Stardust: Origins

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The year is 2230. Humanity has spread out into space thanks to the invention of FTL and torchdrives. It is a world of science and progress, but not without danger. The overall technological vibe of the setting resembles a mix of post-cyberpunk, biopunk, vaguely retro classic-sci-fi, and contemporary stuff.

Kayden is a human who has a few alien friends and lives on a boring and unremarkable frontier planet. One day, he scrounges up enough money for a trip to Earth-- the shining capital of human civilization, and takes his friends (2 aliens) along. Early on, they stumble into a conspiracy and generally hijinks ensue. After that they pick up more travelers. A lot of this book is interpersonal interaction and it's fairly chill as far as modern sci-fi goes.

About the content warnings: the main character swears like a sailor when stressed; and there's a gory scene near the end. The rest is fairly clean. Oh and there are mentions of nonspecific drugs as well as allusions to traumatic experiences but nothing too explicit.

Update: Keep in mind that this was my first-ever novel-length prose, and first-ever published prose. Read it through that lens, and if the jank is too much, start with the latter books.

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Stardust: Origins 21 Afterword RoyalRoadL
Stardust: Origins 20 And Don't Forget The Towel RoyalRoadL
Stardust: Origins 19 Goodbye, Kamohoalii! RoyalRoadL
Stardust: Origins 18 A second meeting RoyalRoadL
Stardust: Origins 17 Sea RoyalRoadL
Stardust: Origins 16 Goodbye, Cocytus! RoyalRoadL
Stardust: Origins 15 Respite RoyalRoadL
Stardust: Origins 14 Confrontation RoyalRoadL
Stardust: Origins 13 Goodbye, Alacrity! RoyalRoadL
Stardust: Origins 12 Evening RoyalRoadL
Stardust: Origins 11 Plane RoyalRoadL
Stardust: Origins 10 Synthzoo RoyalRoadL
Stardust: Origins 9 Littlegulf RoyalRoadL
Stardust: Origins 8 Approach to Alacrity RoyalRoadL
Stardust: Origins 7 Warp RoyalRoadL
Stardust: Origins 6 Takeoff RoyalRoadL
Stardust: Origins 5 Spying RoyalRoadL
Stardust: Origins 4 Goodbye, New Arizona! RoyalRoadL
Stardust: Origins 3 Guests RoyalRoadL
Stardust: Origins 2 The planet RoyalRoadL
Stardust: Origins 1 A meeting RoyalRoadL