Murder on Cabot’s Landing is a 78,000 word novel that blends mystery, thriller, and scifi genres with a touch of gay romance. The novel is currently under contract with Dreamspinner Press.
Duty, honor, heart. In the 32nd century, those three hallowed words dictate what soldiers like ELAM VANDREREN and SIGURD VON DORESTAD ought to do, can do, and will do. That seemed simple until a murder forces them to choose between their hearts and what duty and honor demand.
ELAM VANDREREN thinks the job of Resident on the abandoned planet CABOT’S LANDING is the perfect escape from his past. But when he arrives, he finds the prior Resident murdered. Elam thinks the Resident’s spouse did it. The investigator from the transport ship Zuiderkruis, SIGURD VAN DORSTADT, thinks Elam did it. They both think that no one else was on the planet. It turns out they are wrong on all counts.
This web page includes some background information to the Ghostship Universe of Cabot’s Landing. You can read the novel without this, but these details can deepen your connection to this distant time. Enjoy!
- We begin with extracts from the New Omnibus Mandaean Almagest and Dataset [NOMAD], 3172 CE. These short excerpts provide background information on the planets and cultures that appear in the novel.
- Why are they called Ghostships? A 3174 CE op-ed from the Pasargadae Times answers this question and gives the early history of the faster-than-light engine.
- A broad-brush history of the Ghostship Universe, starting in 2083: Historical Timeline
- Sample Chapter from the book