The Facilite Con: A Sci-Fi Heist Comedy (Love Machine Files Book 1)

Famen Striker was never supposed to be captain.

But when the rest of the crew dies in a spectacular fireball, she inherits a busted-up starship—and a repair bill she can't afford. To save the only home she has left, she needs cash. Fast.

Her best option?

Con the most dangerous magistrate in the galaxy.

The plan is simple enough: convince him she can deliver a fortune in Facilite, the priciest rock in known space, then swap the real stones for worthless fakes before he notices.

To pull it off, she needs a crew. All she's got is Burt, a genetically engineered pilot with four thumbs and no clue, and L-Mac, her devoted companion-bot, who might secretly be a weapon of mass destruction.

And the deeper they get into the con, the harder it becomes to tell who's scamming whom.

Readers say this book has Firefly energy: a battered ship, a questionable crew, and just enough competence to make the bad decisions next-level dangerous.

Welcome aboard the Glass Spider. The ship is a disaster. The crew is worse. The con is on!