Rescue One — Michael Gardner

Humanity has discovered how to travel faster-than-light. Interstellar exploration and the colonisation of new worlds is big business. Space has become a busy place. Accidents happen and Rescue One is there to save lives. Commander Sam Swain and his team end up on the wrong side of a galactic emergency, when a routine mission takes an unexpected turn. The ship is called upon to transport a vaccine for a pandemic on the planet Paraiso. As they embark on their voyage, the crew discovers the fate of two planets now rests solely with them. The print edition includes the prequel Breaking Point.