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This week, Patrick and Tracy welcome K.B. Wagers, author of THE GHOSTS OF TRAPPIST.
\nAbout THE GHOSTS OF TRAPPIST: NeoG\u2014the Near-Earth Orbital Guard, a diverse military force that patrols and protects the solar system, inspired by the real-life mission of the Coast Guard\u2014and the crew of Zuma\u2019s Ghost are under attack, and shocking truths are about to be exposed.
\nWhat the black takes should stay in the black.
\nEnsign Nell \u201cSapphi\u201d Zika has been working hard to get past her trauma, but the unnerving pleas for help she\u2019s hearing in the Verge and the song she can\u2019t get out of her head are making that increasingly difficult. As Zuma\u2019s Ghost gears up for a final run at the Boarding Games, their expert hacker is feeling anything but confident. Plus, her chief\u2019s robot dog, Doge, is acting weird\u2014a computer problem she can\u2019t find an answer to\u2014and the increasing number of missing freighters is putting everyone living on or stationed around Trappist on edge.
\nIt doesn\u2019t help the NeoG\u2019s mission that Dread Treasure is sidelined from competing in the Boarding Games, and Commander D\u2019Arcy Montaglione is stuck on the front lines of the mystery of the missing ships while also stuck in his own head. Never good at trusting people to begin with, he\u2019s struggling to piece together his new crew in the aftermath of a great betrayal, knowing this may be his final chance at command. The last thing he wants to do is prove his enemies right and end up getting shoved behind a desk and forgotten. The easy answer to missing ships is pirates, but D\u2019Arcy soon realizes the easiest answer is rarely the right one out in the vacuum of space. What\u2019s worse is that the actual pirates are scared of something out beyond the asteroid belt. Something that\u2019s been taking their ships too\u2026
\nAs the unknowns multiply and one of their mysterious enemies escalates by launching an attack on the NeoG itself, the Interceptor crews must brave both cyber and outer space to hunt down their foes, but no one is prepared for the truth that is revealed or the way it will shake the foundations of everything they believe about the universe.
\nAbout K.B. Wagers: K.B. Wagers is the author of the NeoG Adventures from Harper Voyager and the the Indranan and Farian War trilogies from Orbit Books. They are a fan of whiskey and cats, Jupiter Ascending and the Muppets.
\nThis week\u2019s picks:
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\n* K.B.: Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey
\n* Tracy: Skipjack Kayaks
\n* Patrick: Triptych (Will Trent book 1) By Karin Slaughter
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\nLinks:
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\n* K.B. Wagers on Twitter
\n* Tracy Townsend on Twitter
\n* Patrick Hester on Twitter
\n* The Functional Nerds Patreon Page
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\n\xa9 2023 Patrick Hester