Under Far Galaxian Skies

Balfour has committed the ultimate crime: the murder of his sister’s boyfriend. It doesn’t matter that it was accidental.

Sentenced to working as ship labourer, Balfour is convinced he deserves it when he's captured by pirates and forced to a distant galaxy. He barely escapes enslavement, fleeing into a city more deadly than anything he’s ever known.

Venomous reptiles hunt him. Iron-fisted tarilla chiefs are on the brink of war.

Balfour must adapt quickly or prepare for a slow, torturous death in the hands of people more bloodthirsty than the Star-Eaters of old.

But the biggest threat is his lingering self-loathing. If he can't fight through it, nothing else will matter — because he won’t live long enough to see it.

Green spacey book cover for Under Far Galaxian Skies. A mountain is peeking over clouds with large moons hanging above.

  • Contains themes of self-harm, suicide ideation, depression, C-PTSD, childhood trauma/abuse, panic attacks, anxiety, war, torture, slavery, death and violence some readers may find disturbing.

Portrait drawing of a blonde, bearded man wearing a black jacket and grey shirt. He has blue eyes and his hair is tied up in a bun at the back of his head.

Artwork of Balfour by Miriam Yvette

Photo collage with a dark green background and 7 images of varying size. Old buildings, green spacey scenes and gila monster close up of the black and orange scales and green tiles. Yellow text: It was true after all. He was a monster. A murderer.

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A giant gila monster lizard with a chain around its neck standing in front of a grey wall with a pink flowering shrub growing along it.

A <sniffer> that has escaped its handler. Balfour and his new-found friends in the city of Magrath are constantly on the run from these trained, venomous lizards.

This artwork is available in the shop as an A5 print.