Out of the Dark Nebula

The year is far ahead, but the terror is timeless: a young crew, barely trained, must man the greatest warship humanity has ever built as an alien empire descends upon the stars. Vice-Admiral Hawke commands the Albion, a vessel of impossible weapons and fragile hope, facing the Dark Nebula League and their ruthless Xantu masters. What unfolds is both a grand space opera of photon torpedoes and maneuverable fleets, and an intimate portrait of ordinary people discovering what they're capable of when everything burns. Coe writes with the kinetic urgency of someone who knows his readers want engines roaring and lasers singing, and delivers. This is 1950s sci-fi at its most alive: propulsive, earnest, and unapologetically dramatic. For readers who want their space battles big, their stakes galaxy-wide, and their crew camaraderie served hot.