Synopsis
The Last OrphanCaptain Danae Shepherd and her crew of Alex’s Legacy set out to rescue Shima Oryang’s niece from a slave-run factory in Bangkok, but their quest turns deadly when Shima is abducted. Now with her best friend missing, her helmsman in a coma, and a military captain determined to keep her on a short leash, Danae must battle the horrors from her past before she can summon the courage to confront the human traffickers who are holding Shima captive.Like a small stone tossed into a big pond, Danae’s influence expands like ripples as her determination to save one orphan becomes a dangerous mission to liberate them all. The Last Orphan is the third book in The Orphan Ship trilogy. Sterling R. Walker’s first novel, The Orphan Ship, was awarded a 2012 silver medal from Children’s Literary Classics.
About the Author
Author Sterling R. Walker has been writing since she was old enough tospell, filling notebooks and -- more recently - laptops, with herstories. She earned a BA in English from North Carolina StateUniversity, with an emphasis in Creative Writing. The Orphan Ship is her first published young adult science fiction novel. It's received goodreviews and was awarded a 2012 silver medal from Children's LiteraryClassics.
Walker's exciting sequel to The Orphan Ship, TheLost Sheep, was published in October, 2013. The final book in thetrilogy, The Last Orphan, was published in December, 2014. In February,2016 she released The Orphan Ship Trilogy on Kindle, which combines allthree books into one volume. She is currently working on book one in anew YA SF series.
Sterling R. Walker lives in North Logan,Utah, with her husband of 29 years and four of her six children. Heroldest son is married, and she has one grandson. He attends NC StateUniversity, along with her oldest daughter. Sterling is a Christian(Latter-day Saints), listens to metal and alternative rock music, likesto travel internationally, and is addicted to dark chocolate with seasalt. She is also launching an editing business in fall, 2017, calledSterling Edits. (Website under construction.) Visit her blog atSterlingRWalker.blogspot.com.
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