by B.B. Irvine
Series: Spacer Series, Book 10.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 95,060.
Language:
English.
Published: November 23, 2016
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Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera
While their Qet-Qeti leader looks for a Qet artifact rumored to be on Deepstrike (human population 20,000), two million Qet Simple Believer warriors start assembling nearby. Can Captains Ecurba and Chen get the Human Sphere out of this?
Supervoid (2183)
by B.B. Irvine
Series: Spacer Series, Book 11.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 308,990.
Language:
English.
Published: January 20, 2022
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Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Adventure » Travel
Suggested in 2007, detected in 2015, the Supervoid is empty space over a billion light years in area which is 3 billion light years away toward the constellation Eridanus. Speculation among physicists runs a gamut: Is it merely empty? Is it from a collision with another Universe? Or is it a rip in space? In 2183 a starship is flown there to find out, and the result is SUPERVOID.