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Galaxy Grifter

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By A. Zaykova

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Only the wittiest, smarmiest, most sycophantic person in the galaxy can grift like Levi can. 

Levi is an interstellar con artist: all charm, no conscience. His only real love is his spaceship, Caerus—his symbol of status and freedom—which he is forced to surrender as loan collateral to the most dangerous gang in his current quadrant. Desperate to get his ship back by any means necessary, Levi swindles a valuable antimatter-tech blueprint from an alien diplomat, which he plans to sell for millions of credits to the highest bidder.  

To decode the document, Levi hires Vera, a programmer whose inherited debt keeps her trapped on an asteroid in the galactic backwaters. Certain that Levi is merely using her, she plans to steal the blueprint for her creditors and finally gain her freedom.

Their alliance is plagued by fiery sexual tension, betrayals, and an impossible choice when they learn that an alien government intends to use the stolen technology to plan humanity’s genocide and that they will stop at nothing to retrieve their plans.

On Sale
Jun 3, 2025
Page Count
368 pages
Publisher
Orbit
ISBN-13
9780316587389

A. Zaykova

About the Author

Alla Zaykova’s short fiction and poetry has appeared in multiple magazines and anthologies including EthereaLeading Edge and The Future Fire. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications and a decades’ experience writing and managing media for the New Zealand government. Alla is a member of several writer’s associations and communities, worked as the press office head for Worldcon, and managed social media for SpecFicNZ. She now lives in Australia.
 

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