Pirates of the Middle Passage

The Anaconda, Book 5

By: Richard Hanners

Narrated by: Sarina Hart

In this sequel to The Anaconda, A New Earth, A War of Myths, and Dystopian Sacrifices, crew members from a 23rd-century asteroid mining ship that mysteriously traveled 400 years into the past continue to pursue their private missions on the new planet. Five years have passed since the fall of New Orleans, and the global war of liberation for slaves and native peoples has spread east of the Big Muddy River and south to the Caribbean.

Meanwhile the cadets, twin assassins untethered from Space Force rules and regulations, have become the ghostly pirates of the Middle Passage, wreaking havoc on the African slave trade. The Bird Woman’s mythical work has reached New England, and the Anaconda general manager’s commercial empire is expanding across the Ottoman Empire. In Hispaniola, a mixed-race man from the South Pacific meets with a former sugar plantation slave, both just teenagers, both members of the First Generation, both bound for greatness.

In deep background, the spaceship’s auditor continues his struggle to untangle an all-powerful artificial intelligence from the quantum consciousnesses of two comatose crew members, a threat to everyone everywhere.

©2021 Richard E. Hanners (P)2022 Richard E. Hanners