Sanctuary

In the 31st century, on the far-flung Outer Colony world of Sanctuary, Karina Med-Milan - a young woman from a race of feline aliens - leaves home on her own for the first time. She joins Adrian Blackwood, courier and pilot of Starchaser, and travels far and wide across her remarkable homeworld. Meanwhile, on the other side of inhabited space entirely, a dire conspiracy - a cover-up of a threat that could exterminate all life across the galaxy - has reared its head. Darius, a malfunctioning AI, slowly unravels the truth of what happened to the city he was created to watch over, and why - after two decades of silence - the planet has suddenly drawn soldiers, scientists, and secret agents once again. Sanctuary is the debut novel of John Patrick Jones, and tells a tale of friendship, adventure, and sorrow across a backdrop of the far future. It features a cast diverse in race, species, gender, sexuality, and ability, including openly gay, transgender, nonbinary, and disabled characters.