Hansell’s Hope
by Deborah K. Lauro
When Michael went to Austin’s Playground, a penal colony in the far reaches of explored space, he thought he’d left behind his life at Centauri University as his grandfather’s apprentice. Instead of continuing to pursue his doctorate in artificial intelligence, he decides to work toward becoming a medical doctor, hoping he’ll never have to deal with lying androids again. But when his past comes back to haunt him, will he be able to protect his new wife and her adoptive father, the geneticist who in his youth 150 years ago created the most hated creature on the planet, Hansell’s man-eating dragon?
Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter 6, Chapter 7, Chapter 8, Chapter 9, Chapter 10, Chapter 11, Chapter 12, Chapter 13, Chapter 14, Chapter 15, Chapter 16, Chapter 17, Chapter 18, Chapter 19, Chapter 20, Chapter 21, Chapter 22, Chapter 23, Chapter 24, Chapter 25, Chapter 26, Chapter 27, Chapter 28, Chapter 29, Chapter 30, Chapter 31, Chapter 32, Chapter 33, Chapter 34, Chapter 35
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Cover art by Lilian Barac; Cover design by Sarah Thomas