The Sands of Osiris (Aegis Colony Book 1

First book in the COMPLETED Aegis Colony trilogy. Planets that don't kill you are hard to find. Starving and locked in a war with hostile aliens, the Terran Empire needs fresh real estate or humanity will face extinction. Jaeger Orleans is sent by the mysterious Farseer Cartel to steal a blueprint for a sustainable human colony on the ice world Solitude. A chance for humans to leave a long history of mistakes behind and begin again. Sent to a brutal desert prison for withholding the information from the Terran Corps, Jaeger is in a race against time to find Solitude and lead humanity to a brighter future. "This was perhaps the best SF adventure novel I have ever read! And I've been reading them for over 50 years. Shelley has a wonderful talent for description and setting. When the next one is published,sign me up and get out of my way! Absolutely GREAT stuff!" - Amazon review. Includes bonus chapter.