Stolen Orbit

The thieves came for the fuel. They took the whole station.

Captain Iona Rusk and the crew of Little Mercy are about to start a routine repair when a freighter rips Spindle Nine off its moorings. The fuel terminal leaves its pier with fifty-eight people on shift and Ionas tug still locked in the service berth.

The freighter captain had a buyer, a route and a second burn planned. The first burn wrecked her steering. Now the stolen station is drifting into the path of an ore convoy that cant be recalled.

Little Mercy can pull the habitat clear, if Iona can cut it loose from the fuel tanks. The last connections are bending under load, the ore packets are closing fast, and the woman who stole the station is still trying to save her cargo. To get everyone out alive, the two captains will have to trust each other long enough to let it go.

Stolen Orbit is the third Salvage Ledger novella, a standalone orbital heist thriller about a working salvage crew, a stolen station and a tow with no room for a second try.