*** Winner of the Debut and Young Adult 2024 Realm Awards***

For fans of Skyward and The Lunar Chronicles, Suspended in the Stars is The Greatest Showman meets Star Wars in a fast-paced and swoony, no spice YA Science Fantasy space adventure.

A GIRL IN HIDING. A BOY ON THE RUN. THE FATE OF THE GALAXY BETWEEN THEM.

When Talie Zarna is forced to hide rogue soldier, Renner Cartha, her life isn’t the only thing threatened. Living as the famed Soaring Staress on the circus spaceship Midway masks her true identity, but Renner’s very presence threatens to draw unwanted attention.

As a former royal guard, Renner holds secrets of his own. Like evidence of a political assassination. Renner's flirtatious confidence is at odds with the seriousness of his mission, but when his former guard captain, Jas Uli-Tai, discovers him hiding among the circus performers, Talie risks everything she's come to cherish—going so far as to leave the safety of the Phenomena circus—to do what is right.

With Jas closing in at every turn, their only option for escape is a cocky smuggler who’s not quite what he seems and an underground resistance group called The Rising that’s fighting for change in the galaxy.

Faced with the weight of her true identity and the cost of embracing it, Talie must decide if she is willing to give up everything for the sake of saving the Galaxy, even if that means giving up the boy she loves.

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Suspended in the Stars is the first book in the Xerus Galaxy Saga. It is a no spice romantic space opera perfect for fans of Star Trek, The Illuminae Files, and Firefly. (Recommended for 13+)

Praise for Suspended in the Stars:

"A planet-sized journey through the galaxy!"

TOSCA LEE, New York Times bestselling author

"E. A. Hendryx pulls no punches (and spares no kisses!) in this galaxy-worthy sci-fi romance."

NADINE BRANDES, award-winning author of Wishtress and Romanov

“Traveling circuses, political intrigue, dark secrets, a swoony hero with an epic romance, what's not to love?…The best space scifi I've ever read.”

AJ SKELLY, bestselling author of the Wolves of Rock Falls series and Magik Prep Academy series

The Xerus Galaxy Saga:

Book 1: Suspended in the Stars (out now)

Book 2: Falling Through the Black (coming 11.12.24)

Book 3: Rising From the Galaxy (coming fall 2025)

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