The Kelras Chronicles
2 primary works
Book 1
Striving for the stars is a trope-tastic, coming of age space opera, for young adults and the young at heart.
Aristeia has always dreamed of one day leaving the desolate planet she calls home. The daughter of a recycling centre engineer, she spends her days salvaging in the scrap yards, hoping to save enough credits to fund a move to a more populated planet.
After uncovering an old flight simulator among the scrap, Aristeia finds herself with a new goal. To become a pilot and claim the stars for her own.
When her estranged mother, an admiral in the United Astrum Federations space fleet, presents her with the opportunity to achieve the one thing she wants most, Aristeia jumps at the chance to take the entrance exams for the fleet's most elite academy. Only if she passes her exams and basic training can she hope to join the pilot training program and one day reach the stars.
Book 2
Having successfully passed her exams, and basic training.
Aristeia and her new squad are now officially considered first year cadets of the Astrum fleet's officer training academy.
Faced with new challenges, an annoying rival and a budding new romance.
Aristeia struggles to find a balance between her social life and her class work.
If she an Zander are going to reach their goal of graduating the academy commissioned to a ship of their own.
They first need to win the end of year command competition, which won't be easy.