Quarantine Thirteen

Magenta and pink spacey book cover with a wooden sailing ship in the middle flying through large storm clouds. Gold text for title and author: Quarantine Thirteen, Natalie Kelda

Since her fight against the last Star-Eater, Tara Polendi's energy-vision has become unreliable — a truth she is too humiliated to share.

 When Tara unwittingly directs Lucia into the heart of a portal storm, the ship and her crew portal back to the last place they want to go: Outer Universe.

 Now, they can’t take off from their crash-site, and Tara's unstable vision becomes the least of her worries.

 There is someone – or something – else on the island. And if Tara doesn’t get control quickly, it might cost the lives of everyone she holds dear.

Quarantine Thirteen can be read as a standalone or a continuation of the River in the Galaxy duology. It takes place 1 Amulean year after the end of Outer Universe.

  • Contains themes of death, grief, warfare, slavery, child death, pet death, self-harm, panic attacks, anxiety, addiction, (past) partner abuse and violence some readers may find disturbing.

Check out Tara’s Playlist which the book was written and edited to

Digitally drawn marsh landscape with 24 large blue, stork-like birds scattered amongst the grasses and rivulets. Some of the birds have caught small animals in their beaks.

The stork-filled marshland Tara has to traverse during her time on the planet Quarantine Thirteen.