As Collette’s parents take her on an outdated “luxury” starliner called the Blue Moon to yet another boarding school, she sees this as just one more crappy turn of events.

But when the guys with guns show up, she knows boarding school pales in comparison to whatever these guys plan to do to her—and to her parents.

So, when the bad guys lock her in her suite, she determines to use every ounce of mischief she can to thwart their mission.

But what can an eleven-year-old do against pirates? Perhaps more than anyone might expect.

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Once on the Blue Moon

Kristine Kathryn Rusch

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Once on the Blue Moon
Copyright © 2019 by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
First published in Infinity’s End, edited by Jonathan Strahan,
Solaris, July 2018
Reprinted in The Year’s Best Military and Adventure SF, Volume 5, edited by David Afsharirad, Baen Books, June 2019
Published by WMG Publishing
Cover and layout copyright © 2019 by WMG Publishing
Cover design by Allyson Longueira/WMG Publishing
Cover art copyright © Chrisharvey/Dreamstime