{"id":22013,"date":"2025-09-25T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/?p=22013"},"modified":"2025-09-22T15:52:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T21:52:52","slug":"bringing-stella-home-free-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/bringing-stella-home-free-this-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Bringing Stella Home free this weekend!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-mybooktable-single-book\"> <div id=\"mbt-container\"> <div itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Book\" id=\"post-9521\" class=\"mbt-book mbt-book-single mbt-display-mode-singlecolumn\">\r\n\t<div class=\"mbt-book-sections\"><a class=\"mbt-book-anchor\" id=\"mbt-book-summary-anchor\" name=\"mbt-book-summary-anchor\"><\/a>\r\n<div class=\"mbt-book-section mbt-book-summary-section\">\r\n\t<div class=\"mbt-book-section-content\">\r\n\t\t\t<h1 itemprop=\"name\" class=\"mbt-book-title\">Bringing Stella Home<\/h1>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"mbt-book-images mbt-book-images-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bringing Stella Home\" class=\" mbt-book-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/BSH-ebook-cover-533x800.jpg\"><\/div>\t\t<div class=\"mbt-book-right\">\r\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"mbt-book-teaser\">In a galaxy ravaged by war, a young man must decide how far he\u2019ll go\u2014and what he\u2019s willing to become\u2014to save his sister.<\/h2>\t\t\t<div itemprop=\"description\" class=\"mbt-book-blurb\">\r\n\t<p>When a ruthless Hameji battle fleet kidnaps his sister, James McCoy\u2014a young merchant starfarer untested by war\u2014vows to bring her home. But to save her, he must give up everything he has and become something he never thought he could be.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\r\n<a href=\"#mbt-book-purchase-anchor\" class=\"mbt-book-purchase-button mbt-primary-button\">Order Now!<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div><a class=\"mbt-book-anchor\" id=\"mbt-book-overview-anchor\" name=\"mbt-book-overview-anchor\"><\/a>\r\n<div class=\"mbt-book-section mbt-book-overview-section\">\r\n\t<div class=\"mbt-book-section-title\">About the Book<\/div>\r\n\t<div class=\"mbt-book-section-content\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"mbt-book-overview\">\r\n\t\t\t<strong>In a galaxy ravaged by war, a young man must decide how far he\u2019ll go\u2014and what he\u2019s willing to become\u2014to save his sister.<\/strong>\r\n\r\nJames never imagined that when his older brother and sister departed on planetside leave, it would be the last he\u2019d ever see them. But as soon as they\u2019re gone, a ruthless Hameji battle fleet invades their peaceful star system, transforming it into a war zone. Fleeing with his father on board the family starship, James can only watch in horror as the verdant planet below is reduced to molten slag.\r\n\r\nOn the way home, James learns the devastating truth: his sister is alive but enslaved. To rescue her, he must make an impossible choice. He&#8217;s no warrior\u2014has never even held a gun, much less fired one. But to save his sister, he&#8217;ll become whatever he needs to be\u2014even if it means crossing a line he can never uncross.\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div><a class=\"mbt-book-anchor\" id=\"mbt-book-meta-anchor\" name=\"mbt-book-meta-anchor\"><\/a>\r\n<div class=\"mbt-book-section mbt-book-meta-section\">\r\n\t<div class=\"mbt-book-section-title\">Details<\/div>\r\n\t<div class=\"mbt-book-section-content\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"mbt-book-meta\">\r\n\t\t\t<span class=\"mbt-meta-item mbt-meta-mbt_author\"><span class=\"mbt-meta-title\">Author:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/authors\/joe-vasicek\/\">Joe Vasicek<\/a><\/span><br>\t\t\t<span class=\"mbt-meta-item mbt-meta-series\"><span class=\"mbt-meta-title\">Series:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/series\/gaia-nova\/\">Hameji Cycle<\/a>, Book 1<\/span><br>\t\t\t<span class=\"mbt-meta-item mbt-meta-mbt_genre\"><span class=\"mbt-meta-title\">Genres:<\/span> <a 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He is the author of more than twenty books, including Genesis Earth, Gunslinger to the Stars, The Sword Keeper, and the Sons of the Starfarers series. As a young man, he studied Arabic at Brigham Young University and traveled across the Middle East and the Caucasus Mountains. 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