Dandelion (The Newhome Rangers)

Amber Houston was born light-years from Earth, aboard the enormous colony starship Dandelion. By the age of fourteen, she has spent her entire life training as a "Ranger," ready for the day when she will be among the first humans ever to set foot on an alien world & build a new civilization.When Dandelion suffers an emergency toward the end of its journey, Amber & her fellow young rangers are evacuated & land on the planet Newhome years ahead of schedule. While the adults left behind on Dandelion slow the ship & turn it around to come back---in eight years---Amber & her friends must build lives for themselves amid revelations that will change Humankind's destiny forever. Meanwhile, aboard the ship, secrets that were buried over three hundred years ago finally come to light...

Born and raised in rural Wales and blessed with a bedroom full of books, Phil has written and roleplayed from a young age. Under the pen name "Hambone," he became a professional author through his successful web serial "The Deathworlders." Now based in Yorkshire, his passion is for character-driven speculative fiction and aliens with unpronounceable names. This is his debut novel.

A native of the upper Midwest, Justin has always had a passion for writing, technology, and the secrets of human systems. He is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, and has successfully served careers in both intelligence and information systems. These days he is a network engineer based out of Bismarck, North Dakota, where he admires the spartan outdoor beauty surrounding his home. This is his debut novel.