Avian Ensign

Tri-Galactic Trek: Book 8

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Animals, Science Fiction Adventure, Humorous Science Fiction, Space Opera, and Novellas

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Tri-Galactic Trek — Book 8

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Jul 3, 2026

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Avian Ensign

Tri-Galactic Trek: Book 8

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Blurb

A bird raised by reptiles on a spaceship run by cats and dogs.

Sharp-tongued, watchful, and always ready for a fight, Ensign Ko Marin is the first and only Avioran officer in the Tri-Galactic Union. Hatched in a cold Reptassan cave, far from the warmth of her own kind, Ko has spent her whole life feeling like she owes a debt she can never repay. Now she's been reassigned to the starship Initiative, where an annoyingly persistent collie, a telepathic green otter, and a bartending rabbit with eerily good instincts seem determined to crack through her shell.

In "The Measure of an Egg," a chance encounter with a Reptassan cargo ship forces Ko to confront truths about her own origins — and the civilization she thought she owed everything to. Then in "When Reality Cracks," a teleporter accident leaves Ko and the ship's tabby engineer trapped out of phase with everyone around them—unseen, unheard, and running out of time. Caught between an Avioran afterlife she barely understands and a life she's only just begun to claim, Ko must decide what matters more: accepting her fate gracefully or fighting like hell to get back to a crew she didn't realize had become her home.

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Genres

Animals, Science Fiction Adventure, Humorous Science Fiction, Space Opera, and Novellas

Type of Ending

Series

Tri-Galactic Trek — Book 8

Series Read Order

Reading prior books is recommended, but not required

Author Prefers A Review On

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Publication Date

Jul 3, 2026

Page Length

108 pages

Available Formats

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Author

Mary E. Lowd is a prolific science-fiction and furry writer in Oregon. She’s had more than 200 short stories and a dozen novels published, always with more on the way. Her work has won three Ursa Major Awards, ten Leo Literary Awards, and four Cóyotl Awards. She edited FurPlanet’s ROAR anthology series for five years, and she is now the editor and founder of the furry e-zine Zooscape. She lives in a crashed spaceship, disguised as a house and hidden behind a rose garden, with an extensive menagerie of animals, some real and some imaginary.