R.E. Stearns is the author of Barbary Station and Mutiny at Vesta. She wrote her first story on an Apple IIe computer and still kind of misses green text on a black screen. She went on to annoy all of her teachers by reading books while they lectured. Eventually she read and wrote enough to earn a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction from the University of Central Florida. She is hoping for an honorary doctorate. When not writing or working, R.E. Stearns reads, plays PC games, and references internet memes in meatspace. She lives near Orlando, Florida, with her husband, a computer engineer, and a cat.
“An exhilarating mashup of Golden-Age widescreen and zeitgeist
cool. Totally unexpected. More please!”
*Internationally bestselling author Stephen Baxter, on BARBARY
STATION*
"This book is good fun. I really enjoyed this, and I bet you will,
too."
*Ann Leckie, Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of Ancillary
Justice, on BARBARY STATION*
"Grabs you in chapter one and doesn't let go. This book is for
everyone who ever wanted to be a space pirate."
*Mur Lafferty, Award-winning author of Six Wakes, on BARBARY
STATION*
"A super cool novel. It mixes unpredictable mysteries, a murderous
AI, space battles, an awesome and fashionable Pirate Leader in
Captain Sloane as well as a healthy dose of romance and found
families...a blend of Die Hard and the Illuminae Files."
*Kirkus Reviews, on BARBARY STATION*
"Strong characters and fast-paced action define this debut SF
thriller."
*Library Journal on BARBARY STATION*
If Barbary Station was a variant on the gothic novel in
space (complete with a haunted house in the form of a space
station), Mutiny at Vesta is a nested, layered series of
capers in which Adda and Iridian work with limited resources and
the pressure of time and other people’s competing priorities to
pull off the damn-near impossible.
*Tor.com*
Stearns’s second space opera is heavy on rousing action scenes,
political intrigue, and high AI weirdness…
*Publishers Weekly*
The book truly is a blend of space opera and military sci fi, and
consistently wriggles between the crew interactions
and feeeeeelings, to command structures, heavily explained
tech, and A.I. workspaces.
*J.S. Fields, author of Ardulum*
Fans of space opera, female protagonists, and independent thinkers
will enjoy this piece of science fiction…
*Booklist*
Stearns writes measured, tense, and intense space opera, filled
with a diverse selection of believable characters.
*Tor.com*
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