Beyond the Crystal Sky
by Glen C. Strathy
“When I was 12 years old, the sun stopped. Life on our deck nearly ended, and I was punished for trying to save it. Now I’m 17, and the threats to me and the Ship are bigger than ever. I may not be up to this, but there’s no one else...”
Born a resident of the great multi-generation Ship, Perdit is an outcast, a fugitive, homeless and jobless. She is also a pilot, an explorer, and gifted with unique genetic enhancements.
Unfortunately, the Ship is damaged and off-course and the environment is deteriorating. The citizens are too hampered by protocols to acknowledge the danger, while the Navcrew remain inaccessible.
Alarmed by the situation, and with the odds stacked against her, Perdit must overcome her self-doubt, reject her assigned role, and embark on a heroic mission to find the Navcrew, uncover the truth, and save the Ship. Along the way, she gathers a handful of allies and faces off against a colony administration that wants to silence her, paranoid cabals, alien attacks, and an AI that subjects her to invasive tests to prove her qualifications.
Read this YA science fiction adventure to discover the secrets of the Ship and follow this unique heroine as she strives to save her world.
Reviews of Beyond the Crystal Sky...
"Loved ones might lay out a blueprint for your life in advance, but people must arrive at their own unique paths by themselves. Even if this means defying protocol, as depicted in Glen C. Strathy’s mentally engaging and immersive BEYOND THE CRYSTAL SKY."
4.6/5
Gabriella Harrison
Indie Reader
"An exciting space novel, set on a multi-generational colonial ship, with the story having an intriguing framing premise..."
4/5 stars
Jennifer Hill
Reedsy Discovery
Who is Glen C. Strathy?
Glen C. Strathy has been an actor, a teacher, and since 1999 a professional writer. He is the author of the IPPY award-winning middle-grade novel, Dancing on the Inside, co-author of a New York Times Bestselling business book, and spent over a decade as a freelance writer and creative writing teacher. Since 2008, his website, www.how-to-write-a-book-now.com has offered tips and advice to aspiring authors. But before any of that, at a young age, he became an avid reader of science fiction. Classic works of space opera and science fiction adventure from the 1950s and 1960s percolated in the back of his head, eventually becoming the inspiration for this novel. Glen lives with his wife and daughter in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.