The Destin Chronicles

Armstrong Station
Series: The Destin Chronicles, Book 1. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 42,350. Language: English. Originally Published: February 29, 2020 by D.M. Pruden. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » High tech, Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera
In space, helping a stranger can get you killed, or worse… Armstrong Station is the busiest spaceport in the system where you can buy almost anything. Even a runaway slave. Doctor Melanie Destin left Earth, desperate to make a new life for herself. Now after finding a job as ship's surgeon aboard the interplanetary freighter, Requiem, her life is starting to look up for the first time in years...
Phobos Station
Series: The Destin Chronicles, Book 2. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 48,120. Language: English. Originally Published: April 15, 2020 by D.M. Pruden. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » High tech, Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera
Mars is a nice place…when it's not trying to kill you. Most spacefarers avoid Phobos Station. It is hard to get to and the locals would rather shoot you than be helpful. Melanie Destin has agreed to a simple task: Identify the person who receives a container the Requiem delivers to Phobos Station. When she learns the identity of the intended recipient, things becomes far more deadly. As the...
Rhea's Vault
Series: The Destin Chronicles, Book 3. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 54,680. Language: English. Originally Published: May 31, 2020 by D.M. Pruden. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » High tech, Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera
Saturn's moon, Rhea, hides many secrets… The Vault is the most secure archive in the Solar System, or so everyone believes. Melanie Destin desperately needs to get inside and knows someone who can help her. But when she gains access to the facility, what she discovers should not be possible. Something has destroyed the archive, and now it hunts her. With her ship sabotaged, Mel must survive...
Ganymede Station
Series: The Destin Chronicles, Book 4. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 55,410. Language: English. Originally Published: November 18, 2020 by D.M. Pruden. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » High tech, Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera
Millions will die, and it's all her fault... Mel Destin is desperate. Try as she might, a cure for the deadly nano-virus infecting Chloe Cabot remains elusive. With time running out and assassins hunting her across the solar system, she is forced into an unholy alliance with the only person who can help — the man who murdered her childhood friend. What she seeks is hidden on Ganymede, but while...
Europa's Revenge
Series: The Destin Chronicles, 4.5. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 15,760. Language: English. Originally Published: January 13, 2024 by D.M. Pruden. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » High tech, Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera
Assassins for hire, Sean and Siobhan Ikiedo, are sent to shut down the pirate operation that has plagued the Europa Colony for months.
The Jovian Collective
Series: The Destin Chronicles, Book 5. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 56,140. Language: English. Originally Published: July 23, 2021 by D.M. Pruden. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » High tech, Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera
The Solar System's fate rests on the shoulders of one, insignificant woman... Melanie Destin has attracted the wrong kind of attention. The Jovian Collective is looking for her. They have a job that only she can do, and nobody turns them down if they know what's good for them. Carson Willis has set in motion the final steps to bring down the Collective. If he succeeds, his mysterious employer...
The Ares Weapon
Series: The Destin Chronicles, Book 6. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 73,630. Language: English. Originally Published: October 1, 2016 by D.M. Pruden. Categories: Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » High tech, Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera
Armageddon is up for Auction... Dr. Melanie Destin's life is a mess. In a desperate attempt to start over, she accepts an interplanetary salvage job that will pay her enough to rebuild a new life on Mars. When she learns the real purpose of the mission is to recover a deadly synthetic virus, everything begins to unravel… Powerful forces compete to control the pathogen. The expedition leader...
Mother of Mars
Series: The Destin Chronicles, Book 7. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 74,000. Language: English. Originally Published: February 28, 2017 by D.M. Pruden. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » High tech, Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera
All life in the solar system is about to be wiped out… Dr. Melanie Destin thought she'd started a new life on Mars. While searching for answers to her mysterious past, she becomes embroiled in political intrigue and is falsely accused of assassinating the Martian High Chancellor… On the run, with a price on her head and the authorities in close pursuit, Mel must evade capture long enough to...
Child of Mars
Series: The Destin Chronicles, Book 8. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 71,620. Language: English. Originally Published: November 1, 2017 by D.M. Pruden. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » High tech, Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera
She is a Reluctant Hero Melanie Destin has been many things in her troubled life...a drug dealer, a doctor, a fugitive, and most recently, the savior of Mars...what she doesn't want to be is a mother. When circumstances make her responsible for a young orphan, she discovers the girl comes with a terrifying past...one that binds them to each other. Pursued by a ruthless government assassin, Mel...
Legacy of Mars
Series: The Destin Chronicles, Book 9. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 72,930. Language: English. Originally Published: June 12, 2018 by D.M. Pruden. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » High tech, Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera
It is a time of peace… The quiet, before the storm… War is coming, and nobody can prevent it… Following a successful rebellion against a ruthless despot, Martians struggle to rebuild their world. On Earth, the unification wars have finally ended and Terra is united under one supreme leader. But the planet is no longer capable of supporting humanity's exploding population, and covetous eyes have...