Space Dragons: Luxorian's Crew

eBook

English language

Published Nov. 1, 2024 by Witch Key Fiction.

ISBN:: 978-1-7394742-4-9

(1 review)

Luxorian is a dragon without a rider, and that's a problem.

Since ancient times, dragons and riders have worked together to travel the galaxy, which means Luxorian is out of a job. Their rider abandoned them, leaving them with no void rig, no crew, and a whole lot of bitterness.

When Finder-X239, a bot who constantly talks around the truth, offers them a rig and a suspiciously well-paid materials collection contract, Lux has to accept.

But that means assembling a crew, fast, from desperate folk in their backwater spaceport town, including the humans they turned down as replacement riders. And with no rider to be their voice among the crew, the only person who can run this rig is...well...Lux.

Exploring the galaxy rim, Lux and their crew must face hostile wildlife, dangerous weather, and the vast, rig-eating void horrors that hunt through space.

But harder still, Lux must somehow gain …

Luxorian is a dragon without a rider, and that's a problem.

Since ancient times, dragons and riders have worked together to travel the galaxy, which means Luxorian is out of a job. Their rider abandoned them, leaving them with no void rig, no crew, and a whole lot of bitterness.

When Finder-X239, a bot who constantly talks around the truth, offers them a rig and a suspiciously well-paid materials collection contract, Lux has to accept.

But that means assembling a crew, fast, from desperate folk in their backwater spaceport town, including the humans they turned down as replacement riders. And with no rider to be their voice among the crew, the only person who can run this rig is...well...Lux.

Exploring the galaxy rim, Lux and their crew must face hostile wildlife, dangerous weather, and the vast, rig-eating void horrors that hunt through space.

But harder still, Lux must somehow gain the loyalty of the crew even though they are unwilling to give their trust in return. Not all wounds come by way of a claw or fist...

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StoryDragon reviewed Space Dragons by Veo Corva

The best novella I have ever read

5 stars

I enjoyed this book more than I expected. Usually, I do not like novellas as much as novels. They are so short and all, and it often feels not completely complete to me. This novella by Veo Corva, however, is just as good as their novels! The first few chapters seemed to confirm my feelings about novellas, but once I really got into the story, once Luxorian and their crew got into space, that feeling changed. When I was finished, I felt like I had read a complete story. It was complete. It was satisfactory. Once again, Veo Corva has written a great story. Space Dragons: Luxorian's Crew is a story about the search for independence, the struggle against a society that is not made for you. What I loved about the tale is how fatphobic challenges that people who are "too fat" face in our Western society, are represented …

I enjoyed this book more than I expected. Usually, I do not like novellas as much as novels. They are so short and all, and it often feels not completely complete to me. This novella by Veo Corva, however, is just as good as their novels! The first few chapters seemed to confirm my feelings about novellas, but once I really got into the story, once Luxorian and their crew got into space, that feeling changed. When I was finished, I felt like I had read a complete story. It was complete. It was satisfactory. Once again, Veo Corva has written a great story. Space Dragons: Luxorian's Crew is a story about the search for independence, the struggle against a society that is not made for you. What I loved about the tale is how fatphobic challenges that people who are "too fat" face in our Western society, are represented in the story. The infrastructure and society in the novella is based on humans, most things are human sized and that what is built for dragons is still very tight/cramped. It is even so that the question comes up whether it is better to resize or reshape a dragon, or to change society...

As with the other stories by Veo Corva, this novella is also about friendships, and there have been times I cried in a positive way. In a joyous way. With a gigantic smile on my face. There is so much warmth in the story. There are main characters with autism, with chronical fatigue, there is queerness. It is perfect.

I am looking forward to possible sequels.