Star Trails: The Nubian Queen

About the Book

Stax, an enlisted 3rd class Naval Yeoman gets conscripted for the first ever exploration of the red planet. His presence on the expedition brought immediate objections from the nine chosen military officers who lead the exploration.

The strong resentment only feeds Stax's already rebellious attitude. Along with the nine officers and Stax, the team has ten civilian. A miscalculated Mars Storm wreaks havoc on expedition’s spacecraft, the Demios II. At the same time Stax and one of the civilians gets caught in a storm, and come across a powered down alien spaceship.

The alien computer aboard the discovered ship declares Stax as the Overseer, leading to deadly consequences for some of the crew. Through a mishap in the Alien ship’s engine, the officers and civilians, along with Stax are taken to the center of a war torn and desperate galaxy.

About the Author

Phil Lewis was born and raised in West Tennessee. His qualifications are in computers, adult education, Teaching English as a Second Language, and writing fiction. Phil has traveled to some fifty different countries around the world. He met his New Zealand wife in Central Asia and they now live in Hamilton, New Zealand where Phil teaches literacy and numeracy at a private training school.