176 pages | Trade Paperback

Mariam Xi arrives inKilling Gravity, an exciting debut novella from Australian author Corey J. White. It begins the Voidwitch Saga, a space opera series for fans ofFirefly.

Corey J. White begins the Voidwitch Saga with his space opera novella debutKilling Gravity, a butt-kicking, mind-expanding series that will delight fans ofFireflyand Kameron Hurley’sGod’s War. The main character is Mariam “Mars” Xi, a psychic supersoldier fleeing from an organization that terrorizes the galaxy.

Before she escaped in a bloody coup, MEPHISTO transformed Mariam Xi into a deadly voidwitch. Their training left her with terrifying capabilities, a fierce sense of independence, a deficit of trust, and an experimental pet named Seven. Shes spent her life on the run, but the boogeymen from her past are catching up with her. An encounter with a bounty hunter has left her hanging helpless in a dying spaceship, dependent on the mercy of strangers.

Penned in on all sides, Mariam chases rumors to find the one who sold her out. To discover the truth and defeat her pursuers, shell have to stare into the abyss and find the secrets of her past, her future, and her terrifying potential.