← Back to search
Cover of Starquest

Starquest

John C Wright (2025-03-11)

Subgenre
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age14

Content levels

ViolenceStrong
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

ViolenceMurderRevengeDeathOrganized Crime

Positive tags

AdventureQuestRedemption ArcFriendship

Tropes

Space OperaEmpirePolitical IntrigueRebellionAncient Evil ReturnsAntiheroMentor FigureQuestHidden IdentityPirateMultiple POVs

Themes

Political IntriguePower and CorruptionRevengeJustice vs RevengeApocalypseEspionageLight vs Darkness

Synopsis

A Grandmaster lifts his pen to restore Space Opera to long lost glory! If you are weary of the wasteland of wokeness, your wait is ended! The despotic Galactic Empire is gone, and the Dark Overlords are dead. But from the embers new menaces arise: a Dark Sun Weapon quenches living stars; Pirate King Ahab gathers space corsairs to form warfleets of conquest; the Crime Syndicate corrupts consuls, fixes vote, paralyzes the polity to pry planets from the new Constitution. Space Princess Lyra Centauri, exiled Shrine Maiden, employs her astral powers on behalf of the mysterious spymaster Nightshadow, and finds the shades of ancient foes alive in the dream realm. Senator Napoleon Lone, and his illegal super-robot valet, must thread the maze of stellar politics to rouse a lethargic senate ere war clouds can crush the fledgling republic! Patrolman Athos Lone wins the Black Badge of a Vindicator, and is able investigate without warrant and execute without trial. He seeks the Murder Mansion of Pirate Captain Liska, who slew his brother. As the iron-masked and lion-clawed vigilante called the Ancient Mariner, he seeks bloody revenge. Shall the darkness thrive and dead devilry revive? Read On! For All True Tales are but Part of a Greater!

Tags

Space OperaPolitical ThrillerPulp AdventureSpy Fiction