[Galactic Blues 03] • Mean Old World

He took her arm. Destroyed her career. The least she can do is take his life.

Commander Tara Shaw has one goal: to kill Captain Remy Bechet. True, joining forces with the pirate king Larker Max wasn’t her best idea, but it’s certainly put her on a collision course with her quarry.

Remy, meanwhile, flies the R.L. Johnson deep into the Belt, trying to stay one step ahead of the law. To protect his crew, he needs to locate a portal that will transport him beyond the reach of Shaw and his former friend, Captain Jason Pike. He just hopes the portal he’s seeking is still where he left it.

And down on the planet Vox, Lilly’s day goes from lousy to much, much worse. The regular shipment of nano-biotics that keeps most of her town’s population alive is ahead of schedule. But it seems someone with bad intentions might have gotten to it first.

If you’re a fan of space operas like Firefly , Defiance , and Dark Matter , then you’ll love the third action-packed episode of the Galactic Blues serial.

Check out Galactic Blues today and begin your exploration of the Newton's Gate Universe.

Galactic Blues releases:

11/05/18 Episode 1 - Born Under a Bad Sign

11/12/18 Episode 2 - Call It Stormy Monday

11/19/18 Episode 3 - Mean Old World

11/26/18 Episode 4 - That's All Right

12/03/18 Episode 5 - Got My Mojo Working

12/10/18 Episode 6 - I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man

12/17/18 Episode 7 - Knock on Wood

12/24/18 Episode 8 - Ain't Nobody’s Business

12/31/18 Episode 9 - The Sky Is Crying

Galactic Blues Serial

Why a serial?

The authors of Galactic Blues envisioned the series as a limited-run television show, with weekly episodes being released on nine consecutive Mondays, starting on November 5, 2018. It is meant to be a fun short KU read every week. The story and characters develop much like episodes of serial television.

Will we release box sets?

Although we will eventually release each season (nine episodes) in a combined format, we originally conceived Galactic Blues as a weekly form of entertainment that would enable readers to escape into our world for a short time.

How is Galactic Blues connected to the NGU?

The renegade space pirates at the heart of the series—Remy, Dreyla, and Tosh—begin their misadventures within the portal-filled solar system that has birthed Newton’s Gate. But as they soon discover, some portals have a mind of their own.

What Is the NGU?

First, you might ask... who is C.J. Clemens?

C.J. Clemens is the pen name shared by over thirty authors who have written and continue to write an assortment of stories based within the Newton’s Gate Universe.

And what is the Newton’s Gate Universe?

On New Year’s Eve of 2050, humanity launches Newton’s Gate, a gateway meant to enable interstellar exploration. But when the gateway explodes, our greatest achievement morphs into our greatest disaster.