Assembly – Haraken government representatives
Cedric Broussard – Z’s New Terran avatar
Central Exchange – Haraken central bank, directed by the SADEs
Cordelia – SADE, Julien’s partner
Darius Gaumata – Fighter/traveler captain and pilot
Darrin Hesterly – No Retreat chief medical officer
Deirdre Canaan – Wing commander
Edouard Manet – Last Stand captain, partner to Miko Tanaka
Ellie Thompson – Wing commander
Espero – Haraken city
Étienne de Long – Director of Security, twin and crèche-mate to Alain, partner to Ellie Thompson
First – Leader of the alien Swei Swee hives
Founding Day – Celebration of the founding of Haraken
Franz Cohen – Wing commander
GEN – Machine designed by Julien to help New Terran technology
Hive Singer – Mutter, SADE, who sings to the Swei Swee in their language
José Cordova – Rêveur captain
Julien – SADE, Cordelia’s partner
Libran-X – Powerful explosive discovered and made by the Librans
Lucia Bellardo – Wing commander
Michael “Mickey” Brandon – Senior engineer, partner to Pia Sabine
Miko Tanaka – No Retreat captain, partner to Edouard Manet
Miranda Leyton – Z’s femme fatale avatar
Mutter – SADE, Hive Singer to the Swei Swee
Nua’ll – Aliens who imprisoned the Swei Swee before they became Harakens
People – Manner in which the Swei Swee refer to their collective
Pia Sabine – Assembly member, partner to Michael “Mickey” Brandon
Renée de Guirnon – First lady of Haraken, partner to Alex Racine
Robert Dorian – Assembly member, commander of military pilot training school
SADE – Self-aware digital entity, artificial intelligence being
Sanders – Traveler copilot to Darius Gaumata
Sean McCrery – Deceased fighter/traveler captain, friend of Darius Gaumata
Sheila Reynard – Fighter commodore
Star Hunter First – Swei Swee name for Alex Racine
Swei Swee – Six-legged friendly alien
Tatia Tachenko – Admiral, partner to Alain de Long
Terese Lechaux – Medical expert
Z – SADE
Méridien
Con-Fed – Méridien language
Confederation – Collection of Méridien worlds
Independents – Confederation outcasts, originally exiled to Libre, rescued by Alex Racine
Clayton Downing – Former president of New Terra, convicted and imprisoned
Maria Gonzalez – New Terra president
Sol-NAC – Language of the New Terrans
Tara – Computer on board Alex Racine’s Outward Bound explorer-tug
United Earth (UE) and Earthers
Alicante – Captain of the Lazy Pleasure yacht
Antonio García – Reunion mission commander, UE speaker
Berko – Militia major on moon base
Borden – Captain of the Vigilance
Boris Gorenko – UE scientist, medical background, immigrated to Haraken
Charnoose – Pro-naval captain, later acting commodore
Dahlia Braxton – Pro-naval commodore
Darwoo – Captain, pro-naval
Desmond Lambros – Sleepover owner aboard Idona Station
Diaz – Militia sergeant aboard Idona Station
Dimitri Agaloo – Privateer
Edmas – Teenage rebel boy aboard Idona Station
Edward – UE scientist, lead physicist, mathematician, immigrated to Haraken
Enclave – Fifteen-member group of high judges who elect the three Supreme Tribunal members
Faring – Militia major aboard Vigilance
Fliklight – Luminescent tags for the tunnel rats aboard Idona Station
Francis Lumley – Reunion captain
Gardia – Lieutenant undercover against the judiciary enclave
Ginny – Deaf child aboard Idona Station
Giuseppe Lucchesi – Supreme Tribunal member, judiciary
Guide – Generic name for the controlling computer on UE ships
Hanford – Militia sergeant aboard Idona Station
Hawkins – Lieutenant in Missile Command on the Guardian
Heywood – Judicial force destroyer captain
Ian Brennan – Supreme Tribunal member, corporate
Irving – Pro-naval captain promoted to acting commodore
Jason – Burn-scarred child aboard Idona Station
Jorre – Tug captain of the Homeward Bound
Jodlyne – Teenage rebel girl aboard Idona Station
Kwan Woo – Supreme Tribunal member, military
Li Chong – Space admiral, supreme leader of the UE naval forces
Lindling – Militia major in command aboard Idona Station
Lister – Miner out of Idona who donated Idona Station’s memorial
Liston – Freighter captain of the Treasure Chest
Livingsworth – Militia lieutenant masquerading as wealthy traveler
Lydia Yelstein – Shuttle pilot at moon base
Needler – UE personal weapon fires high-speed poisonous darts
Nema – UE scientist, immigrated to Haraken
Nicolette “Nikki” Fowler – Rebel commander and granddaughter of Idona Station director
Olawale Wombo – Reunion lead UE science administrator, immigrated to Haraken
Patrice Morris – Militia lieutenant aboard Idona Station
Patricio Bunaldi – Hand of Justice mission commander, UE high judge, killed at New Terra
Pauline – Idona Station horticulturist and friend of Jorre
Priita Ranta – UE scientist, immigrated to Haraken
Provo – Militia lieutenant in league with Weevil’s plan
Reiko Shimada – Captain of the UE destroyer Conquest
Sendra Deveening – UE commerce head
Shelley – Captain of the UE battleship Guardian
Stremski – Miner out of Idona who donated Idona Station’s memorial
Stunstik – Militia weapon that stuns with darts
Supreme Tribunal – UE highest political system
Tankerling – Captain of the UE destroyer Dauntless
Tarek – Notorious hauler-tug captain
Terrine – Captain, pro-naval
Theodore Portland – UE judiciary admiral aboard battleship Guardian
Theostin – UE Admiral aboard the Hand of Justice, killed at New Terra
Torres – Ensign in Guardian Engineering
Tribune – Member of the Supreme Tribunal
Ullman – Admiral in command of last judiciary force in inner zone
Vic Lambert – Rebel second-in-command at Idona Station
Weevil – Sixteen-year-old dying boy who steals an ore grubber
Willard – Miner out of Idona who donated Idona Station’s memorial
Yoram Penzig – UE scientist, philosopher, immigrated to Haraken
Yun – Militia captain aboard Idona Station
Planets, Colonies, Moons, and Stars
Callisto – Moon at Sol’s Jupiter
Ganymede – Moon at Sol’s Jupiter
Haraken – Home of the Harakens in the Hellébore system
Hellébore – Star of the planet Haraken
Libre – Independents’ ex-colony in Arno system, now home to the remaining Swei Swee hives
Méridien – Home world of Confederation
New Terra – Home world of New Terrans, fourth planet outward of Oistos
Niomedes – New Terra fifth planet outward
Oistos – Star of the planet New Terra, Alex Racine’s home world
Sol – Star of solar system where Earth is locate
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Tethys – Moon at Sol’s Saturn
Ships and Stations
Bon Vivant – Luxury yacht pirated by Dimitri Agaloo
Ceres Station – Site of a rebel launch, resulting in docking arm destroyed by judicial forces
Challenge – UE destroyer, Captain Irving in command
Conquest – UE destroyer, Captain Shimada’s first command
Daedalus – UE cruiser, Commodore Shimada’s new command
Dauntless – UE destroyer
Guardian – UE battleship under Admiral Portland
Hand of Justice – UE battleship under High Judge Bunaldi, destroyed at New Terra
Homeward Bound – Reclamation tug captained by Jorre
Idona Station – Crossroads station located near Sol’s Neptune
Last Stand – Haraken carrier
Lazy Pleasure – Hijacked UE pleasure yacht, captained by Alicante
No Retreat – Haraken carrier
Outward Bound – New Terra explorer-tug, originally captained by Alex Racine
Reunion – UE explorer ship
Rêveur – Haraken passenger liner
Shamrock – UE freighter
Travelers – Haraken fighter-shuttles built with Nua’ll technology and Swei Swee shells
Treasure Chest – UE freighter captained by Liston
Vigilance – Renegade destroyer interdicting the Lazy Pleasure yacht
My Books
The Silver Ships series is available in e-book, softcover print, and audiobook versions. Please visit my website, http://scottjucha.com, for publication locations. You may also register at my website to receive email notification about the publish dates of my novels.
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Alex and friends will return in the upcoming novel Espero, A Silver Ships Novel.
The Silver Ships Series
The Silver Ships
Libre
Méridien
Haraken
Sol
Espero (forthcoming)
The Author
I have been enamored with fiction novels since the age of thirteen and long been a fan of great storytellers. I’ve lived in several countries overseas and in many of the US states, including Illinois, where I met my wonderful wife thirty-seven years ago. My careers have spanned a variety of industries in the visual and scientific fields of photography, biology, film/video, software, and information technology (IT).
My first attempt at a novel, titled The Lure, was a crime drama centered on the modern-day surfacing of a 110-carat yellow diamond lost during the French Revolution. In 1980, in preparation for the book, I spent two wonderful weeks researching the Brazilian people, their language, and the religious customs of Candomblé. The day I returned from Rio de Janeiro, I had my first date with my wife-to-be, Peggy Giels.
During the next thirty-four years, I outlined dozens of novels, but a busy career limited my efforts to complete any of them. Recently, I’ve chosen to make writing my primary focus. My first novel, The Silver Ships, was released in February 2015. This first installment in a sci-fi trilogy was quickly followed by books two and three, Libre and Méridien. Haraken and Sol, the fourth and fifth books in the series, continue the exploits of Alex Racine and company in a two-part story. Espero, the sixth book in the series, is forthcoming.
I hope to continue to intrigue my readers with my stories as this is the most wonderful job I’ve ever had!