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A NEW SERIES IN THE UNIVERSE OF THE DABARE SNAKE LAUNCHER!

PODKAYNE OF MARS AT SATURN'S RINGS—HARD SF WITH A HUMAN FACE

It is a time of humanity’s exuberant expansion throughout the Solar System. We have colonies on the Moon, Mars, as far as Saturn’s rings. And we’re heading out even farther.

But it does mean that we’re stretched thin, and that every person who is part of the great experiment must do their part. To include the least likely scion of a famous explorer family: the Sadous.

The Sadous were in space exploration from the start of the space elevators in Africa, and they remain powerful to this day. But power draws envy, and for 12-year-old Calypso, life ain’t so easy. Especially when her mother, father, and two prodigy brothers—no pressure—head out, leaving her alone on Saturn’s ring station with her grandparents in charge.

She becomes the focus of a lot of strife, political maneuvering, and simple jealousy. As her grandparents are aging, she's going to have to grow up fast to protect them and her own hopes for a productive future. It’ll take everything she’s got to prove worthy—to her family, to her colony, and most of all, to herself.

Cover Art by Kurt Miller



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This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.

First printing, November 2025

Distributed by Simon & Schuster
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Printed in the United States of America

ISBN-13: 978-1-66807-297-4
eISBN: 978-1-964856-42-1

Copyright © 2025 by Joelle Presby

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