Sterling R. Walker’s first novel, The Orphan Ship, was awarded a 2102 silver medal from Children’s Literary Classics. This series is an exciting young adult, dystopian, science fiction trilogy that is not to be missed. The series can be enjoyed for the surface level story of course, and there is plenty of action, intrigue, and humor for The Orphan Ship to be satisfying. However, it is the deeper look at poverty, greed and inhumane behaviors which give the book weight–especially when Walker skillfully portrays how children are impacted. Enjoy!
The Orphan Ship
Sterling R. Walker
Genre: Science Fiction | Teen & Young Adult
Stranded 225 million kilometers from home on Mars Station, cousins Jake O’Brien and Lorina Murphy are drawn into a fledgling effort to help the hundreds of abandoned street children who call the station home. Jake becomes a medical apprentice in an outreach clinic, while Lorina volunteers at a juvenile shelter. They soon discover that their efforts may be in vain because something much more serious than poverty plagues Mars Station.
Also stranded on Mars Station, ship’s captain Danae Shepherd faces the difficult task of hiring replacement crew after an alien virus claims the lives of four in her employ, including her husband.She stumbles upon the same problem that has Jake and Lorina stumped: why are homeless children disappearing without a trace?
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The Lost Sheep (The Orphan Ship Book 2)
Sterling R. Walker
Genre: Science Fiction | Teen & Young Adult
Captain Danae Shepherd returns to Mars Station with her crew of the Ishmael, fully aware that she is walking straight into a trap. But Danae isn’t going to let a little thing like being wanted for murder keep her away, not when her ally Dr. Erik Sorensen is stuck in jail; and not when evidence is desperately needed to end police chief Acheron’s depraved side business of abducting homeless children and selling them as slaves.
Danae’s nervous crew agrees to her daring plan, which is based more on luck than strategy, but her clairvoyant helmsman Marco Ting raises the level of tension with two chilling premonitions: the Captain’s plan will unravel once they reach Mars Station, putting all their lives in danger, and someone close to Lorina Murphy is going to die.
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The Last Orphan (The Orphan Ship Book 3)
Sterling R. Walker
Genre: Children’s eBooks | Teen & Young Adult
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Captain Danae Shepherd and her crew of Alex’s Legacy set out to rescue Shima Oryang’s niece from a slave-run factory in Bangkok, but their quest turns deadly when Shima is abducted. Now with her best friend missing, her helmsman in a coma, and a military captain determined to keep her on a short leash, Danae must battle the horrors from her past before she can summon the courage to confront the human traffickers who are holding Shima captive.
Like a small stone tossed into a big pond, Danae’s influence expands like ripples as her determination to save one orphan becomes a dangerous mission to liberate them all.
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