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A New Era—Near-future science fiction

Space mechanic Kristina arrives to the stone desert on planet Skade. A lifelong dream!

But the expedition’s monstrous drill stains the landscape. 

Not her dream!

A story about a woman caught between her dream and the reality of space exploration.

It's a hundred years into the future and humanity has reached the stars. There are colonies within the solar systems and the first spaceships travel out into the galaxy. 

The stories in A New Era series follow those individuals that experience the start of a new era. In the Stone Desert is number 3 in A New Era series.