Reload. Lock In. Lube up. A queer military sci fi novel that follows three perspectives aboard the privateer vessel The Galley on the frontier of contested space as they attempt to survive pirates, cyborg xenos, and a black hole.
The thrilling debut Sci Fi novel from award-nominated game designer Friday Strout!
That last cigarette after a gunfight.
Your last chance at love in a doomed star system.
The last thing you wanna do to prove you're not a goddamn coward.
The empire made them soldiers. The void made them rebels. Lina Bho captains a beat-up transport at the galaxy's ragged edge, running aid missions with veterans who'd rather fight than follow orders. She left the United Earth Marines behind, with its politics, its prejudice, and the boot she wore too long. Her Chief, Zuri Josmith, keeps the platoon sharp and the Captain honest. She's also the only woman who's ever made Lina want to take orders.
A black hole is swallowing their star system. No one is coming. When Lina discovers the United Earth deliberately stranded nine billion people to wipe out a rebel stronghold, she turns her crew against the government that raised them. Pirates stalk her vessel; alien predators nest in her cargo hold; and her hired guns look to her for a plan she hasn't finished writing.
They'll fight their way out or die as the Black Hole Guns. A jump-capable freighter at the sector's edge is their only ride out. Between Lina and escape sits a pirate captain with a personal vendetta, alien cyborg predators, and her own unraveling mind. Zuri can hold her together or hold the crew together. She can't do both.
This sapphic military sci-fi features a found family crew, morally gray characters, and a D/s romance. It contains graphic violence, explicit language, and adult content. BLACK HOLE GUNS FOR HIRE is the first in a series, meant as a quick introduction to the world and characters.
Friday Strout is a nonbinary transfem tabletop roleplaying game designer, and writer. Her D&D adventure writing was nominated for an ENNIE in 2024. She is a native to the Pacific Northwest in the United States of America at the heart of Earth’s imperial core. Black Hole Guns For Hire is her first novel.
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