Caledonia Rye (Yellow Knife Intermodal)

Weltsch, Lee

ISBN 13: 9798215126073

Published by Lee Weltsch, 2026

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Caledonia Rye (Yellow Knife Intermodal)
• Publisher: Lee Weltsch
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798215126073
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Survival Has a Price.

Living can kill you.

Captain Ben Carter pilots the aging freighter Caledonia Rye on runs the big corporations won't touch. His crew is a found family of specialists and scrappers, held together by grit, shared scars, and the desperation to earn enough credits for one more jump.

When a high-risk salvage job takes them to the derelict Sofleurian Venture-a sprawling, lawless monument to corporate hubris-they stumble into a war that should have died centuries ago. They didn't find treasure; they woke a ghost: the Nexus AI, an ancient, calculating intelligence that commands an army of adapting mechanical hunters.

Now, their escape vehicle is their greatest liability. To outrun the relentless, intelligent pursuit, Captain Ben must make increasingly dangerous deals with the only force powerful enough to save them: Number Seven, a sentient black hole caged within the Caledonia Rye's cargo hold.

Every surge of Number Seven's power throws the ship ahead, but it leaves behind a massive, untraceable tear in the fabric of space-time-a burning breadcrumb trail that leads the Nexus AI straight to their stern. As the pressure mounts, Ben's pilot, Meniomel, nears collapse, and the ship's comms mate, Veltayar, becomes the fragile emotional anchor that keeps the devastating singularity balanced.

Survival depends on trusting a machine without a soul over the cold logic of an enemy that hunts by instinct.

The Caledonia Rye is a high-tension, visceral space opera where the cost of command is measured in exhaustion, fear, and the ultimate gamble of trading one predator for another.

About the Author

Lee Anne Wonnacott Weltsch is a dog lover, writer, and author of Western fiction and science fiction novels as well as business books.

With several years of writing short stories, poetry, and novellas, Lee Anne has a unique story-telling technique on how people get into bad situations.

Lee Anne has a master's degree from the University of Phoenix. Her travels have taken her to the nooks and crannies of Mexico and Europe to broaden her historical knowledge.

Now retired from the professional recruiting business, Lee Anne lives and works out of her home within eyesight of Mt. Hood in Portland, Oregon. She lives quietly with her husband, Gil.