Majera
Published on 10. February 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
178 pages
978-1-951320-33-1 (ISBN)
Description
Their last flight?
Testing a new Jump drive far beyond the Frontier, Captain Kitra Yilmaz and her friends plunge headlong into a rare first contact...
...just a little too late.
The world they find seems lifeless, shrouded in eternal silence--until it lashes out with lethal intent. Now, with danger all around, and emotions running high, can the Majera crew solve the riddle of the plagued planet in time to save a dying race?
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Gideon Marcus is the founder of Journey Press, an independent publisher focused on unusual and diverse speculative fiction. He is also a four-time Hugo Finalist for the time machine project, Galactic Journey.An acclaimed science fiction author, he has just released Majera, fourth book in The Kitra Saga, a YA space adventure series featuring themes of isolation, teamwork, and hope, and starring a queer protagonist of color.His short fiction can be found in Dark Matter, Utopia, Simultaneous Times, and elsewhere. He is also the editor of the Rediscovery: Science Fiction by Women anthology series, featuring some of the best works of science fiction's Silver Age. Gideon lives in San Diego County with his writer/editor wife and their polymath artist daughter...along with a cat, a snake, and an immense library.